Meditation in the Classroom Presentation Notes 

● Presentation Objectives 

○ By the end of the presentation, you will be able to: 

■ Understand what meditation is 

■ Know the benefits of meditation for students 

■ Engage in active discussions of meditation with students 

■ Know how to implement meditation in the classroom 

● Standards Covered 

○ National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) 

■ Proposition 5: Teachers are Members of Professional Communities 

○ Teacher Leader Model Standards (TLMS) 

■ Domain 3: Promotes Professional Learning for Continuous 

Improvement 

● Why is This Presentation Important? 

○ Students are stressed 

○ Students carry their home life problems to school 

○ Students do not know how to release their stress 

○ We can help with that 

○ Active practice of meditation can solve many classroom problems 

○ We just need to know how 

● What is Meditation? 

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 ○ Meditation is both a skill and an experience: a formal exercise to cultivate 

awareness and compassion 

○ Types of meditation: 

■ Zen meditation: aim is to foster a sense of presence and alertness 

■ Mantra meditation: focus on a mantra where the subtle vibrations 

associated with the repeated mantra can encourage positive change  

■ Transcendental meditation: the aim is to transcend thought itself and 

experience a state of total awareness in which you are present, but 

not focusing on a particular object of thought. 

● Which Type of Meditation Will Help YOU? 

○ Write your notes/discussion below: 

● Classroom Meditation 

○ Body Scan Meditation 

■ Technique is designed to sync body and mind by performing a 

mental scan, from the top of the head to the end of your toes 

■ Best to use when our body is doing one thing while our mind is 

elsewhere 

■ In the classroom: when students are distracted and need to refocus, 

take a few minutes to practice Body Scan Meditation to regroup 

students 

● How Did You Feel? 

○ Write your notes/reflection below: 

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 ● Benefits of Meditation 

○ Relieves stress and anxiety (Yes! Young children experience stress) 

○ More tolerant of children’s behavior and better able to handle it; 

○ Students become less worried 

○ When they organize how they feel, they are organized overall 

○ Students have more purpose in their actions 

○ Students become more refreshed and energized; 

○ Students are in more control of their emotions and responses; 

○ Students have a more positive in outlook 

○ Students are able to deal with problems calmly. 

● How to Teach Your Students about Meditation 

○ Practicing is one thing 

○ Having your students UNDERSTAND why is another 

○ Teach several lessons on meditation before practicing 

○ Expose them to the different types and how to practice it 

○ Make students aware of their feelings before having them understand what 

they are doing with it 

● How Will This Benefit YOUR Classroom? 

○ Write your thoughts below: 

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