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!
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.
Melting Ice
We hold a cube of ice until it melts to notice the difference between a feeling and a reaction. (Game led by Gene Lushtak.)
Friendly Wishes
We imagine that everyone is happy, safe, healthy, and living in peace to practice kindness and concentration.
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.
Susan Kaiser Greenland, Kim Schonert-Reichl and Patricia Broderick on “Working with children”
Susan Kaiser Greenland, creator of the Inner Kids program, Kim Schonert-Reichl, lead researcher for the Hawn Foundation's MindUP program, and Patricia Broderick, creator of the Learning to BREATHE program, share a discussion about the complexities of training educators to teach mindfulness-based curricula to students, and the balance between scientific research and practical implementation, focusing on developmental and age appropriateness.
Interview with Susan Kaiser Greenland
In Taking Charge of Your Health and Wellbeing, an educational initiative from the University of Minnesota, Susan Kaiser Greenland, author of The Mindful Child and Mindful Games talks about how to help incorporate mindfulness into your child's life.
Teaching the ABCs of Attention, Balance and Compassion: Susan Kaiser Greenland at TEDxStudioCityED
Founder of the Inner Kids program, Susan Kaiser Greenland adapted adult meditation practices for kids, seeing a marked improvement in their capacity to focus, calm themselves, and manage stress. She is also the author of The Mindful Child.
MiEN 2011 - Susan Kaiser Greenland Keynote
Keynote at the 2011 MiEN conference - view other videos and information about MiEN at mindfuled.org
Author Susan Kaiser Greenland offers tips on how to help your kids manage stress
THE MINDFUL CHILD explains how parents can teach the transformative techniques of mindful awareness to children so they can overcome stress.
Kids on Mindful Awareness
A segment from a documentary about the Inner Kids program broadcast by GoodTube.org. Los Angeles students participating in a school-based Inner Kids class talk about their experience.
Classroom Teachers on Mindful Awareness
A segment from a documentary about the Inner Kids program broadcast by GoodTube.org. Classroom teachers in Los Angeles who are participating in a school-based Inner Kids class talk about their experience.
Parents on Mindful Awareness
A segment from a documentary about the Inner Kids program broadcast by GoodTube.org. Parents in Los Angeles whose children participated in a school-based Inner Kids class talk about their experience.
2009 NUS Lunchtime Forum - Increasing Children's Capacity to Learn and Experience Life Part 1
Listen to Susan Kaiser Greenland JD who developed the InnerKids mindful awareness program for children and teens speak on mindful awareness in the real-lives of children and their families.