Thoughts on Mindful Awareness Practices in Education, by Ramaa Reddy Raghavan, Huffington Post, December 27, 2011. “With children, mindful awareness has to be structured differently. Dr. Patricia Jennings -- director of contemplative education at the Garrison Institute, a research institute for contemplative practices -- says successful practices like MBSR cannot be applied to kids as their minds and brains are wired differently. ‘The best practices to stimulate mindfulness awareness in kids are sensory activities that involve focused attention on something concrete, like listening and looking or movement activities that involve yoga or martial arts,’ said Jennings…”

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