Week 9- Independent Research Reflection

 

This was my first week of independent research and I began the week worried that I would feel too confined in narrowing my focus to mindfulness. I have found throughout the week that mindfulness as a focus is the opposite of confining. I quickly learned that mindfulness (as a topic) is complex and that it will be important for me to research many perspectives. I enjoyed learning this week about mindfulness in schools and feel that the knowledge I gained this week is important to my overall understanding  of mindfulness practices, especially regarding equity.

I do not have any specific questions regarding my learning this week. I would like to look further into how to make mindfulness more inclusive and accommodating. I think this is a really important element of mindfulness and one I did not learn about in my course in detail. I also want to look into the resources of the Greater Good Science Center as I think I will find some great information there.