The treatments also introduce complimentary methods that will influence healthier life styles as they grow into adulthood. This is tremendously hopeful for the future. We must help create the availability of complementary care for all children, those in chronic pain and those who face everyday stresses. Bringing wholeness to body, mind and spirit will help children deal with the violence in our society. Practicing meditation with children is quite easy.
Children are very open and willing.
I remember leading children, ages 6-12 through a guided meditation. As I asked them to sit on the floor, one young boy, about age 6, sat, crossed his legs in lotus position and laid his hands, palms up, on his knees. He closed his eyes and was ready. The other children first stared at him and then all became comfortable either sitting or laying on the floor. They seemed to like the ideal of using their imagination as I led them through the story.