The three main practices that we can use to train our minds are Meditation, Mindfulness and Encounter.  Each of these practices has a particular link to our three internal needs for competence, self-determination and connection.

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A student who is engaged stimulates a teacher to respond in a way that further supports the student’s autonomous motivation and development and the student becomes more engaged.

A student who is disengaged stimulates a teacher to use controlled motivation – reward and punishment – to try and get the student to do the work, the net effect being to further disengage the student.

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It is comfortable to do what we have always done.  Yet the world is not staying still, there are clear signs that we are coming to the end of an era – an epochal shift - and to face up to an uncertain future we need to be able to operate at our best, despite the challenges.

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For most people, put in an environment that is affirming and supportive, and doing the work that allows them to meet their inner needs for competence, self-determination and connection, change will occur.

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