Mindfulness or meditation can be a tool to promote ethical values, spirituality, critical thinking and education. It helps us to know ourselves better, to listen ourselves.
SOME BASIC STEPS TO FOLLOW:
- Sit down: straight back, soles of feet on the floor, don’t cross your legs, hands on your legs.
- Very important: keep still and relaxed while the length of the meditation.
- Breathing: Breath by your nose, calmly and deeply.
- Try not to think of anything, just feel your breath, how you inflate your belly when inhaling and how to put your belly flat when exhaling. If some idea comes to mind, just try to rub it out by starting to remain without thinking again.
- Feel peace and concentration at the same time.
- Notice how you control your body and your mind.
- Remove any distractions and noise.
REMEMBER:
- MEDITATION helps you to focus on what you are doing in each moment.
Some benefits of practicing meditation at school are:
- It is helpful to manage emotions. Better resilience.
- Improved memory, attention and concentration
- Increased confidence and self-esteem
- Support mental health and well-being. Reduce student’s stress levels.
- Improved self control and sense of self-worth
- A more positive body image
- Greater creativity
- Feelings of calmness and inner peace. Relieves anxiety.
- Higher grades and test scores. Help with exam nerves.
- Enhanced critical and rational thinking
- Improved behavioral profile
- Improved inter-student relationships
- Enhanced cognitive function and learning skills
- Improved sleep quality.
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