Mindful Me

Mindfulness is a concept is growing more and more into the community and the school system. The current use of technology gives us a a great amount of benefits and at the same time takes time away from relating personally to others and socializing appropriately.  A developing child now needs to understand the importance of relationships, starting with ourselves. Through different brain balancing movement, exercises and breath work, we will practice being mindful of whats happening with our body and mind, things we see and feel, helping us to handle stress and big emotions. Learning to be mindful will help children with self regulation coping skills, feeling calmer, focused, grounded and making better decisions. Mindful breathing work improves self control and helps grow the thoughtful pre frontal cortex part of our brain.
In this class we will use our body and mind to move with our breath through different brain balancing exercises and breath work. We will also talk about concepts such as kindness, focus and calm. Help children learn empathy, recognize and manage emotions through fun, games, activities and meditation.
Week 1  - What is Mindfulness?  Mindful Body
Week 2  - Mindful Senses
Week 3   - Mindful Breath
week 4 -  Mindful Emotions 
No experience is required to learn mindfulness and students might get the challenge to practice something learned in our session for the following week and get a chance to share their experience in the next session.
"Mindful Kids 50 activities for Kindness, focus and calm"  by Whitney Stewart and Mina Braun by BarefootBooks.com.