
- This TG is 67 pages longer than the 2016 version because new information has been added.
- There is a comprehensive reference section (21 pages long) with citations throughout the TG. The Annotated Bibliography was deleted because it can be found in the Teacher Handbook on PowerSchool Learning.
- We changed the gratitude exercise and the self-appreciation exercise from an “exercise” to an “informal practice.” That brings the number of practices up to 25 in total—7 meditations and 18 informal practices.
- Changed the names of some practices to make them more descriptive, or to distinguish them from other components of the MSC program.
- Improved the session timings of each component in the TG.
- Added a section on “equanimity” in Session 7.
- The topics of mindfulness, loving-kindness and compassion were broken up between Sessions 2 and 3.
- Updated Compassionate Body Scan
- We made the English wording more gender-neutral
- Added MANY bullets to make the TG even more user-friendly. Overall, the formatting of the TG has significantly improved.
- Lovely new title page.
- Corrected most of the typographical errors in the TG, but surely not all!