Children actively meditating experience lower activity in parts of the brain involved in rumination, mind-wandering and depression, our team found in the first brain-imaging study of young people ...

Meditation is an ancient practice that, although initially focused on adults, has started gaining importance in childhood due to its numerous benefits for emotional, mental, and physical development.

MINDFUL PRACTICE: Elise Cross leads a meditation class for Asheville kids at Urban Dharma. Photo by Tim Cross The benefits of meditation for adults are well-researched and supported by science.

Today, a growing movement of mindful families is choosing to notice those patterns with kindness and rewrite them with ...

Meditation can often seem like something that feels unattainable for full-grown, totally mature adults. So the idea of meditation for kids? On paper, it can seem laughable at best and downright ...

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It has been a stressful year, to say the least. We all have needed outlets to relieve stress. For kids, finding ways to “chill out” may not come as naturally as it does for us adults. Introducing ...

Britney Winn Lee, a four-time author and associate pastor at Grace Community United Methodist Church in her hometown of Shreveport, La., had no experience teaching anyone meditation techniques, ...

Family life naturally comes with built-in tension. Someone’s always being a little loud and disruptive, someone else is sulking in their room, and another is making a mess in the kitchen. It stands to ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Hilary A. Marusak, Wayne State University (THE CONVERSATION) The Research Brief is a ...

Hilary A. Marusak does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...