How does education, or lack thereof, affect mindfulness?

But the lack of evidence demonstrating the long-term academic impact of mindfulness has raised concerns about its role as an educational tool. Given the inherent nebulousness of mindfulness as a concept, and the grassroots status of the movement, these concerns are understandable. read more

Not at all. I have known mindful people with no formal education. Mindfulness is a practice. It is paying attention to everything around you and inside you with no judgement. Just paying attention. Paying attention takes no education at all. As a matter of fact, the more you think you know the more of that you have to set aside to see things clearly. read more

Not a topic that our education system, in practice, provides support for. The research that has been conducted on the topic of educator mental health has shown that educators are under high stress- large class sizes, pressures from higher up, and classroom management, among other education demands. read more