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Yoga & Meditation: Building Calm, Focus, and Confidence
At Living Wisdom School, yoga and meditation are woven into the rhythm of the school day. These practices help students of all ages develop inner calm, emotional balance, and self-awareness—skills that support both academic learning and lifelong well-being. Our approach is nonsectarian and age-appropriate, grounded in universal principles of awareness, movement, and stillness.
When children learn to quiet their bodies and minds through meditation, they awaken the calmness and clarity that allow their natural love of learning to shine.
Nitai Deranja
Co-Founder of EFL
Lower School
Yoga and meditation are introduced through playful, engaging experiences that build inner strength and awareness in age-appropriate ways. Every class from Kindergarten through 8th grade begins with Circle Time, which includes activities to energize, focus, and calm, such as:
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Energizing: such as a walk in the neighborhood, yoga postures, energization exercises, or stretching
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Focusing: glitter jars, singing uplifting music, or watching the breath
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Calming: silent bodies, relaxation pose, instrumental music or nature sounds, or meditation
My son has never been especially interested in yoga or meditation, but my sense is that’s a big part of what helps him and everyone in his environment be so calm, focused, and regulated. They go on walks, they do brief meditations, they do a variety of yoga exercises—and it works. He comes home calm, regulated, and happy to share about his day because he wasn’t stressed; he was engaged.
Jay Shultz-Heik, Living Wisdom Parent
Child Psychologist at Stanford University
Upper School
At the high school level, yoga and meditation support students’ deeper journey toward self-mastery, calm focus, and balanced awareness. Practices are introduced gradually and integrated across student life—in formal classes as well as in everyday moments. Students:
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Practice energization exercises to awaken focus and direct energy
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Explore yoga postures, breathing techniques, music for upliftment, and meditation
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Use short centering practices during transitions and before tests
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Build toward leading a daily sadhana (personal practice)
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Connect experiences to Personal Development, a core class designed to strengthen body, mind, will, and spirit
A Lifelong Foundation
Yoga and meditation help students establish a reliable inner center. By learning to quiet the mind, young people build a foundation of emotional stability that supports both their academic journey and their personal happiness."
