Start them early

My young sons nanny plays a game with the kids where she sets up a singing bowl on the ground, the kids then dance, hop, and jump around until she rings it. When the bowl begins to sing they quickly drop to the ground and start meditating. 

None of them have been taught what to do but they all intuitively assume some sort of position that indicates meditation has begun. They close their eyes and what they do with their minds is a complete mystery. Man I would love to know what they are thinking.

Looking at my 3 year olds face when he is “meditating” is priceless. He lifts his chin slightly, puckers his lips a little and seems to be looking up towards his brow with closed eyes. A soft sense of deep inner purpose on his angelic face. His legs straight out in front and crossed at the ankles, arms by his side, palms of his hands facing up. Thats his style! Its completely different to the other two boys playing, who have an equally unique approach. 

I think this innocent little game is incredibly powerful. 

It is allowing the boys to be introduced to a tool that they can now develop over a lifetime. Its done! Meditation isn’t a bazaar concept, its that thing they do for fun. When the time comes to learn a formal technique it wont be a big leap for these little legends, the neural pathways have been forged, the normalisation has begun. Its apart of their lives and thats a great thing. 

The bowl sings again and they spring into action. “Let the wild rumpus begin”.