Home-made kids yoga props are wonderful tools to: boost up your yoga class, use your creativity, integrate as a mindful activity, practice recycling and use what you have at home, … Below some nice ideas for breathing, mindfulness and yoga props …

The goal is not to make boredom productive but to change our vision about it. Being bored from time to time can be beneficial and we should appreciate it instead of being negative about it. Here’s why.

How to explain mindfulness to kids, preteens and teens?

Having a mindfulness practice is about helping your brain see the moment more fully, not identifying yourself with your thoughts (hello little voice) and being able to act rather than react to life’s events. It will not transform you into a full smiling blissfully happy being, but it will allow you to be fully there, manage your emotional and mental states better, in particular your stress levels, to be more resilient and even, with regular, practice help you with focus and memory, which is very good for these pesky school tests! Activities examples …

Toddlers (2 - 3 years) are already quite mindful beings: curious about everything, exploring the world with their whole sensations and voicing loudly their emotions. Mindfulness for toddlers aim at helping them identify and name feelings and emotions, and engaging their 5 senses. Mindfulness activities usually last a few minutes, and it is fully okay (and already great) as they have a very short attention span.

Almost everyone gets now that it is very important to warm up the body before doing any sport; a bedtime routine can be seen as very similar: the necessary calming down of body and mind before sleep, to get them ready and have a better sleep quality.