Mindfulness for Students

Foreword.- Acknowledgements.- The Beauty of Mindfulness.- Introduction.- How to Use This Book.- PART I: WHAT IS MINDFULNESS?.- 1. Mindfulness as Experience.- 2. The Origins of Mindfulness.- 3. Mindfulness is....- 4. Why Mindfulness?.- 5. What Does Mindfulness Involve?.- 6. Why meditation and Where Does it Fit in?.- 7. What Can I Expect?.- 8. Evidence of the Benefits.- 9. How Mindfulness Can Help Students.- 10.- Are There Any Risks or Downsides?.- 11. Myths and Misconceptions About Mindfulness.- PART II: TECHNIQUE AND CONCEPTS.- 12. Introducing the Techniques.- 13. Starter Exercises.- 14. Just Noticing.- 15. Seeing With New Eyes.- 16. Appreciating Stillness.- 17. Awareness of Body and Breath.- 18. Mindfulness of Breathing Meditation.- 19. Managing the Challenges of Meditation.- 20. Inner Chatter and Judgemental Commentary.- 21. Metta Meditation.- 22. Metta in Everyday Life.- 23. Developing Your Practice.- 24. Meditating With Others.- 25. Mindfulness in Everyday Activities.- 26. Bringing Mindfulness Into Everyday Life.- 27. Tips on Technique.- 28. FAQs.- Sky-like Mind.- PART III: APPLYING MINDFULNESS TO STUDY.- 29. Applying Mindfulness to Study.- 30. Mindful 'Warm-up' to Study.- 31. Applying Metta to Study.- 32. Finding the Joy in Study.- 33. Want it? Hate it? Lost the Plot?.- 34. Managing Study Aversions.- 35. Wanting, Grasping, Craving.- 36. Self- Delusional Thinking About Study.- 37. Building Your Powers of Attention.- 38. Multi-Tasking - and Being 'Fully Present'.- 39. Listening Mindfully in Class.- 40. Using Study Time Mindfully.- 41. Reading Mindfully.- 42. Word Power: Mindfulness of Language.- 43. Mindfulness When Writing Assignments.- 44. Using Tutor Feedback Mindfully.- 45. Mindfulness for Tests, Exams and Assessment.- 46. Mindful Management of Stress, Anxiety and Set-Backs.- PART IV: RECORDS AND REFLECTIONS.- 47. Mindfulness and Reflection.- To-Do Checklist.- Prompts: Reflecting on Meditation Sessions.- Themes for Reflecting on Meditation Practice.- Record of Meditation Time.- Reflection on Mindfulness Practice (Outline).- Reflection on Deliberately Mindful Moments (DMMs).- References and Bibliography.- Index.- Mindfulness for Study and for Life.