Blog on yoga and mindfulness
Read about kids yoga and mindfulness, starting a family yoga practice, infusing mindfulness into your day and parenting, and my journey to empower my own yoga, breathwork, mindfulness practice.
I believe in sharing and empowering people, parent, kids with their own physical, emotional and mental health, for a better, more balanced and kinder future.
Let them be bored!
The goal is not to make boredom productive but to change our vision about it. Being bored from time to time can be beneficial and we should appreciate it instead of being negative about it. Here’s why.
Starting mindfulness with kids, preteens and teens
How to explain mindfulness to kids, preteens and teens?
Having a mindfulness practice is about helping your brain see the moment more fully, not identifying yourself with your thoughts (hello little voice) and being able to act rather than react to life’s events. It will not transform you into a full smiling blissfully happy being, but it will allow you to be fully there, manage your emotional and mental states better, in particular your stress levels, to be more resilient and even, with regular, practice help you with focus and memory, which is very good for these pesky school tests! Activities examples …
Starting mindfulness for small kids (2 to 6)
Toddlers (2 - 3 years) are already quite mindful beings: curious about everything, exploring the world with their whole sensations and voicing loudly their emotions. Mindfulness for toddlers aim at helping them identify and name feelings and emotions, and engaging their 5 senses. Mindfulness activities usually last a few minutes, and it is fully okay (and already great) as they have a very short attention span.