Ravi Bhanot, co-owner of Clayhall Nursery in Ilford, said he hopes toextend the scheme to other local nurseries, running subsidised trainingsessions for practitioners.
The group of three- and four-year-olds have been meditating for a fewminutes each day after lunch for the past week.
Mr Bhanot is director of the Ayurveda Institute of Europe. Ayurvedicmedicine, which originated in India around 5,000 years ago, includesmeditation.
Mr Bhanot believes that teaching young children how to manage theirstress could be the key to helping prevent anti-social behaviour andcrime as they get older.
'Evidence shows that meditation has positive health benefits and reducesstress,' he said. 'Nursery is a logical starting point so that childrenlearn the habit from a young age.'
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