My 10yo DS is a busy boy. Outside of school he does lots of activities, mostly sport. He also loves computer games. And of course he gets lots of homework. So there isn't much time to relax and wind down. But in any case, he's not the winding down type. I limit the electronic time, in the hope that he'll sit down and just chill with a book, or a drawing, but that's pretty rare - mostly he will go and bounce on the trampoline, shoot some baskets in the garden, or often just pace around the room "thinking". He's a happy boy, but always on the go. He does read a lot at bedtime, which helps him to wind down at night, but during the day he's usually firing on all pistons.
Sometimes he does have problems sleeping, and sometimes he gets a bit stressed over his homework, so I have been trying to teach him to close his eyes and breath deeply to relax - not very successfully though.
I was thinking of talking to his teacher about this to see if she could help, as I'm sure he's not the only one in his year group who could benefit from a bit of relaxation training. They do brain-gym style activities before lessons, but as far as I know they don't do anything particularly meditative.
I was reading an article about a top independent school that is pioneering a mindfulness programme, and it set me thinking. I wonder if any primary schools do anything similar (and I mean mainstream primaries, not Maharishi schools or other non-mainstream academies, or private schools). Does anyone have any experience they can share?