subject: How to become zen [print this page] (Anyone can do meditation and it can be practices at any age, recently said the Buddhist monk, Matthew Ricardo, in an article published in January 2008. Even children love it, It's simple: they are asked to keep their attention on a flower, a stone or an image of a butterfly. It is something relaxing and fun for children and has been proven without a doubt to help children). Mr. Ricard even sees the practice of meditation as an effective antidote to violence at school. So then ....what if we spread the good news in our schools? The therapist Melanie Gambino started teaching yoga, tai chi and meditation to schoolchildren in New York. The results, it seems, are very conclusive. She said the regular practice of these activities helps young people better manage stress and to forge a positive image about themselves. With us, the idea is slowly gaining ground. Some primary schools in the Montreal area have begun to offer yoga sessions to their students. This more active form of meditation would also help calm the hyperactive child physical and cerebral, while increasing their ability to concentrate. And God knows that children need if we are to believe the dramatic increase in Ritalin prescriptions in our schools. Stresses our children? Undoubtedly. Perhaps because they are asked to do rather than letting them be. To be at the height of our expectations, to inflate our pride when we meet other parents at school and they can see your child perform in all spheres of life. Perhaps also because they see us going in all directions, without apparent purposes other than to earn more money to buy some temporary material comforts and happiness which evidently will always leave us wanting more and more. For some real and easy free meditation videos join Lilou Mace on You Tube.
