mindfulness & Meditation lessons + more
Access a comprehensive video library of mindfulness and meditation lessons and activities for both kids and adults. Learn about the Inner Kids model, which brings mindfulness to homes, schools, and clinics through engaging, activity-based practices, and Susan’s latest book Real-World Enlightenment. Explore presentations and guided meditations to cultivate resilience, well-being, and emotional intelligence. Visit Susan Kaiser Greenland’s YouTube channel for more resources and integrate mindfulness into your educational practices today!
Drop the Monkeys for Young Children
We build a chain of plastic monkeys to demonstrate how to notice thoughts and let them go.
Developing Patience with Mindful Listening
One of the terrific things about mindfulness is that it helps us develop universal qualities that are with us all the time. One of those qualities is patience, and today we'll explore how mindful listening helps develop the quality of patience.
Thoughts, Emotions, and an Awareness Meter
We use an awareness meter and barrel of plastic monkeys to demonstrate how to work with thoughts and emotions when we meditate.
Even Obi-Wan Kenobi Feels Unsteady Sometimes
We usually think of Obi-Wan Kenobi as being cool, calm, and collected, right? A remarkable Jedi Master. But even Obi-Wan Kenobi feels unsteady sometimes. If you don't feel steady – like Obi-Wan is feeling now – mindful awareness can help you feel more grounded.
Susan demonstrates the Snow Globe Game
By moving our attention away from what we're thinking to an experience in the moment, our minds help our bodies settle.
Drop the Monkeys for Older Children and Teens!
A colorful chain of plastic monkeys demonstrates how to notice thoughts and let them go.
Balloon Arms, a Mindful Game to Help Kids Pay Attention
We practice focusing by slowly moving our arms up and down, or back and forth, in sync with each other’s movements.
Calm Under Pressure
Are you feeling under pressure or overwhelmed? Susan demonstrates what stress and pressure do to our bodies and how to move through them.
Meditation in a Jar
Watch how easy it is to settle your mind when it's busy! then, listen to this guided meditation to give it a try.
Meditation For When You’re Upset - Smell the Roses, Blow out the Candle
Feeling upset or annoyed? Here's a tip for calming down anytime you feel worked up.
Meditating on Sound
Listening to sound is a great way to practice meditation. This meditation will help you feel focused and relaxed at the same time.
Sweet Dreams
Let any worries, stress and strain drop away in this bedtime routine. lie flat on your back with your arms by your sides, close your eyes, and you’re ready to begin.
Fun House Mirrors
We sit or stand face-to-face and choose a leader. When the leader slowly moves we mirror the movement. (Game led by Annaka Harris.)
Pass the Cup
Using teamwork, and by paying attention to what’s happening around us, we pass a cup without spilling a drop of water.
Rock-a-Bye
We pretend to rock a stuffed animal to sleep on our bellies to relax our bodies and quiet our minds.
Balloon Arms
We practice focusing by slowly moving our arms up and down, or back and forth, in sync with each other’s movements.
Fading Tone
We listen closely to the sound of a tone as it fades away to help us relax and focus.
Seeing Clearly for Young Children
We watch baking soda settle in a fishbowl to help us understand the connection between what happens in our minds and what happens in our bodies.