Why Mindfulness? Why Now?

Children today are more stressed, anxious, and depressed than children growing up in previous decades—regardless of age! In fact, recent studies have shown that 46% of children in the US have experienced at least one adverse childhood experience (ACE)—an indicator for health and social problems later in life. And… nearly 1 in 3 children meet the criteria for anxiety disorders by the time they’re adolescents.

This didn’t happen overnight. 

However, when you add the events of the last several years — you can imagine that these numbers will only continue to rise.

Kids don’t know how to respond to what they’re feeling and experiencing.

• Self-regulation is becoming harder and harder
• Coping strategies are challenging to figure out, or non-existent
• Screen time has replaced play, activities, and connection
• Isolation has stunted social-emotional growth

But WE can turn this around!

Children are desperately in need of simple, practical strategies to self-regulate, focus, and destress. They need something that they can easily implement into their everyday lives — exercises and practices that they can understand and use!

However, for these strategies to work, they need to be practiced regularly.

Just like our muscles need regular workouts to keep fit, kids need to work their “mindfulness muscles” to develop strength, flexibility, and endurance. These strategies take practice and repetition to become a healthy habit that they can fall back on when issues arise. 

Kids with an ever-growing toolbox of ways to cultivate calm, build resilience, and find focus are more prepared to handle all of life’s ups and downs. These strategies take practice and repetition to be a tool and healthy habit that they fall back on when issues arise. 

Children are never too young to be taught tools to help them self-regulate, focus, and connect with others in healthy meaningful ways. 

Mindfulness is your new super tool... and your kid's new superpower!

Have You Been Wanting To, But…

You know that mindfulness can help children self-regulate, promote calm, manage stress, decrease anxiety, and increase focus and concentration. 

You know that all these benefits would help kids in and out of the classroom but something might be holding you back. 

Have you been wanting to bring mindfulness to children but you …

• Can’t figure out how to adequately explain mindfulness so they really get it.
• Find it challenging to keep the children’s attention and get them to sit still long enough to do mindful exercises.
• Are not comfortable or confident in leading mindfulness activities because you think you lack the proper training and equipment.
• Don’t fully understand mindfulness yourself, so you’re having a difficult time explaining it to your students, parents, or administrators.
• Don’t have enough ideas to capture and maintain their attention on a regular basis.
• Are unsure how to make mindfulness simple and engaging enough for children to really enjoy and get enough out of it.
• Don’t already have a mindfulness practice yourself, so you feel like a fraud teaching it.
• Find it challenging having enough activities to reinforce the practice outside of the mindfulness lesson and practice in the classroom.
• Are lacking strategies and ideas to bring mindfulness to children online during distance learning.
• Don’t feel like you have the time or energy in an already overstuffed scheduled.

We have you covered! 

With Mindful Kids in 10 Minutes a Day, you will have everything you need in one handy, done-for-you workbook and corresponding video series (just press play!) to powerfully incorporate mindfulness into your student’s school day. with ease and confidence!

More About The Bonuses!

You need to engage them, to keep their attention, and to show them that these exercises are not lame or silly but will help them feel calm.

That is exactly why we are including these very special BONUSES (value $200+):

1. "What is Mindfulness?" handout. A basic introduction of what mindfulness is and what it isn’t… so you can easily explain the concept to kids, parents, and administrators.

2. Tips to Teaching Mindfulness Virtually. Thirty ways to plan, teach, and implement mindfulness into your online classroom… even if you’ve had difficultly presenting this material virtually in the past.

3. “Classroom Management Audit” video. Before you get started, you will take a detailed look at your strategies, your students, and yourself. Watch this and discover twenty-five things to consider before you begin… so that you feel ready and prepared to quickly and effectively integrate mindfulness into your school day.

4. Tips to Managing Behaviors: Fifty-five ways to create a calm, organized classroom

and avoid challenging behaviors. In particular, you will discover… how to get past barriers of negative thinking that overwhelm the students and know what to do when children say they don’t need this but show signs that they do. 

5. Tips to Engage Children. Thirty ways to capture your students’ attention and keep them focused… even if you’re faced with children who have short attention spans, feign disinterest, or are have a difficult time calming down.

6. “Tips to Engage Children” video: Watch this video to discover thirty ways to capture attention and keep focus when teaching kids mindfulness…  even if you’ve had trouble finding the right "medium" or explanation that really sinks in for them.

7. Engagement Cards: Help your kids improve focus and stay engaged with these thirty creative ideas that will capture and keep their attention all session long… even when they refuse to participate or are not willing to give it a chance. 

8. Mindfulness Cards for Kids. Brand-new design! Twenty-five activities to help children slow down and be present. This deck is divided into four categories that you can chose from: breath, movement, sensory, and guided imagery. You will have tons of additional ideas that kids find interesting beyond just breathing exercises.

9. Mindfulness Activities for Families. Three fun and easy mindfulness activities to help families pause, connect, and breathe well. This handout gives families a brief overview of mindfulness and three fun activities to do at home. You can finally share it with your students and families so they can continue their practice at home!  

10. Mindfulness Activities for Families (Spanish version). See above

Valued at over $200!