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Re:What adolescents think of mindfulness in schools by anon9001 on Saturday June 20, 2020 @07:35AM (#23583346)
Mindfulness is supposed to be a practice, and it's not necessarily an easy thing you can do with all benefits and minimal work. It's also deeply personal and not a one-size-fits-all kind of thing.

I think schools should treat meditation like prayer, because it's essentially the same function, and we should just avoid it in the classroom.

Perhaps the real tragedy here is that many students will learn about mindfulness in schools and dismiss it as useless nonsense, when there actually may be something of value in there somewhere.

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Re:What adolescents think of mindfulness in schools by warent on Saturday June 20, 2020 @02:19PM (#23585621)
Prayer and meditation are completely different. There are studies which demonstrate a causal connection between meditation and mental health benefits, and even structural changes in the brain. It demonstrably helps with anxiety and depression. The same cannot be said for prayer.

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2018/04/harvard-resea...

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