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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Meditation can often seem like something that feels unattainable for full-grown, totally mature adults. So the idea of meditation ...

A passion for the value that meditation can bring into one’s life encouraged Lindsay Messina, a special-education teacher, to write a children’s book that serves as an introduction to meditation ...

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Many years ago, when my daughter was a toddler, I decided to introduce her to the concept of mindfulness, which is most simply defined as the ability to observe thoughts and feelings non-judgmentally, ...

Meditation is a powerful tool to help us stay grounded as adults. But what about kids? What does it really look like for a child to meditate? Banish from your mind an image of that child sitting still ...

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 ...

We're more than ready to talk about the stress in our lives, but is it true for our kids as well? Most experts say 'yes' and that stress is not just over homework. Half of children have faced at least ...

As mask mandates and talk of vaccines continue, it's unsurprising that kids may feel anxious about what's happening in the world around them. Coupled with heading back to school, parents may wonder ...

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, ...

(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 ...