Mind-Jar

The Great Mind-in-a-Jar Experiment makes it fun for kids to learn to de-stress by sitting peacefully. Especially useful before a test, but many teachers are now using this exercise to help children calm and clear their minds at the start of each school day, so they can think clearly! Others have said they keep a mind-jar in a quiet corner, for any children needing a minute to settle back down.

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Family Meditation

As parents we teach our children to care for their bodies by brushing their teeth, eating right and getting enough sleep, but we aren’t quite as clear when it comes to teaching them how to maintain their mental health. Extensive research confirms that just a few minutes of sitting meditation each day calms the mind, body and spirit. When family members have a peaceful place inside themselves, they naturally become happier and more positive, getting along better with each other and those in their world. For both children and adults, everyday obstacles become more workable and natural harmony is easily regained. This article presents some guidelines for developing a family meditation practice.

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Two Walking Meditations

​The main idea behind these walking meditations is very, very simple: Neurotic speed makes children a little more ‘me first’, less happy, less kind, less aware of how they’re affecting others. Slowing down universally makes us, young and old alike, less ‘me first’, happier, kinder, more aware of how we’re affecting others. This is something I observed a hundred times over while raising five children with occasional, and sometimes even daily, sitting or walking meditations over about twelve years. So, again, the idea is simple—if children are being speedy and obnoxious, (or anxious, or depressed), use a mini-meditation or meditation art to help uplift and lighten their state of mind.

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 Celtic Piggy Maze

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Just Me and My Mind

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Sit Like a King or Queen

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Moody Cow Meditates

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