About the Book
ISBN-13: 978-1119873471
ISBN-10: 1119873479
In The Mind-Body Connection for Educators: Intentional Movement for Wellness, Dr. Kathryn Kennedy, founder and executive director of Wellness for Educators, delivers a research-based, practical approach to supporting educators with trauma- and equity-informed mind-body strategies for mental health and wellbeing. The book explains how our minds and our bodies are intricately connected, and, consequently, both are highly affected by trauma and prolonged stress. As research shows, when this residual pain is not healed, new learning cannot take place. To support educators’ healing and learning processes, the book provides an overview of several mind-body disciplines, including yoga, breathwork, meditation, mindfulness, Qigong, and yin yoga. In addition to overviews of each discipline, Kathryn shares what the research says about these disciplines and provides engaging practices from each of them for educators to engage in themselves and share with their students.
Readers will also find:
An overview of the intersection of mental health and wellbeing and learning
Acknowledgement of systemic issues and system-level contributing factors that serve as barriers to educators’ healing processes, especially those who identify as people of color and/or LGBTQIA+
Strategies to empower educators to heal their own trauma and prolonged stress
Identification of practices that bolster educator wellbeing, including supportive administration, social emotional learning programs, mentoring programs, points of connection, sense of belonging, and workplace wellness programs
An essential resource for primary, secondary, and post-secondary educators, The Mind-Body Connection for Educators: Intentional Movement for Wellness is a great addition to the libraries of school administrators, principals, teachers, and other education professionals.
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What Readers Are Saying
“The system approach is essential and rare in education. I’m so happy to see this book now. The time is right, and the need is strong.”
“We often talk about the load educators carry in broad strokes. In this book, Kathryn addresses the severe reality of educators’ experiences while laying the groundwork for approaching that reality. Articulate and clear, Kathryn’s voice is so authentic and strong. She shares passionately about how her experiences, understandings, and motivation manifest in the day-to-day work she does to support educators. I particularly like the way she weaves personal experience, robust research, and socially relevant application together so deftly. Her passion for her work is palpable and compelling.”
“Harnessing insights from more than two decades of research into the art and science of learning and her own journey of healing, Dr. Kathryn Kennedy shines a critical spotlight on the mind-body connection and our capacity to actively engage it to nurture our whole-self wellbeing. For educators, and for us all, this valuable edition is a loving gift of compassion and of generosity.”