Expert Interviews
How Mindfulness in Schools Supports Teens Through Difficulty
Mindfulness meditation teacher Enrique Collazo is disrupting class-as-usual with a mindfulness and compassion curriculum. Read More 
Education
Expert Interviews
Adam Avin on Teaching Mindfulness Skills to Kids
Adam Avin saw his peers hurting and wanted to help them. In this interview, the now-16-year-old talks about the innovative ways he shares mindfulness skills with other kids and teens, sowing seeds for a happier and more peaceful future. Read More
Expert Interviews
Mindfulness Can Empower Kids and Teens
Adam Avin on how he learned mindfulness as a child, his work to share it with other young people, and why he believes teaching mindfulness in schools will create a more peaceful world. Read More
Expert Interviews
Teaching That Empowers Creative Minds
For Ashanti Branch, the principles of creative problem-solving are key to empowering young people of color. Read More
Kids & Teens
Mindfulness at School Improves Critical Learning Skills
New research shows that classroom-based mindfulness programs can aid the development of executive function abilities in young children, while also helping them cope better with stress. Read More
Kids & Teens
Mindfulness for Middle Schoolers
Two new studies from Yale, Harvard and MIT found that mindfulness may help improve mental health and academic performance in middle schoolers. Read More
Kids & Teens
Meditation in Public Schools: Pro or Con?
Does meditation help students navigate stressful thoughts, or set them up to be more passive? A look into the debate around meditation in schools. Read More
Kids & Teens
Three Research-Backed Ways to Help Your Child Value Honesty
It’s common for children as young as three to lie or cheat. These three simple strategies can help parents cultivate honesty. Read More
Kids & Teens
Why Schools in England Are Teaching Mindfulness
The UK Government has for the first time invested public funds to study the benefits of mindfulness in the classroom. Read More
Magazine
Finding Your Way Back Home
For Dena Simmons, “mindfulness was not something that I got to do by sitting in a quiet space and meditating.” She shares her mindful journey from the streets of Bronx to the ivory towers of Yale and back. Read More
