At Crossroads, the metallic locked juvenile detention center in Brownsville, Brooklyn, Bart van Melik, 34, a slim Dutchman with a receding hairline, prepares for his weekly yoga class. He unrolls his 15 blue yoga mats while greeting the warden, Casandra Washington, and her adolescent girls. The center houses...

My last three articles dealt with a burgeoning phenomenon -- mindful awareness -- which has been gaining popularity among public and private school administrators, as a method to help kids relax, become more attentive and less aggressive at school. In this concluding piece, I present thoughts from established mindfulness practitioners...

At P.S. 112, spirited second graders return to class after lunch. To calm them down, class teachers Lisa Zachariah and Emily Holdridge, have the children take three deep breaths and then listen to a 10 minute relaxation tape. The 20 kids spread out lifeless around the classroom and...

At 8:05 a.m., children between the grades of nursery to 8th grade file into Brown School's large gymnasium in Schenectady, New York, to observe community time. They walk in chatting with friends and sit in small groups on the floor. Soon the place is enveloped in a cacophony...

In the fall of 2010 Trinity School in Manhattan presented its theme for the week's lower school chapel. At the sound of piano music, about 300 children from grades K to four, quietly filed into designated pews in the school's refurbished, stark white chapel.

Tim...

The Hindu America Seva Charities (HASC) held its first-ever White House conference entitled 'Dharmic Seva: Catalyst to strengthening and building pluralistic communities on July 29. The group under the leadership of Anju Bhargava, aims to mobilize the Hindu American community around public service.

Bhargava greeted attendees and...

On a bright Monday morning at New York Yoga, 14 students in sweatpants and t-shirts sit on technicolored yoga mats, waiting for Michael Gilbert, a 25-year yoga veteran, to begin their weekly vinyasa class. After a few minutes of chanting "ohm," he instructs students in surya-namaskar -- the time-honored practice...

William hits the neon-colored ball with a powerful forehand; his opponent barely makes contact and the return lands short. William springs towards the ball like a gazelle and, with unfettered force, aims the volley deep. The ball ricochets off his racquet and lands, again, inside the baseline. His opponent shakes...