Download or read book Zensational Stories written by Rahul Karn and published by Brolga Publishing. This book was released on 2020-02-01 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Zensational Stories” is an unorthodox and rebellious book that offers a commentary on over 100 traditional Zen stories. It examines the very fabric that we base our lives on and looks at life as it is – without getting into philosophical dogmas, religions or faiths. The truth is within you. “Zensational Stories” will motivate and inspire you to realise this for yourself. Read the book – so you can throw the book away and recognise what the words are pointing toward – meditation!

Download or read book A Zen Quote A Day written by Rahul Karn and published by Rahul Karn. This book was released on 2021-06-24 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zen Masters are known to say things which appear to be shocking, but are used as devices which can suddenly bring you to the present moment. This collection includes 365 Existential Zen Quotes by various Zen Masters and philosophers which will take you on a contemplative and philosophical journey. The quotes presented here are simple but are pregnant with deep-meaning and subtlety that makes them worth reading again and again. They will also motivate you to meditate. Start your day with a Zen Quote, and have a Zensational day ahead!

Download or read book The Zensational Buddha written by Rahul Karn and published by Rahul Karn. This book was released on 2019-09-29 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zen Masters have a unique relationship with Buddha. They love Buddha, yet sometimes they suggest us to kill the Buddha. One Zen Master didn't bow in front of the Buddha statue while other said that Buddha was a dried piece of dung. One ancient Zen Master burnt the Buddha statue, while other said that Buddha was a liar. This book is a collection of hundreds of Zen Stories, which will help you to see Buddha from a totally new Zen perspective!

Download or read book Zensational Mind written by Rahul Karn and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-18 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you love Zen Stories? This is the second volume of the rebellious and unorthodox series on Zen Stories, though this volume is independent of the first one. - Do you often find that your mind is playing games? - Do you often get entangled in unfulfilling relationship? - Do you find yourself restless? - Do you feel that there is some problem but you are not sure what? - Do you want to know more about yourself? If answer to any of these questions is Yes, then here is the book for you! These Zen Stories will give you clarity about yourself and thus will motivate you to meditate.

Download or read book Love Zenkai written by Rahul Karn and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2019-03-04 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love & Zenkai' is the story of a deeply spiritual person. How he takes his life? How he faces the emotional challenges of love with wisdom? You will find in this book the ancient wisdom of Zen Masters which will help you grow in your life too!

Download or read book Zen Stick written by Rahul Karn and published by Rahul Karn. This book was released on 2019-05-30 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Generally, by Zen people think about peace and meditation. But sometimes the Zen Masters can fiercely use their stick to awaken you. This book is a collection of such 91 weird Zen Stories. In these stories, sometimes the Zen master hits the student, sometimes he shouts and sometimes he even slaps the student!

Download or read book Presentation Zen written by Garr Reynolds and published by Pearson Education. This book was released on 2009-04-15 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FOREWORD BY GUY KAWASAKI Presentation designer and internationally acclaimed communications expert Garr Reynolds, creator of the most popular Web site on presentation design and delivery on the Net — presentationzen.com — shares his experience in a provocative mix of illumination, inspiration, education, and guidance that will change the way you think about making presentations with PowerPoint or Keynote. Presentation Zen challenges the conventional wisdom of making "slide presentations" in today’s world and encourages you to think differently and more creatively about the preparation, design, and delivery of your presentations. Garr shares lessons and perspectives that draw upon practical advice from the fields of communication and business. Combining solid principles of design with the tenets of Zen simplicity, this book will help you along the path to simpler, more effective presentations.

Download or read book Educate 2B written by Allison Morgan and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-09 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today's educators are tired, burned out and overwhelmed.Todays students are distracted, reactive and demonstrate poor coping skillsAdd a year of a teaching and learning during a pandemic and the effects of collective trauma can be felt by everyone in a school community.Are you finding it hard to manage all of the behaviors in your classroom?(whether it is virtual or live)Are you having difficulty keeping students engaged and attentive?Has this pandemic made it even harder to meet the emotional needs of your students who desperately seek safety, security, and connection?As trauma, adversity, mental health challenges, developmental differences and behavioral issues flood the classroom, it is hard to meet the needs of all students and have time to teach critical curriculum content. With science-backed strategies and easy to implement tools, Allison Morgan, pediatric occupational therapist and founder of Zensational Kids, LLC guides you in transforming classroom chaos into compassionate calm in 2 minutes or less through specific breath, movement and mindfulness practicesDesigned for the busy educator who dreams of creating more resilience, ease and joy in their career and their classroom while empowering students to develop self-awareness and self-management tools. Developed with the well-being of both educators and students in mind, EDUCATE 2B offers 40 step by step, illustrated breath, movement and mindfulness practices. Each practice supports the nervous system in becoming: CalmFocusedCompassionately ConnectedEnergetically BalancedReady to Learn and RestoredSocial Emotional competency alignment as well as suggestions for integrating PBIS models (Positive Behavioral Supports) and RTI (Response to Intervention) are providedTrauma-informed guidelines and restorative practices to promote healing, safety and connection

