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MEDITATION & MINDFULNESS


In 1992, the idea of meditation in schools was considered quite radical because it was not the norm, however, armed with my tape player and Roger Eno’s Dust at dawn, I witnessed my year eight class delighting in the opportunity to be quiet and still for a portion of the last period of the day. As a secondary school teacher, I saw and still see the benefits of giving my students space in the stillness that meditation creates. In 2014, I became a qualified meditation teacher, in order to further accentuate the importance of this simple but highly effective practice in schools.


THE VITAL GIFT OF MEDITATION FOR YOUNG MINDS For the well-being of young people, it’s time to make meditation a key feature of the school curriculum, in order to address mental health issues, reduce stress and bring a sense of peace and stability to students’ everyday lives. Last year I attended a meditation


Meditation in schools


Imagine if we'd all been taught to meditate in our formative years. Gemma advocates for the many benefits of meditation as a core component of the school curriculum.


by Gemma Di Bari I


n 1990, my father was diagnosed with cancer. Something deep within told me I needed to find a new


path. A path that would lead to contemplation, resilience, and acceptance of what was to come. The first answer came when I read Ian Gawler’s book, You can conquer cancer. It gave me a semblance of hope, but most importantly it lead me to


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meditation. That year, I completed my first meditation course in Clifton Hill - Transcendental Meditation. My father died in 1992 but from his


passing came what I call my rebirth. TM became my way of coping, of finding peace, and most importantly it helped me understand how beneficial meditation could be for the girls I was teaching.


workshop for teachers. It highlighted the importance of making meditation something that students practise daily in order for there to be major benefits. There is a growing need to help students find ways of bringing stillness and silence into their overly hectic lives. Many educators – principals, teachers and counsellors, in both primary and secondary schools, are becoming increasingly aware and more open to the benefits of introducing meditation into the curriculum and classroom. As young people get older, they lose connection to the present moment and their day is driven by outside influences, including social media, the demands of school work, and the activities they are involved in after their school day has finished. These things keep them in a constant state of doing, giving them less time for just being. They dwell in a constant state of flux rather than flow. C.S. Lewis wrote, “We live, in fact, in


a world starved for solitude, silence, and private: and therefore starved for meditation and true friendship.” In a


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