The article, “Feasibility and preliminary outcomes of a school-based mindfulness intervention for urban youth” by Mendelson, et al., (2010), reports the findings from a pilot program that provided mindfulness interventions to urban youth. Students at all ages are at risk of stress factors that in return affect their behavior, academic performance, and cause social-emotional problems. Urban students especially, are faced with several barriers that may cause extra stress to the student, which often overwhelms the child because they are unable to handle their stress in healthy ways. This particular programs goal was to provide mindfulness and yoga interventions to urban students to help reduce involuntary stress responses and improve their overall mental health.
1. What changes can be made to the mindfulness program based on the information gained from the study?
2. Did the program counter the psychological and neurocognitive effects of chronic stress exposure by providing mindfulness techniques?
3. What improvements with …show more content…
During the first half of each session students were able to practice breathing techniques, yoga-inspired postures, and movement series (bending, and stretching). During this process the students were taught the health benefits of the poses as well as using yoga in their daily lives. The exercises started at the beginner level and gradually moved to the advance stages. At the end of each class, the students would lay on their backs with their eyes closed and be guided through mindfulness practices by their instructors. The students were asked to pay close attention to their breathing as well as the energy they were sending out with each breath. At the end of each session there was also a guided discussion about stressors in student’s lives and using mindfulness techniques to help cope with those
1. What changes can be made to the mindfulness program based on the information gained from the study?
2. Did the program counter the psychological and neurocognitive effects of chronic stress exposure by providing mindfulness techniques?
3. What improvements with …show more content…
During the first half of each session students were able to practice breathing techniques, yoga-inspired postures, and movement series (bending, and stretching). During this process the students were taught the health benefits of the poses as well as using yoga in their daily lives. The exercises started at the beginner level and gradually moved to the advance stages. At the end of each class, the students would lay on their backs with their eyes closed and be guided through mindfulness practices by their instructors. The students were asked to pay close attention to their breathing as well as the energy they were sending out with each breath. At the end of each session there was also a guided discussion about stressors in student’s lives and using mindfulness techniques to help cope with those