By Judith Gaston Fisher
Educational Leadership
December 2009 Volume 67 Number 4
Leading students in weekly mindfulness meditation helps them learn to calm their emotions and focus their thoughts.
It's Monday morning, a time when many students and teachers might exhibit lethargy. But the faces of my students don't reflect dread of the coming week. They greet one another with smiles that say, "Yes! It's Monday!"
To begin their school week, students turn their chairs to face the wall, put their hands on their knees, and wait for the music to commence. This action signals their readiness to begin Monday morning meditation. We all sit up straight, relax our muscles, and focus on deep "belly breathing." For the next 10 minutes, we settle into silence and a reprieve from external pressures.
To continue, please click on this link:
http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational_leadership/dec09/vol67/num04/Silence_Is_Golden.aspx
Educational Leadership
December 2009 Volume 67 Number 4
Leading students in weekly mindfulness meditation helps them learn to calm their emotions and focus their thoughts.
It's Monday morning, a time when many students and teachers might exhibit lethargy. But the faces of my students don't reflect dread of the coming week. They greet one another with smiles that say, "Yes! It's Monday!"
To begin their school week, students turn their chairs to face the wall, put their hands on their knees, and wait for the music to commence. This action signals their readiness to begin Monday morning meditation. We all sit up straight, relax our muscles, and focus on deep "belly breathing." For the next 10 minutes, we settle into silence and a reprieve from external pressures.
To continue, please click on this link:
http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational_leadership/dec09/vol67/num04/Silence_Is_Golden.aspx
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