Teaching Your Toddler To Meditate

Toddlers are about as Un-Zen as you can get. They zoom from the moment they wake up until they crash into a wall of sleep at the end of the day, leaving exhausted parents and teachers in their wake. Some day, it can be tiring just to look at a toddler at play.

Can these kids be taught to meditate? Should they be? Some folks think so. There’s a wave of meditation classes for kids sweeping the nation. What parent wouldn’t love their preschooler to pick up a hobby that keeps her sitting still and quiet for long stretches, and leaves her feeling emotionally balanced and refreshed.

Unlike yoga for preschoolers, though, meditation is generally a sitting still activity. One little kids may have a hard time adopting. That doesn’t mean teaching them meditation techniques is a lost cause, though. (MORE)

Source: babble