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 sensory 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 practice of presence. We will also talk about concepts such as kindness, focus and gratitude. Help children learn empathy, recognize and manage emotions through fun, games, activities and meditation.
week 1 - 5 senses and what is Mindfulness - students will practice turning their attention to the different senses and talk about the use for them. 
week 2 - What is attention and intro to Gratitude - students will learn about what focus is and how our mind works. We will play a gratitude hunt game.
week 3 - Your body, intro to feelings and emotions - students will explore the definition of emotions and learn to identify what feel and how to deal with strong emotions.
week 4 - The mind and intro to kindness - Students will learn about the different parts of the brain, what and how our thoughts work and how we can choose kind words in our thinking.
week 5 - Our breath- mindful breathing connecting with the present moment
week 6 - The Body is nature.
week 7 - Who am I - Understanding our emotions and our thoughts
week 8 - Mindful Me = Happy Me will put into practice breathing techniques learned, journal and understand daily practice.
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.