amygdala Archives - Teaching Children Meditation

How to create a mindful self soothe box for children and teens

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Press the re-set button when life, stress and anxiety takes hold!

Robbie and Jess

He’s a boy who can’t trust.
She’s a dog with a special skill helping him discover the magic within.

Helping teens with stress and addiciton to technology

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If your kids are addicted to their tech or you have big behaviour struggles around phones and gaming … some support is on its way!

Helping kids manage their behaviour

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Managing the big emotions with meditation

High Five reminder to teach kids meditation

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

Habilidades conscientes para niños con ira y ataques de pánico

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 […]

Consejos conscientes para una crianza informada sobre el trauma

Lorraine E Murray, founder of Connected Kids hosts an Interview with Suzanne Scott, founder of the charity Trauma Informed Parenting Scotland What is trauma informed parenting? What difference does it make to a young person if their parent is trauma informed What difference does it make to the parent if they can be trauma informed […]

Meditaciones y consejos conscientes para ti y tu familia - COVID-19

Welcome and hope you find this blog useful in this strange and challenging time. I don’t know about you, but life feels like we’ve been put on a roller coaster (without our permission) and we are on for a ride of ups and downs. I’ve been practising meditation for over 30 years and even I […]

Ayudar a los niños a controlar su comportamiento con meditación consciente

I know this is an issue that many adults struggle with – both in the classroom and at home. So my next online talk will be about this – giving you tips and mindful ideas that help you and your kids to self-regulate their behaviour… more peacefully. If you wish to join the online […]

Meditación y atención plena para el autismo y el TDAH

I initially had the idea back in 2003 that we should be teaching our kids meditation and mindfulness. Back then… there was very little in the way of resources that people could find to help them teach kids and teens mindful meditation practices. How the landscape has changed (thank goodness!) Today we see meditation and […]