A Meditating School.
By Jessy James “Good Morning students, let us meditate for a while...” This is our meditation and yoga teacher, Mr Daniel, with his fresh morning voice through the intercom into all classrooms. The classrooms are silent now. Even the most lazy students have their spines straight, motionless but vigilant. Mr. Daniels voice seeps from the speaker like the effortless drift of a feather. Then I hear a giggle from the backbench. It is Thinley meditatively attempting Mr. Daniel’s Canadian English. The giggles multiply. But some students are angry with Thinley for starting it. A front-row girl winks her mascara in confusion. “ Just inhale and exhale, inhale the fresh air and exhale the stale air in a natural way, connect the energy of heaven and earth at your heart center …” Now even Thinley is in tune with the voice. Silence again. This is how we have started practicing GNH infused education. When our school principal introduced the new system, I didn’t have a clue on how we ...