Growing up mindful : essential practices to help children, teens, and families find balance, calm, and resilience /
Willard, Christopher (Psychologist),
Growing up mindful : essential practices to help children, teens, and families find balance, calm, and resilience / Christopher Willard, PsyD. - ix, 249 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I. Understanding mindfulness -- Stress and the American kid -- Mindfulness: what exactly is it? -- Building the foundation: your own mindfulness practice -- Part II. Practices for children and teens -- Introducing mindfulness to kids -- Visualizing mindfulness: harnessing the imagination -- Mind the body: body-based mindfulness practices -- Going with the flow: mindfulness and movement -- Shortcut to the present: using sound and our senses -- Playing attention: games, play, and creative mindfulness -- Making the virtual virtuous: mindfulness and technology -- Making mindfulness stick: integrating short practices into the day -- Part III. Sharing mindfulness in a formal setting -- Tips for teaching mindfulness -- Enlightened community: creating a culture of mindfulness.
A guide to introducing mindfulness into the lives of children and teenagers. Growing Up Mindful helps parents, educators, and counselors learn how to embody and share the skills of mindfulness that will empower our children with resilience throughout their lives. Includes more than 75 accessible exercises and practices.
9781622035908 1622035909
2015034114
Meditation for children.
Meditation--Therapeutic use.
Mindfulness (Psychology)
Growing up mindful : essential practices to help children, teens, and families find balance, calm, and resilience / Christopher Willard, PsyD. - ix, 249 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I. Understanding mindfulness -- Stress and the American kid -- Mindfulness: what exactly is it? -- Building the foundation: your own mindfulness practice -- Part II. Practices for children and teens -- Introducing mindfulness to kids -- Visualizing mindfulness: harnessing the imagination -- Mind the body: body-based mindfulness practices -- Going with the flow: mindfulness and movement -- Shortcut to the present: using sound and our senses -- Playing attention: games, play, and creative mindfulness -- Making the virtual virtuous: mindfulness and technology -- Making mindfulness stick: integrating short practices into the day -- Part III. Sharing mindfulness in a formal setting -- Tips for teaching mindfulness -- Enlightened community: creating a culture of mindfulness.
A guide to introducing mindfulness into the lives of children and teenagers. Growing Up Mindful helps parents, educators, and counselors learn how to embody and share the skills of mindfulness that will empower our children with resilience throughout their lives. Includes more than 75 accessible exercises and practices.
9781622035908 1622035909
2015034114
Meditation for children.
Meditation--Therapeutic use.
Mindfulness (Psychology)