lorraine, Author at Teaching Children Meditation

How to teach kids who don’t want to learn meditation!

Hi – this is my first, ever video blog! I thought I would just give it a go (so feedback is welcome!) The blog has got 5 easy tips on how to help teach kids meditation and mindfulness – especially if they don’t want to learn! Enjoy! [hana-flv-player video=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deFV7aAhZIM” width=”400″ description=”” player=”5″ autoload=”true” autoplay=”false” loop=”false” […]

Connecting the world – Australia and New Zealand…

I’m not sure where to begin in this blog about my trip to New Zealand and Australia. It was both a very healing and enlightening one for me. You see my first trip to Australia held some really difficult memories. I went to Sydney 17 years ago, it was at a time in my […]

Meditation and Mindfulness for teens

I was teaching our course last weekend in London and I was asked by one of the students if the course would suit him as he works with 16 to 18 year olds. His school had looked at our website and thought it was only for younger children. It made me aware of 2 things. […]

Mindfulness to help with change

I’m reflecting on an interesting time I had teaching our level 1 course in London last weekend. I’ve taught there a few times before and it’s a lovely centre in north west London that helps kids with special need. I was teaching our Connected Kids level 1 course based on my book ‘Calm Kids – […]

Free online session – teach kids meditation

We are holding a live, free on-line session with hints and ideas on how to teach kids meditation, plus an opportunity to ask Lorraine Murray (author of Calm Kids – help children relax with mindful activities) questions about teaching children. The event takes place live and online on … Friday 6th September at 8pm (GMT) […]

Happy parents = Happy Kids? Attachment Parenting

I was delighted to be asked to speak at the Happy Parenting summit (online) that started this week. It’s 25 experts from around the world giving advice about a more happy parenting experience and the affect on their kids. (My piece on teaching meditation to kids is on Friday 9th August 2013 but it’s recorded so […]

Do I need to be experienced to teach kids meditation?

Somebody wrote something on this page that struck a chord with me. There are many people, like us, who run courses that teach other how to teach kids mindfulness and meditation. However some of them insist that the student learning to teach has lots of experience of mindfulness and meditation. I know that this seems […]

We are a “mom’s choice honoree” – silver award

What a great way to start the week! Our online course based on the book Calm Kids (how you can teach kids meditation) has been given the silver award by Mom’s Choice! Happy days! Mom’s Choice is a worldwide organisation that honors excellence in family friendly media, products and services. This is a big deal […]

Mindful and Meditation Travel Tips for Kids

I was visiting a friend the other day who was travelling to Australia with their baby daughter and who was concerned (naturally) about the long flight from the UK and how she would cope. This prompted me to share a few ideas that might help you if you are worried about travelling and how we […]

how to talk so children will listen

This post was prompted by an experience I had recently. I was walking my dog Jess past our local nursery. As we approached, there were 3 kids who came running around the corner of the building (aged about 3 years old) and as they saw us in their excited state, they picked up a handful […]