re: Mindfulness programs in schools

I’ve been teaching my child about mindfulness for as long as he was able to hear me. If more people learned and used mindfulness if their everyday life, the world would be a much better place with choices made based on logic and reason instead of emotional reaction.

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Mindfulness is the basic human ability to be fully present, aware of where we are and what we’re doing, and not overly reactive or overwhelmed by what’s going on around us.

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Explain why it is great practice.

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If done right, it should cost zero dollars, only time. Mindfulness boiled down to the most simplistic is just “being present.” It’s achieved most commonly by recognizing and focusing on the moment with all available senses (touch, sound, smell, etc). As far as how it’s similar to prayer, I believe there have been studies done that show the same areas of the brain light up in eastern monks during meditation as in people in the Christian tradition during prayer. I’ve thought about it a lot and I think they both essentially require a loss of ego through exercices in focus. I’m sure there’s a way to include God in typical mindfulness practices, for all Christians.

Quite possibly the worst thread OP take I've seen.