Tru Leverette is associate professor of English and Director of Africana Studies at the University of North Florida.

• Acknowledgements Preface: Why Be Mindful?Introduction: Where have we been? Where are we now? Tracing civil (and uncivil) discourseChapter 1: What we talk about when we talk about race: encountering individual identity, personal agency, and collective struggleMindfulness & Movement Practice 1Chapter 2: Who and How Will We Be? Creating Constructive Conversations and CommunitiesMindfulness & Movement Practice 2Chapter 3: From Page to Presence: Using Literary Studies to Engage the WorldMindfulness & Movement Practice 3Chapter 4: Engaging CommunityMindfulness & Movement Practice 4Chapter 5: The Mindful Classroom: Seeing and Freeing the Whole StudentChapter 6: Student Voices: Reflections from Mindfully Engaged StudentsConclusion: Where are we going? Communities to Come Afterword: From Conversation to Commitment by Andrew Woods Appendices: ResourcesBibliographyNotesAbout the Author

Incorporating mindfulness and yoga as pedagogical tools in academia might seem odd at first, but the value of these proposed strategies soon becomes apparent. Leverette’s timely conversations provide “aha!” moments that encourage educators to address race, identity, and social justice classroom issues from an exciting—and promising—perspective. Kudos!

Tru Leverette is associate professor of English and Director of Africana Studies at the University of North Florida.

• Acknowledgements Preface: Why Be Mindful?Introduction: Where have we been? Where are we now? Tracing civil (and uncivil) discourseChapter 1: What we talk about when we talk about race: encountering individual identity, personal agency, and collective struggleMindfulness & Movement Practice 1Chapter 2: Who and How Will We Be? Creating Constructive Conversations and CommunitiesMindfulness & Movement Practice 2Chapter 3: From Page to Presence: Using Literary Studies to Engage the WorldMindfulness & Movement Practice 3Chapter 4: Engaging CommunityMindfulness & Movement Practice 4Chapter 5: The Mindful Classroom: Seeing and Freeing the Whole StudentChapter 6: Student Voices: Reflections from Mindfully Engaged StudentsConclusion: Where are we going? Communities to Come Afterword: From Conversation to Commitment by Andrew Woods Appendices: ResourcesBibliographyNotesAbout the Author

Incorporating mindfulness and yoga as pedagogical tools in academia might seem odd at first, but the value of these proposed strategies soon becomes apparent. Leverette’s timely conversations provide “aha!” moments that encourage educators to address race, identity, and social justice classroom issues from an exciting—and promising—perspective. Kudos!

Tru Leverette is associate professor of English and Director of Africana Studies at the University of North Florida.

• Acknowledgements Preface: Why Be Mindful?Introduction: Where have we been? Where are we now? Tracing civil (and uncivil) discourseChapter 1: What we talk about when we talk about race: encountering individual identity, personal agency, and collective struggleMindfulness & Movement Practice 1Chapter 2: Who and How Will We Be? Creating Constructive Conversations and CommunitiesMindfulness & Movement Practice 2Chapter 3: From Page to Presence: Using Literary Studies to Engage the WorldMindfulness & Movement Practice 3Chapter 4: Engaging CommunityMindfulness & Movement Practice 4Chapter 5: The Mindful Classroom: Seeing and Freeing the Whole StudentChapter 6: Student Voices: Reflections from Mindfully Engaged StudentsConclusion: Where are we going? Communities to Come Afterword: From Conversation to Commitment by Andrew Woods Appendices: ResourcesBibliographyNotesAbout the Author

Incorporating mindfulness and yoga as pedagogical tools in academia might seem odd at first, but the value of these proposed strategies soon becomes apparent. Leverette’s timely conversations provide “aha!” moments that encourage educators to address race, identity, and social justice classroom issues from an exciting—and promising—perspective. Kudos!