Health & Wellness

• Band A: (Ages 4-6)

  431A

  Setting Boundaries

  Simple ways to make quiet time special

  Practice simple ways to make special quiet time by sitting in circles, using gentle voices,...

• Band E (Ages 15-18)

  431E

  Setting Boundaries

  Creating space for practice

  Analyze various methods for creating sacred space and practice boundaries in contemplative settings; evaluate how...

• Band D (Ages 13-14)

  431D

  Setting Boundaries

  Personal discipline that supports group practice

  Develop individual practice commitments that support group contemplative experience, analyze the relationship between personal boundaries...

• Band C (Ages 10-12)

  431C

  Setting Boundaries

  Creating sacred spaces for contemplation

  Investigate traditional methods for creating contemplative space, implement systematic approaches to container-building using objects and...

• Band B (Ages 7-9)

  431B

  Setting Boundaries

  Using tools and agreements for group practice

  Create and practice classroom agreements that support group meditation, design simple rituals for starting and...

• Band E (Ages 15-18)

  327E

  Sukha or Contentment

  Buddhist views on happiness

  Analyze different definitions of happiness; evaluate how equanimity transforms our relationship to pleasant and unpleasant...

• Band E (Ages 15-18)

  407E

  Sympathetic Joy

  Generating joy for all beings

  Analyze the nature of sympathetic joy; guide unscripted meditation practices for cultivating this quality; and...

• Band E (Ages 15-18)

  502E

  Tanha: Sensory Enjoyment

  Honoring the body as our vehicle for awakening

  Implement mindful self-care practices that honor the body as a vehicle for awakening, and analyze...

• Band E (Ages 15-18)

  331E

  The Brain is not the Mind

  Comparing Buddhist mind science with scientific brain science

  Identify key brain structures on diagrams. Analyze their functions, and compare how neuroscience and Buddhist...