Health&Wellness Magazine August 2015 | Page 13

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August 2015

Smiling and laughter are common
side benefits.
Mindfulness and Transcendental
Meditation are two particular
mind body skills being successfully employed in the classroom to
help students and teachers develop
self-regulation skills. Benefits to
students include improved attention and engagement, reduced
ADHD symptoms, reduced stress
and violence, fewer suspensions,
enhanced academic achievement
and a greater sense of emotional
well-being. Benefits to teachers
include less anxiety and depres-

sion, increased job satisfaction,
lower burnout scores and staff
turnover and a renewed commitment to teaching as a career and
life mission. In this emerging field
of “contemplative pedagogy,” both
students and teachers at the K-12
and collegiate levels are gaining
specific tools that help them navigate emotional ups and downs in
school and at home. In addition
to meditation, some school-based
contemplative programs include
the cultivation of self-compassion,
journal writing, art and creative
expression, yoga, improv games,

nature walks and small-group
discussions. Mindfulness teaches
students and teachers to be present with their emotions rather
than judging themselves for having
certain emotions. Self-compassion
helps students and teachers respond
to their emotions with greater openness, curiosity, acceptance, kindness
and self-care. This leads to greater
understanding and acceptance of
the emotional expression of others.
This builds community.
We have clearly entered a new era
in which children, adults, students,
teachers and health professionals
are all being helped to learn, teach
and heal using evidence-based mind
body skills.
Resource
CBS’ 60 Minutes on the Center for
Mind Body Medicine’s work with traumatized children in Gaza and Israel
www.cmbm.org/60m

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About the Author
Dr. Patterson is past president of
the Kentucky Academy of Family
Physicians and is board certified
in family medicine and integrative
holistic medicine. He is on the family practice faculty at the University
of Kentucky College of Medicine
and the University of Louisville
School of Medicine, Saybrook
University’s School of Mind Body
Medicine and School of Clinical
Psychology in San Francisco and
the Center for Mind Body Medicine
in Washington, D.C. He operates
the Mind Body Studio in Lexington,
where he offers integrative medicine
consultations. He can be reached
through his Web site at www.mindbodystudio.org

The Quiet Time Program
(Transcendental Meditation in
schools)
https://www.davidlynchfoundation.
org/schools.html
Mindfulness in Schools Project
http://mindfulnessinschools.org

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