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Marie D. Thomas

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Conceptualizing Mindfulness for Health and Physical Educators

California Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Journal January 13, 2017 Paul T. Stuhr, Marie D. Thomas

Mindfulness is a form of focused attention on the present moment. Kabat-Zinn (2003) defined mindfulness as, “the awareness that emerges through paying attention on purpose, in the present moment, and nonjudgmentally to the unfolding of experience moment by mo-ment” (p. 145). There is promising evidence suggesting that mindfulness can be used as a valid practice or tool in education to promote...