In both the public and private sector, schools have found adding mindfulness techniques into the curriculum to benefit student's overall well-being (with the side benefit of increased student creative productivity).
And in the emotional roller coaster that is childhood, techniques to help smooth out this ride should be made readily available.
In her fourth-grade classroom, Christina Howard introduced a singing bowl on the first day and students spent the first minute of every class sitting in silent meditation to consciously let go of any stress they had before entering the classroom and arrive more fully present for the lesson that day. Over time, students adapted to this ritual and looked forward to this quick moment of letting go.
[For more of this story, written by Mark W. Guay, go to http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mark-w-guay/the-mindful-classroom_b_5632358.html]
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