The applications and use of mindfulness-based interventions in medicine mental health care
and education have been expanding as rapidly as the empirical evidence base that is validating
and recommending them. This growth has created a powerful demand for professionals who can
effectively deliver these interventions and for the training of new professionals who can
enter the fold. Ironically while the scientific literature on mindfulness has surged little
attention has been paid to the critical who and how of mindfulness pedagogy. Teaching
Mindfulness is the first in-depth treatment of the person and skills of the mindfulness
teacher. It is intended as a practical guide to the landscape of teaching to help those with a
new or growing interest in mindfulness-based interventions to develop both the personal
authenticity and the practical know-how that can make teaching mindfulness a highly rewarding
and effective way of working with others. The detail of theory and praxis it contains can also
help seasoned mindfulness practitioners and teachers to articulate and understand more clearly
their own pedagogical approaches. Engagingly written and enriched with vignettes from actual
classes and individual sessions this unique volume: - Places the current mindfulness-based
interventions in their cultural and historical context to help clarify language use and the
integration of Eastern and Western spiritual and secular traditions - Offers a highly
relational understanding of mindfulness practice that supports moment-by-moment work with
groups and individuals - Provides guidance and materials for a highly experiential exploration
of the reader's personal practice embodiment and application of mindfulness - Describes in
detail the four essential skill sets of the mindfulness teacher - Proposes a comprehensive
systematic model of the intentions of teaching mindfulness as they are revealed in the
mindfulness-based interventions - Includes sample scripts for a wide range of mindfulness
practices and an extensive resource section for continued personal and career development -
Essential for today's practitioners and teachers of mindfulness-based interventions Teaching
Mindfulness: A Practical Guide for Clinicians and Educators brings this increasingly important
discipline into clearer focus opening dialogue for physicians clinical and health
psychologists clinical social workers marriage and family therapists professional counselors
nurses occupational therapists physical therapists pastoral counselors spiritual directors
life coaches organizational development professionals and teachers and professionals in
higher education in short everyone with an interest in helping others find their way into
the benefits of the present moment.
