Recommendation
preface
Acknowledgements
Translator's Preface

Part 1 Program Overview and L2B Basics

Program Overview: For Teachers Beginning L2B
The Basics of L2B
Guide to Using This Book

Part 2 L2B Program

Body: Listen to your body!
ㆍClass Overview
ㆍClass flow
Introduction
ㆍIs it mindfulness? Or not?
Mindfulness experiment
ㆍConclusion
ㆍExtended version 18 weeks
ㆍExtended version 12 weeks
ㆍActivity sheet

Reflection: Thoughts are just thoughts!
ㆍClass Overview
ㆍClass flow
Introduction
ㆍExploring thoughts
ㆍConclusion
ㆍExtended version 18 weeks
ㆍExtended version 12 weeks
ㆍActivity sheet

Emotion: Ride the waves of emotion!
ㆍClass Overview
ㆍClass flow
Introduction
ㆍExploring emotions
ㆍConclusion
ㆍExtended version 18 weeks
ㆍExtended version 12 weeks
ㆍActivity sheet

Attention: To deal with stress, you need to pay attention to your body, thoughts, and emotions!
ㆍClass Overview
ㆍClass flow
Introduction
ㆍExploring stress
ㆍConclusion
ㆍExtended version 18 weeks
ㆍExtended version 12 weeks
ㆍActivity sheet

Tenderness: Let's be kind to ourselves and others!
ㆍClass Overview
ㆍClass flow
Introduction
ㆍCultivating happy habits
ㆍConclusion
ㆍExtended version 18 weeks
ㆍExtended version 12 weeks
ㆍActivity sheet

Healthy mind habits: We need healthy mind habits!
ㆍClass Overview
ㆍClass flow
Introduction
ㆍHabits you want to have
ㆍConclusion
ㆍExtended version 18 weeks
ㆍExtended version 12 weeks
ㆍActivity sheet
Other mindfulness activities

Part 3 One Step Further

The Adolescent Brain and Stress
Mindfulness for Traumatized Youth
Youth, Schools, and Mindfulness

References

Learning to BREATHE (L2B), a social-emotional learning program that has transformed classrooms across the United States
Mindfulness techniques based on six topics
The ultimate goal of mindfulness is to develop inner strength!

The author of this book, Patricia Broderick, is famous for her book, "Life Cycle: Human Development for Support Professionals," which is considered a textbook on developmental psychology.
In 2002, he developed Learning to BREATHE (L2B), a youth social-emotional learning program based on the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program, which can help adolescents manage stress and improve concentration.
L2B is a social-emotional learning support program for youth designated by the Association for Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL). It has transformed classrooms across the country and has received rave reviews from educators, parents, clinicians, and other education professionals.

This book follows a mindfulness education curriculum based on six themes: Body, Reflection, Emotion, Attention, Tenderness, and Healthy Habits of Mind, symbolized by the initials 'B', 'R', 'E', 'A', 'T', 'H', and 'E', and leads to the final goal of mindfulness, which is to develop inner strength by reaching the last E (Empowerment).
For example, to learn how to listen, eat, and walk in order to listen to your body, and to notice and observe your constantly chattering thoughts (Reflection), you can try 'role-playing your mind'.
In this process, not only does the book incorporate cutting-edge theories and discourses that have recently attracted attention in academia and the educational field, such as 'compassion meditation' and 'trauma understanding approach,' but the book also shines with ideas applicable to classroom instruction, based on the author's long-accumulated experience and communication with teachers.
The mindfulness instruction scripts and class worksheets provided for each lesson are the book's greatest feature and strength.
Additionally, the latter part of the book includes explanations on topics that teachers and clinical psychologists are curious about, such as the adolescent brain, stress, and mindfulness for traumatized youth.

A manual and guide that can be applied immediately in the field

This book is a step-by-step guide for teachers and clinical therapists that can be applied immediately in the field.
The course is designed for students from upper elementary school to college students, and the basic version can be run for 45 minutes each over 6 weeks, and can be run as a 12- or 18-lesson program depending on age and school age.
For elementary school students, who have a short attention span, you can choose a program that lasts 15 minutes.
Teachers can use the basic and expanded versions presented in the book as teaching material, but they can also flexibly adapt and use their own versions according to the school situation and student status.
L2B is a program that operates in the United States in conjunction with health, English, math, science, social skills, and music curriculum, and can also be applied in counseling, special activities, camps, after-school activities, or home and therapeutic settings.
Of course, it doesn't have to be a classroom.
L2B programs can be conducted outside the classroom, in auditoriums, outdoor libraries, or in comfortable locations with beautiful nature.

“Learn life skills that allow teachers and students to grow together.”

Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn, the developer of the mindfulness meditation program, says the book's greatest strength is that it "enables teachers to practice mindfulness themselves."
By teaching students what they have actually explored and experienced through mindfulness practice, teachers can systematically improve their attention, self-awareness, self-compassion, and kindness toward others, thereby developing a set of fundamental and highly beneficial life skills.
The translator, who has been a long-time moral educator and social-emotional learning researcher, also notes that L2B is designed to encourage students to continue practicing the self-regulation skills they learn in class in their own lives, including by providing guidance on life guidance and home-based connection methods.
By following the contents of this book, not only the children's hearts but also the teachers' hearts will grow together, and ultimately, the entire school culture will improve. This is why I recommend applying the contents of this book to all educational activities.