Fantastic article in the Dompost about 2 Wellington schools that have introduced meditation classes to their curriculum…

“Principal Celeste Hastings said the school had introduced meditation so children could learn the importance of taking time out.

“In this day and age, when everybody can be really busy, we think teaching kids the skill of slowing down and just having a bit of quiet time is a life skill, really. It’s asking them to stop and just be a little bit reflective.”

Parent Francesca Ngan said it was a great initiative.

Her son Zachary Lorenz, 9, told her it made him feel calm. “It is really quite lovely.””

Read full article here…