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Mindfulness Programs for Children, Youth and Teens
What is Mindfulness?
Mindfulness is learning how to pay attention on purpose to the present moment. Paying attention to moment-to-moment awareness in a non-judgmental way, as defined by Jon Kabat-Zinn (2013). It is a gentle practice that invites curiosity and self-compassion towards attending to our body breath and observing the mind. Mindfulness is a way of being. The awareness of the present moment to support our well-being. Mindfulness trains the mind to work with distractions and focus better. It allows and brings clarity to the cause of our stressors. It helps us develop a greater acceptance to challenges. There is more and more research on mindfulness, when practiced regularly, changes the brain over time.
Mindfulness Stress Based Reduction For Teens.
This MBST-T program was created by Gina Biegel; the MBSR-T is an adaptation of the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program for adults (Kabat-Zinn). MBSR-T has a strong foundation in development theory and considers the cognitive and attention abilities of youth ages 13 to 18. MBSR-T has been used in a number of settings. MBSR-T is not meant to replace a successful medication regimen; ongoing psychological treatment, mindfulness awareness, and meditation are excellent tools to help aid and enhance emotional and social development. This workshop does not provide any form of therapy or assessment of teens' mental health. The intention of MBSR-T is for teens to learn new skills and tools to support ways of responding to high stressors and create adaptability to their daily functions. This is an 8-week program, at 90 mins per session.
What is Mindfulness?
Mindfulness is learning how to pay attention on purpose to the present moment. Paying attention to moment-to-moment awareness in a non-judgmental way, as defined by Jon Kabat-Zinn (2013). It is a gentle practice that invites curiosity and self-compassion towards attending to our body breath and observing the mind. Mindfulness is a way of being. The awareness of the present moment to support our well-being. Mindfulness trains the mind to work with distractions and focus better. It allows and brings clarity to the cause of our stressors. It helps us develop a greater acceptance to challenges. There is more and more research on mindfulness, when practiced regularly, changes the brain over time.
Mindfulness Stress Based Reduction For Teens.
This MBST-T program was created by Gina Biegel; the MBSR-T is an adaptation of the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program for adults (Kabat-Zinn). MBSR-T has a strong foundation in development theory and considers the cognitive and attention abilities of youth ages 13 to 18. MBSR-T has been used in a number of settings. MBSR-T is not meant to replace a successful medication regimen; ongoing psychological treatment, mindfulness awareness, and meditation are excellent tools to help aid and enhance emotional and social development. This workshop does not provide any form of therapy or assessment of teens' mental health. The intention of MBSR-T is for teens to learn new skills and tools to support ways of responding to high stressors and create adaptability to their daily functions. This is an 8-week program, at 90 mins per session.
Mindfulness practice helps children to:
✓ Pay attention and focus
✓ Ability to adapt to change
✓ Ability to alter and help manage stress
✓ Self-regulation and cope with feelings
✓ Improve problem-solving skills
✓ Improve organizing skills
✓ Develop the qualities of kindness, patience, resilience, and compassion.
✓ Creates a compassion to self love, self acceptance, and compassion to your own self
✓ Pay attention to the present moment
✓ Pay attention and focus
✓ Ability to adapt to change
✓ Ability to alter and help manage stress
✓ Self-regulation and cope with feelings
✓ Improve problem-solving skills
✓ Improve organizing skills
✓ Develop the qualities of kindness, patience, resilience, and compassion.
✓ Creates a compassion to self love, self acceptance, and compassion to your own self
✓ Pay attention to the present moment
The Benefit in Mindfulness and Meditation have been proven to effectively help children:
✓ Manage anxiety
✓ Feeling relaxed
✓ Increase attention and focus
✓ Reduces symptoms of depression, anxiety, stress.
✓ Improved sleep
✓ Build positive relationships
✓ Improve social-emotional development
✓ Boost working memory
✓ Improve concentration
✓ Reduce hyperactivity
✓ Cope with stress
✓ Less reactivity
✓ Responses to emotions
✓ Feel at ease and relaxed
✓ Feel happier **
KINDLY NOTE: These workshops do not provide any form of therapy or assessment of children’s/youth mental health. Mindful awareness and meditation practices are an excellent tool to help and enhance the present moment, emotions, and social development.
✓ Manage anxiety
✓ Feeling relaxed
✓ Increase attention and focus
✓ Reduces symptoms of depression, anxiety, stress.
✓ Improved sleep
✓ Build positive relationships
✓ Improve social-emotional development
✓ Boost working memory
✓ Improve concentration
✓ Reduce hyperactivity
✓ Cope with stress
✓ Less reactivity
✓ Responses to emotions
✓ Feel at ease and relaxed
✓ Feel happier **
KINDLY NOTE: These workshops do not provide any form of therapy or assessment of children’s/youth mental health. Mindful awareness and meditation practices are an excellent tool to help and enhance the present moment, emotions, and social development.