The alarming rise of classroom stress fuels widespread problems in education, including poor academic achievement, anxiety, depression, school violence, and teacher burnout.

To help neutralize this stress and to improve academic performance, many schools are offering training in the Transcendental Meditation technique to their students and staff. The technique is practised in a ‘Quiet Time’ period of 10 to 15 minutes at the beginning and end of each school day.

Extensive research published in peer reviewed journals has shown that this programme strengthens the physiological and cognitive foundations of learning. During the practice of Transcendental Meditation, global brain coherence or connectedness increases. This increase in coherence is highly correlated with increased IQ, problem solving ability, emotional maturity, moral reasoning, reflex time and recovery from stress

A study conducted by the University of Michigan found that children with ADHD who learned  the Transcendental Meditation technique had dramatic reductions in stress, anxiety and depression, while organizational memory and strategizing skills were significantly improved. This programme has been implemented in schools over the last 35 years in the U.S., U.K., Australia, India, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa, including hundreds of pupils and teachers in Belfast schools.

The Transcendental Meditation program is a powerful and innovative new educational tool for systematically dissolving stress and developing the inner potential of students and teachers.

Children creating Peace & Harmony in Belfast.
With sponsorship from the David Lynch Foundation, the Stress Free Schools Programme, “Quiet Time TM in the classroom” has been successfully introduced to hundreds of children and teachers in schools on both sides of the Belfast Peace Line. The children and teachers practice Transcendental Meditation, a simple non-religious meditation technique, twice a day together in school. See Video above.  .Teachers report that since starting TM they are finding improved behaviour in the classroom, and the pupils are experiencing calmer clearer minds, more happiness, and self worth. For more information:

Tel 028 90427388        Mob 07968187984         Email peacelineproject@gmail.com

 

 

Click on the videos below to find out more about how students and their teachers value Transcendental Meditation. There are more at www.tmeducation.org/videos andwww.davidlynchfoundation.org