Mindfulness and Yoga in Schools A Guide for Teachers and Practitioners

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134 • PART II: MINDFULNESS IN EDUCATING FOR SELF-REGULATION AND ENGAGEMENT


of thinking and acting into active choice in our daily lives. That is, as your students notice
the ways in which they are triggered, and practice allowing these sensations and mental
events to arise and pass away without attaching to or avoiding them, they are empowered
to choose a response that serves their emotional and relational health, athletic performance,
and academic mastery.


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