සති සරසවිය or Mindfulness on Campus, a new program designed to share mindfulness with Sri Lankan undergraduates was inaugurated at the Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayawardenapura on 19th November 2016.

‘Our vision is to see mindfulness meditation on the national Australian school curriculum by 2020.’

The Sati Pasela program was officially launched in March 2016. In the initial phase of the program 43 schools had registered and the majority of schools are located in Gampaha and Colombo districts.

It’s Wednesday morning and the children from year 5 at St John the Baptist primary school in Brighton are chatting noisily at their desks.