It's 7 a

7 a.

in San Diego, California. I'm sitting at the beach with about a dozen junior high school

and high school age students, and we're about

to meditate for 10 minutes.

Then they'll swim in the open ocean in giant waves and then start classes for the day. I'm Shelby Stanger and this is wild ideas worth living.

So let's start, get into the normal position.

So let's start, get into the normal position, legs loose, back relatively straight, shoulders relaxed. We'll start by ringing the bell and what I want everyone to do is to pay attention to the bell

intensely to the exclusion of everything else and try to listen to the bell till the end of the

sound and now we're going to have the train come and help us.

Here we go. You know what's next? A half a mile swim in the open ocean. Because it's winter in San Diego, the surf just happens to be giant.

There's about 10 feet plus of swell out there and high surf advisory.

I'm with kids ages 11 and 19 who are current students and alumni from Sea Change, a private school located steps

from the beach in Delmar, California, with a focus on educational experience that promotes

mindfulness, academic studies, physical fitness, and more, this small alternative school is helping kids, teaching them mindfulness, and taking them to achieve goals like an upcoming one of swimming the entire English channel this coming August.

You just heard from John Alcock, the co-founder of Sea Change and director of mindfulness.

He's leading the kids in a meditation exercise.

I met John, the co-founder of the school, also a Harvard

educated trial lawyer at one of the top law firms in San Diego at his book signing

earlier this year. His book, Forty Things I'd Wish I'd told my kids, is about his journey into what he's learned

from mindfulness.

Then on my morning runs, I'd see John with these young kids meditating, then charging

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