Holistic thinking in school: the case of the Itapetininga/SP (Brazil) medIFtação project

Abstract

This article describes and analyzes the experience of two years of existence of the medIFtation project developed at the Federal Institute of São Paulo, Itapetininga campus, in the southwest of the state. It is a project emerging from the need to present high school students with some mental health tools to control anxiety. Nevertheless, based on this scenario, the project was elaborated and has been carried out beyond this instrumental proposal, raising the sense of meditation and holistic thinking as elements of self-knowledge and understanding of the complexity of life. The paper was organized in the form of questions and answers, with the purpose of making the explanation clearer about the specifics of the project. It is hoped, by sharing this story, to promote a (self) reflection of meditation at school and, who knows, to encourage other projects of a similar nature.