by Elizabeth-Anne Mulhane | Oct 28, 2020 | Certified Mindfulness Teacher Training, Teaching children mindfulness, Teaching children to meditate
Become a mindfulness teacher through our certified 8 week online training for Childcare Teachers. Certified online mindfulness training for Childcare Teachers course Who is the course for: This certified online mindfulness training for Childcare Teachers has been...
by Elizabeth-Anne Mulhane | Oct 7, 2020 | Teaching children mindfulness
Helping one of my own children overcome anxiety was one of the reason I decided to begin teaching others how to teach and learn mindfulness. My fifth child was delivered via caesarean. After over 10 hours of labour I was rushed into an emergency caesarean due to...
by Elizabeth-Anne Mulhane | Oct 6, 2020 | Teaching children mindfulness
A free mindfulness for children exercise created by Elizabeth Mulhane An exercise in mindfulness of feelings, thoughts and mental objects for young children This free mindfulness for children exercise focuses on mindfulness of feelings, thoughts and mental objects...
by Elizabeth-Anne Mulhane | May 13, 2020 | Parents and teachers, Teaching children mindfulness, Teaching children to meditate
This blog, ’10 ideas to teach kids mindfulness’ was inspired through the parents from my Facebook Community: Mindfulness For Children. We want our children to enjoy learning mindfulness and meditation. So it’s important that we keep it enjoyable. The...
by Elizabeth-Anne Mulhane | May 4, 2020 | Parents and teachers, Uncategorized
How long should my child practice mindfulness? The answer to the question, ”How long should my child practice mindfulness?” is individual for each child. However, as a rule a child aged 3 to 12 years of age may practice ‘formal mindfulness...
by Elizabeth-Anne Mulhane | May 4, 2020 | Loving kindness meditation, Parents and teachers, Teaching children mindfulness, Uncategorized
This free loving kindness exercise for children is designed to promote all 5 of the Early Years Learning Framework. Exercise: I’m sending love into my world 1. Using 3 to 5 big breaths, have the child blow up an imaginary balloon that’s shaped like a heart. By blowing...
by Elizabeth-Anne Mulhane | Jul 10, 2019 | Mindful eating, mindfulness of body
We practice mindful eating through formal practice (where we sit for the purpose of completing the exercise). And we practice informally (where we just remember to eat mindfully in any situation). Our formal practice is very important – because this practice...
by Elizabeth-Anne Mulhane | Jun 30, 2019 | Parents and teachers, Student Category
Day 2: Tea drinking meditation. Our first tea drinking meditation involved the totality of having a cup of tea. That is, we concentrated on self-awareness; appreciation of interdependence; recognising common humanity and recognising how we engage with our community...
by Elizabeth-Anne Mulhane | Jun 27, 2019 | Teaching children mindfulness
This activity allows children the opportunity to focus on their senses as they explore their environment using sight, sound, touch, and smell. What you will need: This activity is best for outside play, so the children can connect with nature. Â A natural area to...
by Elizabeth-Anne Mulhane | Mar 13, 2018 | Teaching children mindfulness
I believe mindful eating (and grounding) is one of the better ways, or easier ways to teach children mindfulness. In reality, a mindful breathing exercise may quickly become boring for a child (and therefore shouldn’t be longer than a couple of minutes)....
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