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Dalai Lama Center
Research exploring the evidence behind mindfulness in education and the factors influencing its adoption in schools.
Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education · Originating 2013
The Question
How do we educate the hearts of children? Mindfulness programs measurably improve well-being, behavior, and learning, and teachers strongly supported adopting them. Yet the practices stayed largely absent from everyday education.
Research Approach
The project grew out of a 2013 social-good hackathon with the Webvisions conference in Portland. We spoke with Dalai Lama Center members, school administrators, teachers, conference attendees, and students.
- 30+Interviews
- 200+Hours of primary and secondary research
- 1,000+Post-its, sketches, and visioning documents
- 4Kindergarten sing-alongs
The Solution
A free digital toolbox built on teacher-led adoption, low barriers to entry, and peer-to-peer sharing. It centralizes resources and helps start conversations, moving people from awareness to implementation, advocacy, and evangelism.
Engagement Model
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Heart-Mind Index
Get along with others; compassionate and kind; secure and calm; attentive and engaged
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Reflections
This was my first time participating in and contributing to a project like this. I learned wireframing and visioning, and followed interviewers to study open but guided questioning. It inspired me to continue in restorative justice and human rights activism.