Yogic Peace Education

This introduction to peace education and yogic science provides a good toolkit to help bring contemplative peacebuilding (efforts to stop harm) practices to the classroom and community center. The latest research is presented alongside personal reflections of teachers and facilitators who have used these methods for instructing students or participants on facing the hectic realities of life with self-regulation and nonviolence. Exercises and practices are included, along with creative activities for emotional grounding and stress management.

Katerina Standish is the deputy director of the National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Otago in New Zealand.

Janine M. Joyce is a freelance wellness practitioner, social worker and counselor working on community building, child protection and trauma and stress management. She lives in Dunedin, New Zealand.

Katerina Standish and Janine M. Joyce
Format: softcover (6 x 9)
Pages: 194
Bibliographic Info: 21 photos, glossary, appendix, bibliography, index
Copyright Date: 2018
pISBN: 978-1-4766-7001-0
eISBN: 978-1-4766-3016-8
Imprint: McFarland

Acknowledgments vii
Introduction 1
Part I: Peace Education
One—What Is Peace Education? 7
Two—Peace Education as Cultural Nonviolence 29
Part II: Yogic Science
Three—What Is Yoga? 45
Four—Yoga and Life Nourishment 72
Five—Gatherings: Yoga and Groups 92
Six—Learning Peace 115
Toolkit 1: Learning Without Violence 136
Toolkit 2: Living Without Violence 143
Toolkit 3: Loving Without Violence 150
Glossary 157
Appendix: Chakra Coloring Meditation 161
Chapter Notes 171
Bibliography 173
Index 183