Friday, June 6, 2014

Mindfulness At Home Workshop

We had a great time at our Mindfulness at Home workshop the other night!  A nice group of parents gathered together to experience some of the mindfulness practices that we do in Peace Class.  They were so relaxed by the end of the hour that we all floated home!  I shared a bunch of resources that you can use to learn about and practice mindfulness at home.  It would be so great if the kids were able to keep up their mindfulness practice over the summer.  The resource list is below.  Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions at linda.ryden@dc.gov.  I'll schedule another parent workshop in the Fall.




Resources for practicing mindfulness at home

Building Emotional Intelligence, Linda Lantieri (with cd of guided mindfulness exercises)

Sitting Still Like a Frog: Mindfulness Exercises for Kids (and their parents), Eline Snel  (book and cd)

A Still Quiet Place: A Mindfulness Program for Teaching Children and Adolescents to Ease Stress and Difficult Emotions, Amy Saltzman, MD

Ten Percent Happier , Dan Harris . 

Story Books:

Ahn’s Anger, Gail Silver
Steps and Stones, Gail Silver
Moody Cow Meditates, Kerry MacLean
Mindful Monkey, Happy Panda, Kerry MacLean

Websites:

 

MINDS Incorporated www.mindsincorporated.org

Mindful.org – Website of Mindful Magazine. Offers tons of resources about mindfulness

Mindfulschools.org