Helping young people with busy minds
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Help Reduce Back to School Stress
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Calming ideas for kids
continue readingMindful 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 […]
continue readingCOVID-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. […]
continue readingmindfulness to help you parent and educate your kids
Teaching kids meditation and learning for your own well being, goes hand in hand.
continue readingCan meditation help kids with depression?
This week, I read a disturbing news report about the increasing use of medication for children (aged 12 or younger) who are being prescribed anti-depressants. “It found that the number of youngsters aged 12 or younger on anti-depressants has risen by 27% over the last three years.” BBC News July 2018 Then on social […]
continue readingHow to help Kids in Canada thrive – with meditation and mindfulness
Are Kids in Canada Coping with Stress? I’m writing this post with a focus on Canada. Why? Because I’ll be going there to teach in September and I wanted to find out more about how Canadian Kids could benefit from meditation. What I find fascinating is that many of the issues facing young people in […]
continue readingThe real reason why we teach kids/teens meditation
Today I read an article about someone in the States using a derogatory term for the President. This term is an insult to people who have special needs. However a Special Olympics athlete replied to the incident with a response that gave me chills – because it was so compassionate and kind – even in […]
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