冥想帮助孩子们冷静,减少冲动

Author object (1) 2013-07-12 14:30

禅这个词似乎总与小孩搭不上边,但是无法阻挡越来越多参加灵修学院的家长,让他们的孩子接触瑜伽、冥想与放松。同时也有研究表明,冥想对于改善孩童的行为注意力记忆力颇有助益。

禪這個詞似乎總與小孩搭不上邊,但是無法阻擋越來越多參加靈修學院的家長,讓他們的孩子接觸瑜伽、冥想與放鬆。

教孩子冥想這一做法,吸引了許多高調的倡導者。最高調的兒童冥想的倡導者或許是女演員Goldie Hawn,她的MindUp項目展示了全球150,000位兒童如何發現他們大腦中快樂的地方。

"我們教孩子讓大腦休息,因為每個大腦都需要休息,同時我們知道冥想可以塑造一個更強健的大腦,"Hawn對我們說"我們把正念與放鬆的技術,在他們很小時就教給他們,這樣他們一生都能從中受益。"

Hawn說她花了10年的時間向神經學家和心理學家諮詢大腦是如何工作的,以完善這個項目。對於她無法直接接觸到的孩子,她寫了一本手冊"10 Mindful Minutes: Giving Our Children--And Ourselves--The Social and Emotional Skills to Reduce Stress and Anxiety for Healthier, Happy"(暫無中文版,亞馬遜鏈接),讓家長和教育者能教任何年齡段的孩子一步步地進行冥想練習。

電影導演David Lynch8年前成立了一個基金會,為全世界的學齡兒童提供獎學金,以幫助他們學習冥想靜坐。

Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio支持的"The Skills for Life"項目,在十幾個俄亥俄州的學校的小學課程中,教授深呼吸練習、冥想以及問題解決。

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研究結果似乎也證明了冥想的好處

加州大学洛杉矶分校的一项研究发现那些每周进行两次30分鐘冥想練習的孩子行為有所改善,在記憶力注意力以及集中能力要好於沒有進行練習的孩子。

(以下是報道原文)

A University of California, Los Angeles study found second- and third-graders who practiced "mindful" meditation techniques for 30 minutes twice a week for eight weeks had improved behavior and scored higher on tests requiring memory, attention and focus than the nonmeditators.

Another study of more than 3,000 children in the San Francisco Unified School District found a dramatic improvement in math test scores and overall academic performance among students who practiced transcendental meditation, a form of mediation that promotes relaxation and "an awakening" of the mind. The study also found a decrease in student suspensions, expulsions and dropout rates.

And other recent studies have demonstrated the ability of "mindfulness" techniques, especially those used in meditation, yoga and tai chi, to reduce impulsiveness, control emotions and ease stress.

Children today are certainly more stressed out than their parents likely realize. One in five children said they worried a lot or a great deal about things going on in their lives, and more than 30 percent admitted to such stress-related symptoms as difficulty sleeping, according to the American Psychological Association's annual Stress in America report. Yet, the same report found that only 8 percent of parents were aware that their children experienced any stress at all.

Despite some high-profile Hollywood interest, kids meditation is mainly a grassroots movement that is slowly gaining a toehold in schools, small studios and homes across the country.

 

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