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Meditation classes 'can save children'
Last updated at 13:15pm on 23.10.07
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Cult director David Lynch is campaigning for London children to meditate in the classroom.
Lynch, whose films include Blue Velvet and Wild At Heart, has already persuaded 20,000 US pupils to take twice-daily transcendental meditation lessons with their teachers. Now he has teamed up with Sixties pop star Donovan for a series of talks in London to popularise the technique.
The 61-year-old director, who has donated millions to encourage the idea said: "The technique of transcendental meditation has seen a drop in stabbings, violence, big depressions, suicides and drugs in some of the worst schools in the US you can imagine."
Lynch will speak at the London Film Festival tonight on the South Bank.
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Great idea. Teaching children the art of meditation is much better than trying to teach already stressed adults who generally find it a lot harder to 'let go'. It's something drug-free and harmless that they would be able to practise through out the rest of their lives.
- Isabel, Woking, England
