Meditation Helps With Child Development Issues

Mention the word "meditation" and a lot of people have visions of, well, let's just say it's not something most people even consider learning much less consider teaching to their kids.
Yet, not only are some researchers recommend teaching it to children, but they have demonstrated scientifically that teaching children meditation can resolve child development issues, but also help with issues that hinder smart kids and prevent parents from helping to boost their child's IQ.

One of the most significant and well-documented findings is that teaching meditation to children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
A study conducted in Australia found that teaching Shahaja yoga meditation to 48 children afflicted with ADHD reduced the severity of their symptoms by 35 percent over a six-week period. The result was six were able to eliminate their medication altogether while 12 were able to cut their dosages in half. The remainder of the group were able to reduce their dosages by one quarter. The study's co-author Dr.

Ramesh Manocha, a Sydney, Australia general practitioner, said the participant also showed improvements in their behavior, self-esteem and relationship quality.
Plus, the parents were saw reductions in their own overall stress, were more able to manage their child's behavior and were happier with their ability to help with their child's development and the potential for realizing goals of having smart kids and boosting their child's IQ.

Participants in the study were children under the age of 12, taking ADHD medication, and their parents.

The Shahaja yoga meditation technique employed by the study's practitioners involves visualization, nature and music as well as one-on-one instruction.

They took part in two sessions a week for six weeks.

During that time, they meditated at home twice a day while soaking their feet in cool water.
Researchers have shown these techniques to work, but they can only speculate at to why they work. Yoga practitioner Maureen Healy says that the brain is an "activity-dependent" organ that is seeking stimuli-any stimuli-as part of a natural tendency of most smart kids. Her position is to make that stimuli the best possible through the teaching of meditation as part of reaching a kid's fullest child development potential that boosts a child's IQ through meditation that trains a child's mind so that it can achieve greater focus and attention and a gravitation toward positive emotions.