Paper Details

Name: Jasbir Kaur & Shivani
Country: India

Year: 2025
Volume: Vol-12, issue-2, (July-December)
Page Number: 34-56
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17937256

ABSTRACT
Adolescence is a major stage during which habits are established. Adolescence is not simply
a biological stage, beginning with puberty and ending with the sexual and physical maturity
of the person; it is the process of establishing one’s identity, shaping one’s character,
determining whether one will be successful in the long term, and eventually, designing one's
destiny.
Mediation is an effective technique today in enhancing self-control, emotional balance, and
coping with stress, which are useful in the acquisition of good habits. The article explains
how various meditation programs, including Mindfulness, Yoga, Transcendental Meditation
(TM), and Heartfulness, have influenced the habits of adolescents in the context of
Heartfulness Experience Life's Potential (HELP) program. The study uses the secondary data
analysis approach, where the published literature, program review, and meta-analyses were
reviewed on studies about meditation-based interventions on adolescents between the years
2003 and 2025. The studies have shown that well-organised programs such as HELP enhance
the overall well-being of teens, and they have an approach of 360 degrees- mentally,
physically, emotionally and socially. The paper also honours the implications of the learning
systems through incorporating the meditative interventions as a way of developing healthy
practices among the teenagers.
Keywords:
Adolescence, habit forming, meditation, heartfulness, emotional regulation, self-regulation,
mindfulness, yoga, transcendental meditation, HELP program.