Four schools in Madison, Wisconsin are now putting his research into practice. About 200 students are using breathing techniques to help train their brains to improve their ability to focus. “It’s so widely popular and successful, the district wants us to scale it up the entire [Madison] school system,” said Davidson in a Vancouver Sun article yesterday. To read the entire article, click here. For more about mindfulness in education, see Mindful.org’s Education section. Interested in the science of meditation? Visit Mindful.org’s Science section here and science-related news items here. 02/17/12
Madison Schools Want More Meditation Programs Richard Davidson
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