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The Prelude

Published on Nov 19, 2015

How to prepare teaching mindfulness

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

The Prelude

Preparing to Teach Mindfulness

How to Prepare

  • Preparing Yourself
  • Preparing for Content
  • Practice. Practice. Practice.
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1. Preparing Yourself

Basic Groundwork That Is Always Work in Progress

1. Preparing Yourself

  • Open awareness of how I feel
  • Intention for the group
  • Practice in my life - formal & Informal
. Basic groundwork for yourself
1) Open awareness of how I am feeling
2) Intention for this group – learning more about the group, why there are here, their special needs
3) Practice in your own life – formal and informal

II. Preparing For Content

Make it Your Own
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II. Preparing for Content

  • The Basic Content
  • Background Readings
  • The Story
II. Preparing for the content
Create flash cards with:
1) The basic content – 3 points
2) The background readings – finding articles and books explaining the concept
a. Find ways to make it interesting for you – The Haiku Deck
b. Find multiple uses for studying that content like blog posts and graphics
3) The story – finding personal stories that are relevant to the audience – different set of stories to pull from
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Practice.

practice. practice.practice.
Sharing it and speaking about it in different ways
What are some ways you are practicing this material

Keeping the Content Alive

by tapping into what is alive in the room
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Prepare & Surrender

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