This mother made sure that her children continue to practice meditation regularly after a first initiation in school. At the microphone of Olivier Delacroix, on Europe 1, she explains how this practice can help them on a daily basis.

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Julie, 40, lived in England for several years. In class, her two sons were doing meditation daily, a practice she wanted them to pursue in France. At the microphone of Olivier Delacroix, on Europe 1, she explains how this mental exercise teaches them to control their emotions and fight their anxieties.

"In Anglo-Saxon schools, benevolence, kindness and all these alternative techniques of well-being are cultivated, perhaps not in all the schools, but those that my children attended practiced this kind of initiative [...] They themselves told me that it was a practice that allowed them to relax, that after they returned to class, they were much more focused.

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Back in France, the reacclimatation was not done without difficulty for boys. Julie immediately thought of mediation as an auxiliary.

It was not a request from them. But when we returned to France, I observed a reacclimation in the school system that was a little tricky. I had children who were stressed, anxious, with problems falling asleep and enormous anxiety when it came to speaking in class. So, I told myself that I was going to use this technique to help them better manage their emotions and their stress.

Meditation is a practice that can be done on a daily basis, such as brain gymnastics. When you really practice it every day, beyond 21 days, it becomes a habit, like brushing your teeth. [...] It's really a daily hygiene exercise. I would have liked to arrive there, but with the children, if we are not behind them, it is not obvious. I thought it was still a way to anchor this awareness a little more in them, and it seemed important to me. It is to give them a service, to explain to them that this tool, we have it in itself, that it is innate.

In everyday life, we are carried away by his thoughts, positive or negative, and it is difficult to take a step back. I wanted them to realize that they have this in them, this ability to ask themselves, and that they can work it, appeal to it in special cases or more stressful moments.

Julie contacted a teacher to organize home classes for several weeks, with, at the moment, uneven results.

We organized a small group with my partner who has two boys too. She also lived in England and had the same problems of returning to France, with a teenager who had big headaches before going to school in the morning, so a lot of stress. We organized a workshop, our four boys participated in these sessions led by an instructor.

[At the time], the children were between 10 and 14 years old. We had two types of children, children who were rather calm, more calm, introspective and who really benefited from the sessions, which went very far in the feeling. My youngest son even had the feeling of levitation, he was really in the letting go. It was very good. We had two other boys who had more difficulties to ask themselves, to concentrate, who are much more agitated. For them, it was a little more complicated to participate in the sessions, and at the same time, it was they who needed it the most.

But over time, the positive effects have been felt, even on the less receptive ...

It still served them. My eldest [...] who has more trouble getting together, used the techniques learned with her instructor on a trip. We went scuba diving shortly after. He had never done it, it made him want but he was too scared, he did not dare. Even putting on a mask and snorkel, he did not feel able. And then, after a while, we saw him go alone to the water. He admitted to me that he used meditation to let go, to relieve stress and to enjoy the moment we were living and not to think about what could happen and to worry about it.

It does not calm them every time, but it works. Often, when there is anguish in the evening, I say: 'Go to your room, put the headphones on your ears and listen to a meditation session.' There are nights when they will not be able to concentrate, but there are nights when they get into the game and it's 100% effective. "

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