Illustrations and easy-to-read text reveal ways nature affects our everyday lives, such as providing food and clothing, and showing when to go to bed and when to get up.

"Introduces new writing teachers to a learning cycle that helps students become self-directed writers through planning, practicing, revising, and reflecting. Instructing self-directed writers through major assignments to help teachers prepare students to engage in any writing task by developing the habits of mind and cognitive strategies"--

This book harnesses what we have learned from innovations in teaching, neuroscience, experiential learning, and studies on mindfulness and personal development, to transform how we deliver and create new knowledge, and indeed transform our students, developing their capacities for adaptive boundary spanning. -- Back cover.

As a certified yoga teacher, meditation teacher, and host of the chart-topping podcast Mindful in Minutes, Kelly Smith is no stranger to the wide-ranging health benefits of meditation. And she discovered she needed them more than ever when she became a mom for the first time. Suddenly finding herself coping with sleepless nights, disheartening physical changes, uncontrollable worries, and near constant sensory overload, Kelly found solace in the same...

"A practical guide to thriving at work, based on a popular course offered at the Standford Graduate School of Business"--Dust jacket flap. "In todays workplace, the traditional boundaries between 'work' and 'personal' are neither realistic nor relevant. From millennials seeking employment in the sharing economy to Gen Xers telecommuting to Baby Boomers creating a meaningful second act, the line that separates who we are from the work we do is blurrier...

"Certified EQ coach and Enneagram teacher helps you chart a personality-specific path toward lasting emotional health and improved interpersonal relationships by integrating the nine types with the essential skills of emotional intelligence"--

Illustrations and easy-to-read text celebrate mindfulness and the connectedness of everything on Earth.

A is for appreciate, B is for breathe, C is for connect, and D is to discover all of the great ways little ones can bring mindfulness into their daily routines. Book promotes identifying a unique word promoting a healthy body-mind connection; a hidden object relating to the letter; and an animal, such as an antelope, a bear, an elephant, a tiger, and even a unicorn. Delight in learning this unique alphabet, as well as new ways to self-soothe and express...

Outlines recommendations for innovative and mindful time management as inspired by ancient Chinese spiritual practices, demonstrating how to find moments of transformative mental awareness during everyday tasks.

"The healing power of reading has been renowned since Aristotle; focus, flow and enlightenment can all be discovered through this universal act. The Art of Mindful Reading embraces the joy of absorbing words on a page, encouraging a state of mind as deeply therapeutic and vital to our wellbeing as breathing. Bibliotherapist Ella Berthoud asks if reading is our daily nourishment how best should it be consumed? How should you read mindfully? And why...