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Mindful Leadership And Climate Action, Matthew Law
Mindful Leadership And Climate Action, Matthew Law
Mindfulness Studies Theses
Organizations must get serious about reaching the goals for addressing Climate Action outlined in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG)13. The problem to solve is how the leaders who created the climate issues can be the leaders to make climate action happen. The development of mindful leaders within an organization is the answer to the problem. Mindful leaders are developed not only with the Inner Development Goal (IDG) framework which is developed to align and support the 17 SDGs of the United Nations. The development of mindful leaders comes from ancient and modern practices that draw from Buddhism, secular …
Mindful Moment Room & Ambassador Training Program: A Sustainable Mindfulness Program For Secondary Schools, Rebecca Archer
Mindful Moment Room & Ambassador Training Program: A Sustainable Mindfulness Program For Secondary Schools, Rebecca Archer
Mindfulness Studies Theses
Abstract
This thesis argues that sustainable mindfulness programming in secondary schools’ benefits teachers, students, and community members by providing a supportive school culture that values and nurtures holistic learning. The rationale for this project examines the contributions of mindful educators, the impact of mindfulness on social-emotional learning (SEL), the advantageousness of mindful students in secondary schools, and the significance of developing mindful school culture. The creative project for this thesis then outlines a school-based mindfulness program (SBMP) that integrates each of these components. This thesis project is a training manual that provides guidance on how to implement a sustainable mindfulness …
Narrowing The Gap: Bringing Mindfulness To Community-Based Mentoring, Kathleen Cormier
Narrowing The Gap: Bringing Mindfulness To Community-Based Mentoring, Kathleen Cormier
Mindfulness Studies Theses
Approximately 4.5 million youth in the United States participate in community-based mentoring programs, an accepted form of intervention worldwide. Adult mentors are typically paired with a minoritized, historically underserved youth (Rhodes, 2023). The mentor helps the youth navigate life’s roads and obstacles including academic, personal, and family issues, college transition, jobs, and mental health and wellness. Inherent in these relationships are generational and cultural gaps. Mindfully addressing these gaps can improve the relationship and lead to more successful outcomes.
Given the many challenges in our post-pandemic world, mentoring programs have never been more needed (Van Dam et al., 2022). The …
The Reinfusion Of Mindful Roots Into Power Yoga: A Mindfulness-Based Yogi Manual, Sarah Johnson
The Reinfusion Of Mindful Roots Into Power Yoga: A Mindfulness-Based Yogi Manual, Sarah Johnson
Mindfulness Studies Theses
The practice of modern yoga emphasizes the physical aspect of what was originally a contemplative tradition. Power yoga is perceived as a fitness experience that lacks an explicit articulation between the physical body and the mind. Investigating the roots of contemplative yoga through the language of mindfulness can bridge the divide between an intense external practice and one that can ultimately calm the mind. This thesis focuses on the recovery of mindfulness underlying modern yoga and encourages yoga teachers to reinfuse their power classes with the ancestral wisdom rooted in the practice.
Mindfulness Practices For Adults With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Vince Banh
Mindfulness Practices For Adults With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Vince Banh
Mindfulness Studies Theses
This creative thesis project is intended to guide mindfulness instructors in offering a curriculum meant to instruct adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) as well as potentially their families, teachers, and healthcare professionals in the use of mindfulness practices and principles to better manage the effects of ADHD on the adults’ personal and professional lives. The thesis is composed of a literature review and academic rationale discussion for the applicability of the principles and practices provided as well as a lesson plan and resources for the curriculum such as a syllabus, class presentation slides, and guided audio meditation recordings. The curriculum …
Finding Our Way Back Into The Body Through Somatic Movement: A Journey Through The Meanings And Challenges Of Mindfulness, Arwa Qutbuddin
Finding Our Way Back Into The Body Through Somatic Movement: A Journey Through The Meanings And Challenges Of Mindfulness, Arwa Qutbuddin
Mindfulness Studies Theses
Mindful-movement practices such as walking meditation, yoga, tai chi, and qi gong can support the cultivation and deepening of a sustained and embodied mindfulness practice. Because of their intrinsic gentleness, these practices are inherently trauma-sensitive, and can facilitate a gradual healing and re-integration of the body-mind through developing body-awareness. Mindfulness of the body is the first foundation of mindfulness practice. However, because of widespread misunderstandings around the meaning and definition of mindfulness, the bodyfullness in mindfulness practice is not always recognized and/or practiced. Furthermore, since bodily experience is seldom within one’s control, and because the body often times carries unresolved …
Wellness & Mindfulness For Black Women: A Transformative Four-Day Retreat, Kimberly Peavler
Wellness & Mindfulness For Black Women: A Transformative Four-Day Retreat, Kimberly Peavler
Mindfulness Studies Theses
In a world fraught with systemic injustices, where the intersecting forces of racism and misogyny
weigh heavily on the lives of Black women, there is a growing need for spaces of empowerment,
healing, and self-discovery. This thesis embarks on a profound journey into the transformative
potential of a culturally grounded four-day mindfulness and well-being retreat by creating and
presenting an experience explicitly tailored for Black women. The retreat is meticulously
designed to resonate with Black women's cultural and spiritual backgrounds. It uniquely fuses
Kemetic Yoga™ practices, mindfulness techniques, and candid discussions to dismantle
systemic oppression. The retreat provides a sanctuary …