School teaches meditation to reduce stress
In an attempt to encourage pupils to develop extra skills in concentration and help combat anxiety, Tonbridge school, in Kent has introduced an eight week meditation course for its pupils.
Schoolboys aged 14 and 15 will be given lessons which will hopefully show them the benefits of silence and will help them to identify and escape corrosive mindsets that could lead to mental health problems such as depression, eating disorders and addiction.
Buddhism and other forms of eastern meditation traditions were the inspiration for the Mindfulness Campaign. There is a plethora of research supporting the idea that meditation should be used on a wider scale to address stress and mental health problems, including a recommendation from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence that is should be offered to those suffering from depression on the NHS.
January 21st, 2010 at 7:03 pm
This is fantastic news. I am sure that the children will be much more focused and concentrate better in their lessons and in their exams.
I have been meditating and teaching meditation for a number of years now and use it with my life coaching to get people to live the life they dream of.
Bindi
February 4th, 2010 at 4:20 am
I am a big believer in meditating. I have been meditating for the last 12 years and it changed my life to the better. Like you, it is much easier now to disengage from myself and see my thoughts
objectively.
You did a great job in writing this piece and it has helped me tremendously. I look forward to reading more!
February 4th, 2010 at 10:00 am
Now a day’s student faces so many problems in schools as result of that they suffer from stress, depression, headache etc. It can harm students’ health, happiness, performance, relationships and personal development. Meditation will helps them to stay fit and reduce their stress in good manner heart rate and breathing slow down, your blood pressure normalizes, you use oxygen more efficiently, and you sweat less.