ABSTRACT
“India is a country where women wear beautiful, long-flowing colorful clothes…. I don’t know what they are called, but they are very pretty.” This is how a little girl described India to me during a recent discussion session I had with a group of elementary school children on Gandhi, as part of a summer enrichment program for children in an urban area that faces widespread street and domestic violence. In addition, snakes and tigers still dominate their image of India, they said. Their evening sessions always begin with a half-hour devoted to yoga and meditation, an effort on the part of the organizers to use the power of mind-body connection to help the children focus and calm their minds.
