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A school replaced detention with meditation. The results are stunning.

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Robert W. Coleman Elementary School in Baltimore , Maryland , has a meditation room for kids.

Students are encouraged to sit in the room and meditate, helping them calm down and re-center.

Science is starting to build up a really interesting picture of how awesome meditation can be.

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