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These Schools Are Offering Yoga and Mindfulness Class as an Alternative to After-School Detention

These Schools Are Offering Yoga and Mindfulness Class as an Alternative to After-School Detention

These Schools Are Offering Yoga and Mindfulness Class as an Alternative to After-School Detention

As far as after-school detention goes, being forced to sit in a room against one’s will for an hour rarely promotes the personal reflection that leads to any behavior change—and that’s from the mouth of a high school principal, Jack Hatert.

His school, Yellow Springs High, along with nearby Mckinney Middle school, are giving students an alternative to classic detention by offering after-school mindfulness practice led by an expert. Every Monday for 30 minutes after classes end, students can sit down on a blanket in Donna Haller’s second-floor classroom and allow themselves a quiet moment to calm their emotions and focus on stillness, being present, and increasing awareness of themselves and their school environment.

Collectively, these emotional reset sessions sit at the heart of a new Ohio statewide education initiative encouraging schools and teachers to offer mindfulness training to students. Entitled “Each Child, Our Future,” Ohio’s new plan aims to offer resources to create well-rounded and capable young people, and perhaps also address the mental health epidemic in the United States.

Read more about this amazing program here!

 

(Photo courtesy of the David Lynch Foundation)

 

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