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In this chapter I discuss how my opposition to the Vietnam War led to the beginning of my spiritual practice. This spiritual practice, which has included yoga and meditation, has been very important to my development as teacher. My own experience with these practices led me to introduce them to teachers in my graduate courses over the past twenty years. In recounting this narrative, I explore the ways in which transformative education is an inner process that can lead to change in outer behavior, thereby fostering social change. This chapter ends with a further examination of my story and perspectives as a holistic and transformative educator. Here I offer my reflections to a number of themes of inquiry that were ignited by the editors of this volume.
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Miller, J.(.P. (2008). Epilogue. In: Gardner, M., Kelly, U.A. (eds) Narrating Transformative Learning in Education. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230610576_15
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