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Re: Fwd: NYTimes.com: In the Classroom, a New Focus on Quieting the Mind
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VERA R CROWELL <[log in to unmask]>
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African Association of Madison <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 17 Jun 2007 11:13:42 -0500
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AAM/AWA FAMILY PICNIC - July 14, 2007 at ELVER PARK

AFRICA FEST 2007 - AUGUST 11, 2007 at WARNER PARK

Join African Association of Madison, Inc. for $25 per year:Oct - Sept.

Mail check to: AAM, PO Box 1016, Madison, WI 53701
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...the tibetan chime...the bowl...

They are part of religious practices, as is yoga.

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This took a great deal of time." 

----- Original Message -----
From: Anita Makuluni <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sunday, June 17, 2007 11:03 am
Subject: Re: Fwd: NYTimes.com: In the Classroom, a New Focus on Quieting the Mind
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> *****************************************************************
>  
>  AAM/AWA FAMILY PICNIC - July 14, 2007 at ELVER PARK
>  
>  AFRICA FEST 2007 - AUGUST 11, 2007 at WARNER PARK
>  
>  Join African Association of Madison, Inc. for $25 per year:Oct - Sept.
>  
>  Mail check to: AAM, PO Box 1016, Madison, WI 53701
>  Phone: 608-258-0261 -- Email: [log in to unmask]
>  Web: www.AfricanAssociation.org
>  
>  *****************************************************************
>  
>  VERA R CROWELL <[log in to unmask]> wrote: 
>  Why are these religious practices allowed in the school?
>  <
>  
>  Vera,
>  
>  Note the following from the NYTimes article:
>  "The techniques, among them focused breathing and concentrating on a 
> single object, are loosely adapted from the work of Jon Kabat-Zinn, 
> the molecular biologist who pioneered the secular use of mindfulness 
> at the University of Massachusetts in 1979 to help medical patients 
> cope with chronic pain, anxiety and depression."
>  
>  If students were being asked to concentrate on a god or a religious 
> doctrine, I would argue that it is a violation of "separation between 
> church and state" but this is a *secular* version of a practice that 
> is used in Tibet. Even though people sing in church, there is no ban 
> on singing in school. Heaven help us if "mindfulness" becomes the sole 
> domain of religion.
>  
>  Best,
>  Anita
>  
>  ===
>  Anita H. Makuluni * Madison, WI * [log in to unmask]
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