lorraine, Author at Teaching Children Meditation

Mindful swearing

Perhaps those two words ‘mindful’ and ‘swearing’ are not ones you expect to see in the same sentence.

But I’m realistic in my approach to meditation and how we teach it to kids and teens.

Helping teens regulate big emotions with mindfulness

How we can help kids (and teens) express big feelings, more mindfully.

A Mindful Summer Calendar for you and your family

A free mindful summer calendar – helping you and your family reduce stress on holiday!

High Five reminder to teach kids meditation

This simple visual can help your kids use their superpowers (aka meditation) to self-regulate!

” Covid pandemic has caused children as old as eight to throw tantrums normally seen in ‘terrible twos'”

how children are struggling with the stress of lockdown and how meditation skills can help their mental health

The power of the breath giving confidence to young kids

How the power of the breath can help build self confidence in kids – Glasgow trainer Lorraine Forysth sharing insights that help parents and children

Mental Health Awareness month

As it is mental health awareness month…How to identify when a child is feeling stress? When children are not able to adapt and cope with stress, they may respond in several ways.

gaming addiction in kids – mindfulness

In this short video, Lorraine E Murray (founder of Connected Kids) explains how you can use mindful skills to help your kids if they are addicted to gaming.

Encouraging your kids to meditate – top tips

Helping kids set up their personal meditation practice…

Mindful skills for kids with anger and panic attacks

We interviewed one of our wonderful trainers, Tara Russo, about bringing her educator experience in teaching into the world of teaching children meditation. Tara is one of our trainers on the Connected Kids programme. She talks about how it helped her daughter who had panic attacks with anxiety, and children in school with anger […]