Meditation with Young Children
Gifted Child Quarterly March 1, 1979 DOI: 10.1177/001698627902300133 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Case study Case report Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Population | The author and the author's two children, aged six and eight |
| Duration | Six months of nightly practice |
| Topics | Meditation |
| Citations | 17 |
| Key findings | The author reports that six months of nightly meditation focused on a point between the eyebrows brought gradually increasing bodily relaxation, greater insight into feelings and emotions, and a sense of inner wisdom. Including two children in nightly bedtime meditation was reportedly enjoyable and came to be valued as "quiet time." |
Abstract
Recently I experienced a time of great stress and change in my family life and felt a need for a stable means to center myself. I became interested in meditation and received some instruction in breathing and focussing exercises from an experienced meditator who introduced me to concentration and insight techniques. She told me to focus my attention on a center point between the eyebrows in the middle of my forehead. I practiced this every evening for six months and noticed a gradually increasing awareness of bodily relaxation, greater insight into my feelings and emotions, and a recognition of what seems to be an inner wisdom. As I began to feel the benefits of this exercise, I included my children, then ages six and eight, in a nightly meditation. The three of us usually prepared for bedtime with a short meditation and meditated together enough on a regular basis to sense the im-portance of this &dquo;quiet time.&dquo; They liked it, and it seemed to have
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