This page brings together articles and resources for teachers, educators and parents on contemplative practices like mindfulness, meditation, yoga, and their connection with education, neuroscience, cognitive processes, innovation and technology in order to support academic and social engagement, develop self-understanding and critical and analytical capacities. I share articles from trusted sourc
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~ I’m a researcher at Leiden University with more than 10 years of experience with science backed forms of meditation, mindfulness and yoga. I'm also a mindfulness educator, and a wellness coach specialised in coaching people in the educational field (teachers, professors, lecturers, etc) I'm based in Leiden, The Netherlands ~
“The point is not to abandon scholarship but to ground it, to personalize it and to balance it with the fundamentals of mind training, especially the practice of sitting meditation so that inner development and outer knowledge go hand in hand. . . . A balanced education cultivates abilities beyond the verbal and conceptual to include matters of heart, character, creativity, self-knowledge, concentration, openness and mental flexibility.”
~ Judy Lief, former Naropa University president. The inclusion of contemplative and introspective practices in academia addresses an increasingly recognized imbalance in higher education: a lack of support for developing purpose and meaning, or for helping students “learn who they are, search for larger purpose for their lives, and leave college as better human beings.”
~ Harry R. Lewis, Dean of School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University.
