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The three-part structure of this book gives you several points of entry. If you're coming with just a little background to investigate the possibilities of teaching mindfulness, Part I (Charters 1, 2, and 3) may be the place to start. Chapter 1 provides an overview of the contemporary mindfulness-based interventions in medicine and mental healthcare. Chapter 2 places those interventions in the wider historical and cultural context of the meeting of East and West in Western, particularly North American culture, suggesting the ripple effects and the expanding openness to contemplative practices in general and mindfulness in particular. Chapter 3 attempts to offer a pragmatic definition and felt understanding of mindfulness that will be useful for a teacher when inquiring about her practice or the practice of those she is teaching. For those who have ongoing personal practices of mindfulness meditation and are currently teaching or considering stepping out in that way, Part II (Chapters 4 and 5) may make a sensible beginning. Chapter 4 will help you towards a realization of what is required of you in the process of teaching, and what you might wish to explore or develop further in your practice and teaching. Chapter 5 outlines the skills of teaching, explaining how and when they come into play, and offering vignettes of the skills in use with participants. Part III (Chapter 6, 7, and 8) is the most pragmatic way in, for those concerned primarily with curricular and pedagogical questions. The final three chapters focus on the unfolding of the pedagogy of mindfulness (as we understand it at this moment) and its concrete expressions in curricula and guided practice. Chapter 6 provides a schematic of the process of teaching and learning with mindfulnesstion and description of a series of "gestures" of the process of teaching learning, illustrated with interchanges between teaches and participants. Chapter 8 is meant as a resource for teaching, with scripts for audio recordings and step-by-step development of any teacher's own presentations. Wherever you are in your development as a teacher, wherever you start in this book, we trust that you'll find something you can use immediately, something that challenges your assumptions, and something that brings you right to the breath in the present moment - an inspiration to share the gift of teaching mindfulness.