Mindfulness, meditation + more
Mindfulness and meditation based activities, music, podcasts, visualizations, and guided meditations.
Patience with Mindful Listening
You can train your mind to pay attention to even the littlest things. Like sounds.
Awareness of Sound and Emotion - a six-minute guided meditation for teens and adults
For six short minutes, pause and listen to what's happening in and around you. In this live recording from a webinar for parents.
Your Special Star
We imagine that everyone has a special star with them all the time and learn how just imagining it can help us feel more relaxed and calm.
Listen To The Rain
Young children learn how everything changes when they listen to the rain.
Zip-Up, Tick-Toc, and Fading Tone
We play three mindful games in a row to practice paying attention while moving and having fun.
This Is What It Is Right Now
Life has a way of throwing curve balls and it’s up to us how we respond. What would happen if we loosened our grip instead of clamping down?
stargazing
In this seven-minute guided practice, children and teens get comfortable, relax, and gaze at the sky to explore what’s happening within and around them.
breathing on purpose: a cooling out breath
We learn that focusing on a long out-breath can help us feel more relaxed and calm.
breathing with a pinwheel
We blow on a pinwheel to notice that different ways of breathing—quick, slow, deep, and shallow—affect how our minds and bodies feel.
seeing clearly
We shake a glitter ball or snow globe to help us understand the connection between what happens in our minds and what happens in our bodies.
mind-body connection
We imagine biting into a lemon to help us understand the connection between what’s happening in our minds and what’s happening in our bodies.
peace like a river
A fun and lively folk song taught to me by Tom Nolan from the Crossroads School and the Council in the Schools program.
follow the light within
Tom Nolan from the Crossroads School and the Council in the Schools program, taught me this wonderful folk song for children of all ages.
i stop and feel my breathing
We sing a song to learn that when we stop and feel our breathing, we feel more calm and focused.
meditation on breathing
Affectionately known as "breathe-in, breathe-out" children sing this song to help them calm down if they're upset, to concentrate if they're having a hard time focusing, or just for the fun of it.
just like me
We think of things we have in common with someone who seems different than us and silently say, “he or she is just like me.”
stop, breathe, and be
In this 10-minute guided practice with Susan Kaiser Greenland, we notice how our minds and bodies feel when we stop, breathe, and be.
everything changes in the rain
We listen to the sound of the rain and remember that everything changes. A 6-minute guided meditation for all ages.
listening to the rain
In this 6-minute guided practice from Susan Kaiser Greenland, children listen to the rain and pay attention to the changing nature of the sounds, breathing, thoughts, and feelings.