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Infographics: Using the 5 senses mindfully

How to use the 5 senses with mindfulness: Download the printable version! The 5 senses in a mindful way Our senses allow us to perceive the world around us. hearing ~ sight ~ smell ~ taste ~ touch Why Using the 5 senses mindfully helps us come back to the present moment and without judgment, and then helps us feel calm. How There is no wrong way! Here are some ideas: One sense at a time All 5 senses, one after the other Ask your child to notice: 5 things you can see 4 things you can touch 3 things you can hear 2 things you can smell 1 thing you can taste When and where Anytime and anywhere! In your bed before falling asleep As a passenger, in the car or the bus On a...

Mindfulness and Kindness quotes

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Hello, I'd thought I'd share my favorite quotes that I find related to mindfulness, kindness and anything in between, and would add to it as I go since I always discover some new inspiring quotes! Enjoy![/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][mkdf_blockquote text="``Prepare your child for the path, instead of the path for your child”, Tim Elmore" width="90"][vc_empty_space][mkdf_blockquote text="Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” ~ Viktor Frankl from Man's Search for Meaning" width="90"][vc_empty_space][mkdf_blockquote text="“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” ~ Plato" width="90"][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row]...

Summer Mindfulness 2021

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A few month ago, just before summer, a few parents showed interest in me teaching mindfulness to their children during the summer 2021. Although I was looking forward to 2 months "off" (off teaching, but working on my business), I wasn't going to let a few children who needed help be on their own. So I said Yes! Teaching a 7yo boy and his dad I taught a sweet 7 year old boy. He is very smart, knows a lot of the practices already, but attention is not his forte. It was a pleasure to help him discover some new mindfulness tricks. The best part was to see him do it with his dad. I taught them both together. It was very sweet to see them send...

What is mindfulness?

Such a big question. Mindfulness is so many things. There are so many ways to look at it, that I'll write many articles in an effort to show as many points of view of what mindfulness is and what it can bring to us human beings but also our planet. [I'll keep adding links to articles as I write them] Mindfulness: as a secular practice ...

Mindfulness as a secular practice

Mindfulness is about noticing what is happening right now. In practice, mindfulness looks like observing our breath without changing it, noticing how our emotions (anger, joy…) feel like in the body, the mind, the heart, and eating with the 5 senses. Mindfulness has its origins in traditions and religions like Buddhism, Taoism, and Stoicism, but the practice of mindfulness as stated above does not make it religious. Many things have origins in traditions and religious but that doesn’t make them religious, for instance the Gregorian calendar that we use in the West does not make us all religious. Mindfulness as it is taught in the West has proven to have many benefits in our lives, and that is why it is now taught even in...