Children are born with natural compassion, but it’s important that they're encouraged to practice it. This simple, sweet mindfulness exercise from Breathe Like a Bear gently guides children to think of others—not only someone they love, but also someone they…

The second episode of my new YouTube series Zen Sessions for Kids—short videos of mindfulness plus music for children—is live now, and the theme is Colors! 

I read the calming, grounding mindfulness exercise “Your Favorite Color” from Breathe…

“Kindness is a gift everyone can afford to give.” - Unknown 

We all want to raise kind children. But it’s easy to forget that skills like compassion, empathy, and kindness—what educators call social-emotional learning—need to be taught, modeled, and practiced.   

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A possible upside to our current state of affairs: maybe you have a little more time than usual right now to spend with your little ones? If so, family yoga is a fun, healthy way to bond. There are lots…

Movement. It’s so important right now! For kids AND for grownups. Lots of us are on screens for hours and hours in a row, more than we ever have been before—trying to stay connected, to stay in school, to stay…

Scrunch up your toes. Make all the muscles in your legs really strong. 

Pull your belly in, and squeeze all the muscles in your arms. 

Make your hands into fists, and scrunch up your face. 

If you want to, close…

The kids are listening. 

Even when you think they aren’t. They hear what you’re saying, and they’re watching how you behave. 

We have choices, all day long (and the days can feel LONG, I know, I have three): do we…

It’s Bunny Breaths release day! 

It’s the third book in my Mindfulness Moments for Kids series, and this one might just be the cutest. 

Bunny Breaths teaches young ones a simple, fun breathing exercise to help them focus their energy…

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…