grounding Archives - Teaching Children Meditation

Helping Autistic children with Mindfulness

How to help Autistic children self-soothe

Energy awareness for meditation

Confidence and creativity - advanced techniques woman and girl sitting meditating - with view of their chakra energy centres Energy awareness to help with SEN

Connecting to energy to teach children

Mindfulness and the Family Vacation

family on beach - mindful holidays - meditation

Mindful answers to the holiday challenges

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

Mindful Trauma-Informed Parenting

Lorraine E Murray, founder of Connected Kids, interviews Suzanne Scott, founder of the charity Trauma Informed Parenting Scotland

COVID-19 anxiety and teaching kids meditation

Lorraine E Murray, founder of Connected Kids, explains what will change for anyone interested in learning to teach kids or teens meditation on the Connected Kids Programme. Please note that details about face to face training will be published by late July 2020. *These protocols relate to training offered directly by Lorraine E Murray. […]

How to help kids or teens do Yoga Nidra

An easy way to teach kids yoga nidra (and improve sleep) Yoga Nidra is my new favourite practice. It’s so easy yet so relaxing and it helps me stay in touch with my body which (if I neglect it) becomes sore/achey due to the time I spend at the computer or slouched on the sofa […]

How does ‘grounding’ reduce kids’ anxiety?

2 Easy ways to help kids ground their energy What does it mean if we feel ‘ungrounded’? This is a question I ask my Connected Kids students when they are learning to teach kids meditation. It is one of the simplest ways to remedy our energy yet we often don’t notice what ‘being ungrounded’ is […]

Toolkit for teaching mindful activities – kids on the autistic spectrum

Creating a space to teach mindfulness to kids with autism We were asked a question about the types of tools people could use if they wanted to teach their kids (who are on the autistic spectrum) how to feel calmer and less stressed using mindful activities. Expert advice We write about this subject all the […]