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Explore how to:
Understand the needs behind your children's behaviour.
Parent effectively without relying on the threat of punishments or promise of rewards.
Transform power struggles into opportunities for building connection and trust.
Discover a quality of connection that will sustain your family through life's challenges.
Contribute to peace by raising children who can make peace.
For 7 - 12 yo kids
In Mindful Kids we do activities that help children to discover:
'the moment of choice', 'unkind mind', 'self-compassion', 'the changing nature of feelings and thoughts', 'not all of our thoughts are true',
'we are more than our feelings and thoughts', 'how we respond to what we don't like', 'how we respond to what we do like',
'being able to articulate our feelings and thoughts mindfully', 'our humanness', and lots more.
Two of our llamas - Candice and Elvis
Articles written by Kara: "Mindfulness to Reduce Your Kids' Stress" http://www.getaheadkids.com.au/Features/2012/19/Mindfulness.html
"Mindful Movement: Exercises for Body Appreciation" http://www.getaheadkids.com.au/Features/2012/20/Mindful%20Movement.html
To learn more about Kara, click here.
Free Guided meditations for kids and parents - MP3 downloads
To read about scientific research which supports the efficacy of mindfulness training for kids and teens, follow this link.
Harvard research shows that participating in an eight-week mindfulness meditation program appears to make measurable changes in brain regions associated with memory, sense of self, empathy, and stress. http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2011/01/eight-weeks-to-a-better-brain/
"The most fundamental aggression to ourselves, the most fundamental harm we can do to ourselves, is to remain ignorant by not having the courage and the respect to look at ourselves honestly and gently."
Pema Chödrön
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