Mindfulness and Yoga in Schools A Guide for Teachers and Practitioners

Index • 347

mindfulness-based stress reduction
(MBSR), 12, 165, 166
program, 102
mindfulness-based studies, 165
mindfulness boosters, 149
mindfulness conversation, 151
mindfulness interventions with youth, 164
Mindful Relaxation subscale, 336
mindful self-care, 324, 326–334
domains of, 325
Mindful Self-Care Scale–Long (MSCS–L),
325, 335
Mindful Self-Care Scale–Short (MSCS–S),
335–336, 339–342
Mindful Teaching and Teaching Mindfulness: A Guide
for Anyone Who Teaches Anything, 20
The Mindful Therapist: A Clinician’s Guide to
Mindsight and Neural Integration, 16
mindful tools
for self-regulation and intentional, reflective
engagement, 99–100
mind-object awareness, 86
mind-o-meter, 148
mirroring, 268
mood disorders, 35
Morita Table, 142, 143
Morita Therapy, 142
Mountain Pose, 239–240
MSCS–S, See Mindful Self-Care Scale–Short
MSCS–L, See Mindful Self-Care Scale–Long
multitasking activities, 145
myelinated vagus system, 215
MY-SEL model, See mindful and yogic self as an
effective learner model

National Association of School Psychologists, 40
national educational system, 6
National Institutes of Health, funding
programs for feasibility and
acceptability studies, 92
National Kids Yoga Conference, 201
National Society for Experiential Education, 11
National Student Volunteer Program, 10
National Youth Leadership Council (NYLC), 10
neurological integration, 213–214
Next Generation Yoga, 312
Niroga Institute, 312
niyamas, 191
nonattachment, 79
nonidentification, informal mindfulness
practices, 140–141
nutrition, 327, 328
NYLC, See National Youth Leadership Council

obesity, 37

Om Schooled, 312

108 Monkeys, 315

One-Legged Forward Fold Pose, 256

ontological development, 7

ontological sculpting, 7

oppositional defiant, 37

oppositional defiant disorder, 37

outcome measures, types of, 160

panic disorder, 34

parasympathetic nervous system, 74, 215

Parker Palmer’s Courage and Renewal

Programs, 337

Pashupati Seal, 193

PATHS curriculum, See Promoting Alternative

Thinking Strategies (PATHS) curriculum

peace corner, 91

perseverance, 48–49

persistent depressive disorder, 35

physical and medical domain of self-care, 332

Physical Care scale, 335

physical education standards, 220

physical feelings, 85

physical fitness, 298

physiological and cognitive outcome measures, 301

Pigeon Pose, 256

pizza effect, 196

Plank Pose, 241

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), 34–35

practice, 160

practitioner’s wisdom, mindfulness, 84

prana, 191

pranayama, 191

pratyahara, 192

prefrontal orbital cortex (PFC), 74

premenstrual dysphoric disorder, 35

program content, 302–303

Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies

(PATHS) curriculum, 9

psychological flexibility, 168

PTSD, See Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

public education in United States, 7

public school system, 6

pyromania, 37

qualitative findings, 170

qualitative research, 159

qualitative studies, 155

quality of research, range in, 156–159

rag doll, See Forward Fold

RAIN methodology, 138–141, 152