According to the researchers published in this issue of Child Development Perspectives, promoting positive youth development through the concept of Social-Emotional learning (SEL) is an important, but not a sufficient step towards improvements in the school culture. An array of transdisciplinary studies explores the prospects for designing age-appropriate forms of secular contemplative trainings that “scaffold the development of executive function, emotion regulation, empathy, and compassion” among children and teachers in educational settings. Incorporating yoga-based programs in educational settings provides complementary and value added benefits beyond such skills-based programs in that it offers a deeper habitual cultivation of lifelong skills promoting well-being in both teachers and children.