Mindfulness for the young

Mindfulness seems to be the trend at the moment and is now being considered to help with the rise of mental health in particularly with young people. it has been considered that children from the age of 8 years old can be helped by the Buddhist practise. in a study into the happiness of todays children British children are considered amongst the unhappiest on the developed world. To relate this practise to children there has to be adaptations to the current terminology.  Stresses would be described as busses which can be visualised as driving pass you and away. Wellington college has in fact already introduced mindfulness in to its curriculum to help with the anxiety around money and school pressures which are shown to be of most concern to our young people of today.

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