January 5, 2009

Elementary Schools Have Begun Teaching Meditation Techniques To Children — Don’t Let Yours Miss Out

On the FinerMinds blog we often discuss the highly positive benefits of meditation to your mind and body. Our readers have overwhelmingly commented how regular meditation helps them achieve a physical and mental peak–not achievable to them before. We often speak about the highly positive benefits that meditation has on us, but what about our children, or our grandchildren? Now, pause for a minute and imagine if you had learned and practiced meditation techniques when you were younger; in your childhood and teenage years. How much more advanced and focused would you be right now?

Remember last week when we spoke about Burt Goldman, The American Monk? Burt has created a program, My Inner Magic, which nourishes creativity in children, helping them tap into their full potential.

My Inner Magic, nourishes the development of creativity in children, and ensures that they can realize their full potential. http://www.myinnermagic.com/project/media/images/copy/launch/children.jpgAccording to a shocking Harvard study: 98% of children between Age 4 and Age 20 will lose the capabilities for genius that they were naturally born with. A further Harvard study revealed that nearly every child is born with genius capabilities, but after age 20, only a mere 2% retain their talents. This rapid decline in genius capabilities is not genetic, but comes down to nurture. Burt says that the mass education system is partly to blame for not nourishing the minds of our children in such a way that harnesses their full potential.

But could the trend be changing? We dug up an article this week, about an Elementary school in the US who is using meditation techniques to help boost concentration, productivity, and creativity in children. The program utilizes mindfulness techniques, wedged between reading and spelling tests, to slow down children’s breathing and helps boost concentration levels. In the exercise, the sound of a Tibetan bowl is used, to help induce a state of relaxation and focus. Teachers and students alike reported boosts in concentration and their happiness level rose dramatically.

Unfortunately, while such techniques may be trialled in a few classrooms now, it’s unlikely that the mainstream education system will catch on any time soon. My Inner Magic works off similar principles, to accelerate your child’s learning, improve concentration, and nourish creativity. We recommend My Inner Magic because it is a proven program that can fill the void that the mainstream education system has left in your child’s education. No child of yours or your loved ones should lose their genius capabilities. We certainly wouldn’t want our children to miss out.

Check out My Inner Magic.

Check out the blog post on The New York Times.

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3 Responses to Elementary Schools Have Begun Teaching Meditation Techniques To Children — Don’t Let Yours Miss Out
  1. erum
    January 6, 2009 | 3:16 am

    its really work ‚as a child psychologist researchr, i myself out this MEDITATION exercises in my sumer clases for children aged between 4 to 13 and they tremendously responded only after a few class.

  2. Therese
    January 8, 2009 | 3:00 pm

    It is such pity that schools don’t have relexation and meditation. I do believe we would have much less crime in the world if children would have meditation in the schools. It would not be neccesary to have meditation for hours but maybe 5–10 minutes before each subject. Children would be less stressed out and would concentrate and co-operate. It would prepare them to be better adults.

  3. sansue
    January 11, 2009 | 12:20 pm

    Yoga and spirituality go hand in hand. Hath yoga is a great exercise for both mind and spirit. Spiritual medicine is fantastic for the soul and mind as well as for the body. People should pay more attention to this great tool of healing. If we have many rewards in life which can be many ferris wanli dimensional to transients to our biology and in more agreement of our attention to find the truth behind the metaphysical reformation of life. This is because our attention always go towards the traditional medicine that may or may not cure the real problem.

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