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“Madison startup uses mindfulness to help teachers take care of their students and themselves”
By Ogechi Emechebe
The Capital Times (Madison, WI)
Giggling, yawning and deep breathing filled the air of a Lapham Elementary School classroom on a recent morning as first graders participated in a health and wellness exercise together.
Their teacher, Christa Peterson, led them in stretching, breathing and meditation. They started off with a “tick tock” exercise where students paired up and sat on the floor, arms stretched out and rocking side to side like a seesaw. Music in the background prompted their movements with ticking noises like a clock. They soon moved on to another song that incorporated meditation in a playful manner where they got in a big circle and followed the song’s directions.
“Rub your hands … Sit up tall … take a deep breath … Ohmm,” the song said. . . .
“I like how it calms me down and I don’t have to think about much,” said Kayla Strabala, a student in Peterson’s class. “When I go home, I change into my yoga pants and do it in my room.” Click here to continue reading.
WE are working on a booklet that will be titled Mindfulness and Children. It will be a booklet that parents can give to school teachers and officials. It should be out by the end of summer.
Just recently the schools in Ripon Wis have introduced mindfulness education. I asked the elementary school principal what material i could look at, that explained what would be taught. She recommended i go to the Mindful Schools website. What i saw was a complete indoctrination of 4 to 6 year old children into eastern mysticism. They plan to take this program all the way through to senior high. Your research into this area has been very helpful in giving me a response to be presented to school board members, before they implement this in the 2018 fall semester. Do you have a comprehensive package of information i can send to each school board member, principal, teachers, and or parents? Thanks for all you do, and keep upthe good fight, and defense of the TRUTH. In Christ