Why teach mindfulness to kids? Not only is there strong evidence that mindfulness canpositively affectan adult’s mental and physical health, but there's alsogrowing researchthat mindfulness exercises for kids can have significant benefits as well — particularly in terms of resilience to stress and...
Mindful Breathing for Kids Mindfulness at School Mindfulness Music for Kids Save Mindfulness Activities for Kids It’s hard to believe, but there are actual studies showing that it can help kids with various disabilities too. I’ve been interested in this for a while but am just now getting a...
Resilience is the process of, the capacity for, or outcome of successful adaptation despite challenging or threatening circumstances. Our kids will come up against many challenges in their lives, and when they do, we want them to be prepared to meet them with a strong sense of their own comp...
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This chapter focuses on the effects of mindfulness on health and mental disorders such as stress reduction, immune function, addictions, ADHD, depression and aging. We suggest that mindfulness is an interventional technique that is beneficial to health and well-being, as well as an attitude and ...
strengthening the parts of the brain responsible for attentional functioning, organization, impulse control, and emotional regulation, meditation can also raise dopamine levels (which ADHD brains lack) as well as help with anxiety and depression (two common additional conditions for people with ADHD)....
give mindfulness a shot—even if it's just once.One studyfound that a brief 30-minute introduction to mindfulness was able to lower pain and negative emotions in a group of 17 people who had never tried meditation before. There are also simple mindfulness exercises foradultsand kids of all ...
I’m Mirjam Van Den Berg, wife to Roger and mother to two wonderful kids, Anna (born 2015) and Body (born 2019). Along with our two dogs, Boba and Henkie, we lead a lively life filled with love, growth, and the occasional chaos that comes with ADHD. View All Courses Categories ...
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Moments like this are exactly why I sought out training in kids yoga and mindfulness seven years ago. When a child is totally disregulated they are not going to learn anything I had planned for that session. So I needed tools in the speechie toolbox to help my patients. ...