Published On:Monday, 6 October 2014
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Anapana Meditation Initiative for Schoolchildren in Maharashtra
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| Students practicing Anapana meditation in Pune. From globalpagoda.blogspot.hk. |
The state government of Maharashtra in India has initiated a new project, “Mitra Upakram” (Mitra stands for Mind in Training for Right Awareness, and mitra also means “friend” in Marathi and Hindi), which offers Anapana meditation courses to 25 million primary- and secondary-schoolchildren. It is hoped that this new scheme will reduce stress and help students to develop calmness and practice non-violence.
Anapana—“incoming and outgoing breath”—meditation teaches practitioners how the natural breath is connected to the state of mind by focusing on the incoming and outgoing breath at the entrance of their nostrils without trying to change the flow. The Mitra Upakram website reports that through the practice “children increase their self-awareness, [and] understanding [of] how they respond to various situations. They gain mastery over the wandering, wild mind.” Read full Story: http://enews.buddhistdoor.com/en/news/d/49278
Anapana—“incoming and outgoing breath”—meditation teaches practitioners how the natural breath is connected to the state of mind by focusing on the incoming and outgoing breath at the entrance of their nostrils without trying to change the flow. The Mitra Upakram website reports that through the practice “children increase their self-awareness, [and] understanding [of] how they respond to various situations. They gain mastery over the wandering, wild mind.” Read full Story: http://enews.buddhistdoor.com/en/news/d/49278
