This primary school has started each day for the past two years with one of my Mindful Moments. The students and staff all gather in the gym when they arrive, breathe together, and then start their day. You can feel…

We already know practicing mindfulness can help relieve stress, treat heart disease, lower blood pressure, reduce chronic pain, improve sleep, and even alleviate digestive issues (read the full article here). 

But the simplest, quickest way mindfulness can help us…

The US National Physical Activity Guidelines recommend that kids ages 6-17 get 60 minutes or more of moderate to vigorous physical activity each day.  

The bummer truth is—according to the US Physical Activity Report Card,—less than 25% of kids…

Anyone else hearing some version of "Are we there yet?" Maybe it's “How many more days until Christmas/Hanukkah/school break/the party/Grandma comes?" 

Tis the season. 

When we’re constantly counting down toward something, we can forget to be where we are.  

And…

I came across this article in The Atlantic last week, and the title immediately caught my eye: “Stop Trying to Raise Successful Kids.” 

What?  

Then I read the subtitle: “And start raising kind ones.” 

The authors are certainly not opposed…

I spoke at DeSales University today, to Early Childhood Department students who are all aspiring teachers (except for the would-be accountant in the front row who needed an extra course credit).  

We talked about mindfulness, movement, and music, and how…

Whatever the weather is like outside, with young children we can also talk about the “weather” inside us as a kid-friendly way of helping teach self-awareness, which the World Health Organization defines as one of five core skills necessary for…

More and more research keeps coming out about how incredible the benefits of playing music are for kids. When a child learns a musical instrument, essentially all areas of his or her development are enhanced. Here’s an excerpt from a…

It’s release day for the first two books in my Mindfulness Moments for Kids Series! 

Mindfulness Moments for Kids: Breathe Like a Bear will help children learn to control their breath and soothe themselves slowly to sleep, just like…

Back to school means activities ramp back up and schedules get crazy—it can be hard to find even a moment of quiet. Carving out quick mindfulness breaks becomes challenging, but even more important for children (and for you). 

In case…

We just wrapped an amazing ten days of live music here in eastern PA. I produce the PBS39 Summer Jam, and this year we had an incredible lineup of national children’s acts: Grammy nominees Falu and Brady Rymer, Mexican-American…

Sit up as tall as you can, back-to-back with your partner. Breathe naturally at first, and then begin to lengthen your inhales and exhales. It’s likely that your breaths will start to sync up with your partner’s. Stay here as…