Download or read book Bliss Brain written by Dawson Church and published by Hay House, Inc. This book was released on 2022-03-22 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award Winner in the Science category of the 2020 Best Book Awards sponsored by American Book Fest Award-winning author and thought leader Dawson Church, Ph.D., blends cutting-edge neuroscience with intense firsthand experience to show you how you can rewire your brain for happiness-starting right now. Neural plasticity-the discovery that the brain is capable of rewiring itself-is now widely understood. But what few people have grasped yet is how quickly this is happening, how extensive brain changes can be, and how much control each of us has over the process. In Bliss Brain, famed researcher Dawson Church digs deep into leading-edge science, and finds stunning evidence of rapid and radical brain change. In just eight weeks of practice, 12 minutes a day, using the right techniques, we can produce measurable changes in our brains. These make us calmer, happier, and more resilient. When we cultivate these pleasurable states over time, they become traits. We don't just feel more blissful as a temporary state; the changes are literally hard-wired into our brains, becoming stable and enduring personality traits. The startling conclusions of Church's research show that neural remodeling goes much farther than scientists have previously understood, with stress circuits shriveling over time. Simultaneously, "The Enlightenment Circuit"-associated with happiness, compassion, productivity, creativity, and resilience-expands. During deep meditation, Church shows how "the 7 neurochemicals of ecstasy" are released in our brains. These include anandamide, a neurotransmitter that's been named "the bliss molecule" because it mimics the effects of THC, the active ingredient in cannabis. It boosts serotonin and dopamine; the first is an analog of psilocybin, the second of cocaine. He shows how cultivating these elevated emotional states literally produces a self-induced high. While writing Bliss Brain, Church went through a series of disasters, including escaping seconds ahead of a California wildfire that consumed his home and office and claimed 22 lives. The fire triggered a painful medical condition and a financial disaster. Through it all, Church steadily practiced the techniques of Bliss Brain while teaching them to thousands of other people. This book weaves his story of resilience into the fabric of neuroscience, producing a fascinating picture of just how happy we can make our brains, no matter what the odds.

Download or read book Applied Mindfulness written by Victor G. Carrión, M.D. and published by American Psychiatric Pub. This book was released on 2019-02-11 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Applied Mindfulness: Approaches in Mental Health for Children and Adolescents starts from the premise that mental health clinicians must have their own mindfulness practice before teaching the tenets and techniques of mindfulness to others, including young people. To that end, the book offers readers clear instructions on how to first practice mindfulness in their own lives and then extend their personal practice outward to others. Once this knowledge is internalized, the clinician can focus on mindfulness in terms of its application to specific clinical diagnoses, such as anxiety and depression, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and substance abuse. Because many mental health professionals work in multiple settings, such as in schools, in clinics, and online, the contributors, representing a wide range of creative and authoritative voices, explain how to skillfully tailor mindfulness interventions for effective application across diverse contexts. Drs. Carrion and Rettger, as Director of the Stanford Early Life Stress and Pediatric Anxiety Program (SELSPAP) and Director of SELSPAP's Mindfulness Program, respectively, have been engaged in ongoing community-based work delivering mindfulness and yoga programming to underserved youth and their helpers. This expertise is evident in their eloquent yet down-to-earth editing.The volume offers clinicians everything they need to begin their mindfulness journey, including the following: - Introductory knowledge on how to get started with a meditation practice. Specific mindfulness scripts are provided throughout the book to foster development of the reader's own practice. In addition, there are audio practices and clear written descriptions of practices to offer support for those learning to meditate, internalize mindfulness practices, and then adapt these skills for clinical practice. - A developmental and ecological approach to implementing mindfulness. The book offers insight into integrating mindfulness across many settings, platforms, and applications, and includes chapters on mindfulness online, at home, and in school, as well as chapters on incorporating nature into mindfulness practice and the relationship between mindfulness and creativity. - Material on specific clinical populations, including immigrant youth and incarcerated youth. A special chapter is devoted to trauma-informed yoga, which has been shown to be an effective therapeutic intervention for youth who have been incarcerated.- Comprehensive information on the current state of youth mindfulness research, which prepares readers to discuss these topics knowledgeably with colleagues and patients. Like ripples in water, the benefits of mindfulness spread outward, from clinicians to patients, families, schools, and communities. Applied Mindfulness: Approaches in Mental Health for Children and Adolescents is the first step toward stress reduction, peace, and compassion for a new generation.

