The handful of experiments above provides opportunities to activate, integrate and normalize contemplative knowing in the classroom. Bringing contemplative practice to the classroom is not exactly bringing something new to children. Children–young children especially–are natural contemplatives. They ponder big questions, they daydream, they fall in wonder with nature, they reflect on their own existence, and find silence in their “special spot,” perhaps under the arms of an old tree. However, the demands for constant activity, the habit of electronic stimulation and the production orientation of modern society make it very difficult to keep the contemplative alive, leaving children (and teachers) unbalanced in their ways of knowing and often losing touch with the inner landscape. Contemplative techniques offer both a