“If every child in the world is taught meditation, we would eliminate violence in the world within one generation.” —The Dalai Lama At this trying time on our planet, his philosophy is music to my ...

Dalai Lama famously said, “If every 8-year-old in the world is taught meditation, we will eliminate violence from the world within one generation.”Imagine if our kids could calm down easily when they ...

Megan Sweet and her 12-year-old son, Malcolm, have been going on a lot of walks during the COVID-19 pandemic. During these treks, they stop and smell flowers during the day or watch the sunset at ...

For Licia Morelli, a practicing Buddhist, mindfulness and meditation are parts of daily life. For her 5- and 7-year-old kids, not so much. “I knew from my own experience with my own kids that having ...

Simple meditation practices like gibberish, laughter, and whirling can help children connect with their inner silence, enhance self-awareness, and foster creativity. By understanding the five layers ...

Mindfulness has been having a moment. The Headspace meditation app, which was launched in 2010, currently has more than 7 million users and counts Gwyneth Paltrow and Emma Watson amongst its celebrity ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alice G. Walton, PhD is a writer who covers health and mental health. A piece on Upworthy.com last month featured a Baltimore ...

It might have been the teenager stumbling into the school hallway bloodied by six gunshot wounds. Maybe it was the funerals of more than a dozen of his students or the drug dealers competing for "his ...