Mindfulness For Teenagers
When we think of mindfulness, we may not think of children especially teenagers. Mindfulness seems to be for adults in their busy...
Planning My Kid's Summer, Planning Boredom
Summer is right around the corner and information about summer camps are all abound, choking my mail as well as my e-mail, one flyer at a...
Why Kids Need Mindfulness?
Often when I go to educators and parents and talk about mindfulness, the common thing I hear is why do kids even need mindfulness? Some...
Name It To Tame It
How can you help a child who is having an emotional melt down? Learn brain-science basics and the two simple steps to calm a child who is...
Building Emotional Awareness In Children
Daniel Goleman in his famous book "Emotional Intelligence- Why It Can Matter More Than IQ" ushered in a new era in understanding success...
Cultivating Emotional Intelligence
What is Emotional Intelligence (EI) and Why is it Important? Emotional Intelligence is the ability to identify and manage one's own...
Where Is Home?
“For more and more of us, home has really less to do with a piece of soil than, you could say, with a piece of soul. If somebody suddenly...
Mindful Listening
One of the first exercise we teach the kids in our class is mindful listening. We start with the simple act of sitting in the right...
The Mind Jar - How To Make One?
This article is a follow-up for the Mind-Jar/Glitter Jar Mindfulness Exercise. It tells you how to make a mind jar. “Mind in a Jar”...
The Snow Globe
The Mindfulness exercise called the Mind Jar or the Glitter Jar or the snow globe is an interesting exercise to teach mindfulness to childre