Mind Body Education has been Profoundly Improving PUBLIC EDUCATION - Time to Boost Global Immunity

Mind Body teachers, schools, and organizations exist in cities worldwide ... and also below are organizations with developed resources educators can take advantage of:

Our Foundation was established to ensure that any child in America who wants to learn and practice the Transcendental Meditation program can do so.  What Is Transcendental Meditation? It is a simple, natural, effortless technique practiced 20 minutes twice a day while sitting comfortably with the eyes closed. It’s not a religion, philosophy or lifestyle.  What Happens When You Meditate? Transcendental Meditation allows the active thinking mind to settle inward to experience a naturally calm, peaceful level of awareness. During TM, the body enjoys a profoundly rejuvenating rest, while the brain functions with significantly greater coherence. DAVID LYNCH FOUNDATION

When you look at the voluminous emerging research mind-body meditative tools like Tai Chi and Qigong, and the results they have on student's performance and well-being, treating ADHD symptoms, as well as reducing bullying, anxiety and depression ... you are left wondering why in the world Tai Chi, Qigong, and Meditation are not already part of public education worldwide.  World Tai Chi and Qigong (Chi Kung) Day's ultimate goal is to see Tai Chi and Chi Kung taught as part of public education's main curriculum around the world for a healthier, clearer, calmer planet. 

WORLD TAI CHI & QIGONG DAY:  https://www.worldtaichiday.org/EDUCATIONPUBLIC.html

Years ago we launched a very successful Tai Chi program through the University of Missouri at Kansas City with Learning and Developmentally Disabled Students. The parents were amazed and very happy ...

https://www.worldtaichiday.org/SpecialEducationWTCQD.html

Yoga is an ancient physical, mental and spiritual practice that originated in India. The word ‘yoga’ derives from Sanskrit and means to join or to unite, symbolizing the union of body and consciousness.  Today it is practiced in various forms around the world and continues to grow in popularity.  Recognizing its universal appeal, on 11 December 2014, the United Nations proclaimed 21 June as the International Day of Yoga by resolution 69/131.  The International Day of Yoga aims to raise awareness worldwide of the many benefits of practicing yoga.  The draft resolution establishing the International Day of Yoga was proposed by India and endorsed by a record 175 member states ... UNICEF says kids can practice many yoga poses without any risk and get the same benefits that adults do. These benefits include increased flexibility and fitness, mindfulness and relaxation.

The World Health Organization has also urged its member states to help their citizens reduce physical inactivity, which is among the top ten leading causes of death worldwide, and a key risk factor for non-communicable diseases, such as cardiovascular diseases, cancer and diabetes.  But yoga is more than a physical activity. In the words of one of its most famous practitioners, the late B. K. S. Iyengar, “Yoga cultivates the ways of maintaining a balanced attitude in day-to-day life and endows skill in the performance of one’s actions.”

https://www.un.org/en/observances/yoga-day

In 1979, Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn, a microbiologist working at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester (UMass Medical School), MA, started a modest eight-week program called Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction—inviting patients to take some time for self-care down in the hospital’s basement. More than forty years later, MBSR is taught the world over and has become the gold standard for applying mindfulness to the stresses of everyday life and for researching whether mindfulness practice can improve mental and physical health...

David Black of the Mindfulness Research Guide has been gathering information on the number of scientific and medical papers per year on mindfulness, and the resulting graph is pretty telling. Something that was not on the research map at all a few decades ago is a prime area of interest now. These studies provide the evidence of effectiveness you need to be respected and adopted in key institutions in health care, education, social policy, and so on.