“If every eight year old in the world is taught meditation, we will eliminate violence from the world within one generation.” –Dalai Lama
We hear arguments for prayer in school all the time, but you don’t hear too many people asking for kids to be given the opportunity to meditate while in the classroom. Meditation has a clear physical and psychological benefits to the person meditating.
More and more, adults are turning to meditation to relieve stress and improve mental clarity, but it doesn’t stop there. Young people of nearly any age are able to learn to meditate as well. And it’s good, because children are definitely capable of feeling the same degree of stress that adults do.