Download or read book The Woman Who Changed Her Brain written by Barbara Arrowsmith-Young and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-09-17 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Previously published in hardcover: New York: Free Press, 2012.

Download or read book The Mind and the Brain written by Alfred Binet and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Connections Over Compliance written by LORI L. DESAUTELS and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-05 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The developing brains of our children need to "feel" safe. Children who carry chronic behavioral challenges are often met with reactive and punitive practices that can potentially reactivate the developing stress response systems. This book deeply addresses the need for co-regulatory and relational touch point practices, shifting student-focused behavior management protocols to adult regulated brain and body states which are brain aligned, preventive, and relational discipline protocols. This new lens for discipline benefits all students by reaching for sustainable behavioral changes through brain state awareness rather than compliance and obedience.

Download or read book Now That s a Good Question written by Erik M. Francis and published by ASCD. This book was released on 2016-07-22 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Erik M. Francis explores how one of the most fundamental instructional strategies—questioning—can provide the proper scaffolding to deepen student thinking, understanding, and application of knowledge. You'll learn: Techniques for using questioning to extend and evaluate student learning experiences. Eight different kinds of questions that challenge students to demonstrate higher-order thinking and communicate depth of knowledge. How to rephrase the performance objectives of college and career readiness standards into questions that engage and challenge students. Francis offers myriad examples of good questions across content areas and grade levels, as well as structures to help teachers create and use the different kinds of questions. By using this book to fine-tune your approach to questioning, you can awaken the spirit of inquiry in your classroom and help students deepen their knowledge, understanding, and ability to communicate what they think and know.

Download or read book Liberating the Mind written by Linda Elder and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-12-13 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout history, thinkers within every part of society have been crippled by an ingrained bias toward their own views and the views of their preferred social groups. As these dangerous egocentric and sociocentric tendencies continue to pose the greatest threat to the advancement of rational societies, Liberating the Mind reveals a way forward. Dissecting the core of how humans naturally learn, think, and choose to act, internationally recognized critical thinking leader Linda Elder illuminates root causes of dysfunctional thought andshows us how to free ourselves from both selfishness and groupthink through explicit tools of rationality. This instant intellectual classic offers a cohesive, integrated theory of mind that takes into account pathological tendencies shared by all humans, while offering a clear path toward the cultivation of fairminded critical thinking throughout the world. Elder illuminates how, by taking the intrinsic problems in our thinking seriously, we can follow the example of Socrates and live the examined life, even in times of upheaval and doubt.

Download or read book Basketball Shooting written by Dave Hopla and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2012 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the skills and strategies for effective basketball shooting, covering long-range three-pointers, jumpers, bank shots, and free throws, and includes tips, techniques, and drill exercises for individuals and teams.

Download or read book Syd Arthur written by Ellen Frankel and published by Pearlsong Press. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prince Siddhartha, raised behind palace walls and showered with every extravagance, abandoned his protected life to embark on a spiritual journey. He ultimately reached enlightenment and became known as the Buddha, which means "one who is awake." He then spent his life teaching that all have the potential to awaken... Meet Syd Arthur! Living in the cloistered world of suburbia, Syd is a middle-aged Jewish woman who is potentially awake, but likes to start her day with a strong cup of coffee, just in case. Her daughter has just left for college and her diet is once again off track. While for most of her life she's been convinced that happiness can be attained by a magic number on the bathroom scale — or a really great shopping day at Bloomingdale's—she finds herself in the grocery store with an empty cart wondering if there just might be something more. When East unexpectedly meets West, Syd embarks on a journey as a spiritual seeker. Soon she's in over her chakras as her search takes her from yoga studio to meditation hall to ashram gift store to the pages of Zensational catalogue. Her Mah Jongg group insists it's merely a midlife crisis. But nothing's going to stop Syd's journey toward Nirvana—not even the hottest sale at Nordstrom's. Follow Syd as she finds her bliss and discovers a richness that rivals a Godiva truffle, making for one delicious enlightenment. "What do you wear to the meditation center?" I had asked Montana. "I mean, when I go to temple, I usually wear a suit. Sometimes a pantsuit, but mostly a skirt and a blazer." "Okay, you definitely don't need to wear a suit, Syd. Just wear something comfortable to sit in. And I promise you Om Guru is not about the clothes. No one cares what you wear. People there are concerned about the inner you, about your journey to realize and meet the Self." I thought for a minute and then said, "So let me ask you it this way. When I meet my Self, should I meet her in country club casual or something more dressy?"