Mirabai Bush and Daniel Barbezat, co-authors of "Contemplative Practices in Higher Education: Powerful Methods to Transform Teaching and Learning" (Jossey-Bass, 2013), discuss the background and intentions of the book.Mirabai Bush is founding Director and Senior Fellow of the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society. Daniel P. Barbezat is Director of the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society and Professor of Economics at Amherst College.