Mindfulness has become a turning point in the lives of students

New Delhi, September 04, 2021:

The Delhi Government takes pride in saying that the Happiness Curriculum has turned out to be a huge success for Delhi. Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia during the Mindful Education Award Program organised on Saturday said that mindfulness is the cornerstone of the Happiness Curriculum and its biggest beauty is that every day 16 lakh children in Delhi start their studies in school with mindfulness.

Shri Sisodia said that mindfulness has become a turning point in the lives of students studying in Delhi schools; mindfulness has made children more focused in studies by taking them away from stress. He informed that by practicing mindfulness even in the difficult times of COVID, children have worked to keep themselves as well as their families stress free.

The Deputy Chief Minister said that now the goal of the Delhi Government is to make mindfulness a part of the daily life of the people of Delhi and in fulfilling this dream and making mindfulness a mass movement, the school children will play the role of ambassadors and messengers of mindfulness.

Shri Sisodia said, “The reason for the success of the Happiness Curriculum in Delhi is the daily mindful meditation by the children. During the initial phase of the Happiness Curriculum, I asked the school children for their feedback on the Happiness Curriculum, and most of the children said that we should continue the Happiness Curriculum in the schools.

When children were asked about the most favourite part of the Happiness Curriculum, they all responded in unison – mindfulness. Because of mindfulness, children are able to concentrate better in their studies. Mindfulness has come as a turning point in the lives of students studying in Delhi schools. Mindfulness has relieved children from stress and increased their focus in studies.”

The Deputy Chief Minister stated, “Mindfulness is a gift given by India to the world in the field of Emotional Science. India has given its thousands of years old tradition of meditation to the world, but with time it has forgotten its value. The actual goal of mindfulness is to focus on your life but mindfulness now has become limited to just 15 minutes of meditation.

People have learned to meditate very well but have not learned how to focus on their life. If we practise mindfulness by understanding its true meaning and start paying attention in our life too, then we can never do anything wrong.”

Shri Sisodia said, “We need to make mindfulness a mass movement. Every Indian needs to live life with mindfulness. In order to practise mindfulness in children from a young age, Delhi Government has started the Happiness Curriculum from the very beginning of the school, so that children start their day with 5-10 minutes of mindfulness daily and make mindfulness an integral part of their life.”

Dy. CM Manish Sisodia shared that mindfulness has also brought self-confidence in children, especially during COVID, when the entire world was living in an atmosphere of tension and fear.

“Our world was reduced to the rooms of our home and in that era, our children used to keep themselves away from stress with mindfulness. Since children knew how to practise mindfulness, they also got the rest of their family members to do mindfulness meditation and the families benefited from it in tough times. Our goal is to make mindfulness a part of the daily life of all citizens. For this, the children studying in our schools will play the role of ambassadors and messengers of mindfulness,” he said.

The ‘Mindful Education Awards 2021’ is an initiative by Mind On to recognise, support and honour the efforts of schools and school leaders in creating a mentally and physically healthy environment for the growth and development of children.

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