I write in the classroom with them. It's more like a workshop. They can see that I'll start a poem with a first draft and develop it. They can see it's attainable. Poetry doesn't have a mystique for them any more.
Meditation does have a mystique, though.
A few people have a mental block and think it's something strange and weird because they don't understand. I told my friends at orchestra about meditating and they all wanted to learn. You feel better about exams. In the long term, Emily plans to study law, Vicky is going to do medicine. In the meantime, they'll go to sixth-form college.