Yes. Children and teens can immensely benefit from meditation. They need not themselves sit and practice meditation though. Little children are already in a state of meditative presence most of the time because their analytical, logical thinking-mind has still not fully taken control of their lives.
When their parents or whoever is their primary caretaker practices regular meditation and has cultivated a habit of daily meditation practice, the children are the biggest beneficiary. This practice by the adults in their home gives them a perfect environment to grow into compassionate adults.
We need not teach children by telling them what to do or how to live. We simply need to live life as how we would like them to be when they grow up. They would naturally learn and live up to your expectations.
Children are like little saplings growing out of tiny seeds. The parents or their caretakers are like the gardener. Gardener does not teach the sapling how to grow up into big trees and give fruits. They simply need to provide the right environment and nurturing care, the sapling grows on its own.
Then following article provides guidance on a simple effective daily healing practice.
Humanity “THE BEST RELIGION” · December 20, 2022
Can someone who has never been able to meditate learn to practice meditation and benefit out of it?
Yes anyone can practice meditation. It is quiet simple actually. You only need to learn when you have to ‘do’ something. Meditation is a practice of ‘non-doing being’. You need to choose not to do anything and this entails a process of unlearning rather than learning. When I say activity, I am referring to mental activity not physical activity. Just do the following for one to three minutes and see what happens. Your first tool for an effective meditation practice – Focused Breathing and Conscious Breathing – FGCB This is FGCB or Fixed Gazing and Conscious Breathing. Simply take a few minutes to be with this practice several times during the day for a few days. It would be even more helpful if you can practice three minutes of gentle body movements called Deep crossing after the FGCB and continue with the FGCB while doing this. It is demonstrated in YouTube video linked below. Selvans Deep crossing: https://youtu.be/qq6iKZquuVI After several days of the above practice, listen to the following guided meditation audio and sit with a short practice of 5 minutes open eyes meditation. Sit for the meditation after doing deep crossing. Selvans Guided Meditation – Witnessing the four simultaneous activities: Selvans Short Meditation – Witnessing The 4 Simultaneous Activities If you want to go further, you may use the other longer closed eyes meditation audios in my SoundCloud profile to progressively practice with meditation. My recently published book is a good guide to take the reader through a handholding process of mentoring. You can read more about the book and find the link to buy it in my website below. Another option is to enrol for my online mentoring program called Awareness Journey. Read about it and find the links to my SoundCloud and YouTube profiles on my website homepage.