Meena Srinivasan discusses and signs "Teach, Breathe, Learn"

Diesel, A Bookstore in Larkspur welcomes teacher Meena Srinivasan to the store to discuss and sign her new book, Teach, Breathe, Learn: Mindfulness In and Out of the Classroom, on Sunday, October 12th at 3pm.

Education may be one of the hardest professions. Balancing students’ needs with the demands of the curriculum can be exhausting, and worse, demoralizing. Meena Srinivasan knows this well. She taught sixth grade in Oakland.

After a retreat with Thich Nhat Hanh, Meena discovered the power of mindfulness, and in her new book, she demonstrates how effective a tool it can be in the classroom. Filled with stories of the challenges she personally faced, as well as testimonials from students, colleagues, and parents, Teach, Breathe, Learn helps teachers develop compassion and be able to shift from reacting to responding to demands. It offers techniques for cultivating loving kindness and seeing students, colleagues, and parents as oneself, as well as provides a complete curriculum including lesson plans, diagrams, and handouts that will allow teachers to incorporate mindfulness into their own classrooms.

Meena Srinivasan, MA, National Board Certified Teacher, has taught middle and high school students in Brazil, India, and California. She currently works for the Oakland Unified School District’s Social Emotional Learning & Leadership Development Team. She serves on the Board of Directors of the Mindfulness in Education Network and was a recipient of the 2014 Hemera Foundation Contemplative Education Fellowship. She lives in Oakland.