Mind the Classroom

In a recent Huffington Post article, meditation instructor Robert Piper draws on his childhood experience to make an argument for mindful practices in the classroom. 

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Piper talks about the pressures of school–having to fit in, studying for tests–and how his anxieties turned him into a “cowboy” in class, never far from the principle’s office. He argues that meditation relieved him of severe anxiety and allowed him to graduate from college.

To read the Huffington Post article, click here.