Transcendental Meditation Appears in the Classroom

by Alison Brody

Day to Day, August 27, 2007 · The spiritual practice popularized in the 1960s and known as Transcendental Meditation is showing up in elementary school classrooms. Teachers have students use the practice between classes to help quiet their minds, but some opponents claim the practice is religious and say it violates separation of church and state.

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