Mindfulness and Meditation
Mindfulness-and-meditation

Meditation is a way to bring our mind home.

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How can we deal with ourselves and be stable like a mountain, especially when strong emotions like anger and jealousy come up? 

 

How can we learn to get along with ourselves, to just be with ourselves?

 

How can we clear our mind when we have too many thoughts? 

 

We are often restless and distracted. As a result we get lost in our thoughts and emotions. 

 

From a Buddhist point of view, meditation is a way to bring the mind home and to understand the mind, its thoughts, and its emotions in a better way. 

Buddhist Stories

Buddhism Teaching Illustration of an elephant representing many Buddhist stories from ancient India.
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Ananda and the river story
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The Monkeys and the Hermit story

Detailed Subject Knowledge

Buddhism Teaching Illustration of teenager with Buddhist books and a stupa, a symbol for Buddhist knowledge and wisdom.
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Mindfulness and meditation book list
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Mindfulness and meditation teacher's notes

Lesson Activities and Reflections

Buddhism Teaching Illustration of teacher in lesson about Buddhism.
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Breathing in, breathing out lyrics
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Meditation presentation notes
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Meditation using sound
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Mind in the jar activity
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Mindful eating activity
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Mindful walking activity
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Mindfulness and meditation slides
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Breathing in, breathing out

Worksheets

Buddhism Teaching Illustration of teenager filling out worksheet about Buddhism.
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Mindful walk differentiated activity and worksheet