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‘Mindfulness’ meditation being used in hospitals and schools - from USA Today
On June 8 there was an article in USA today about mindfulness that discussed secular meditation for both adults and children. Steve Reidman, a teacher at Toluca Lake Elementary where the InnerKids program has been taught for many years, was interviewed along with Sue Smalley who discussed recent findings in the multi-year, multi-site UCLA research [...]
InnerKids on TV! Whoo hoo!
A half hour news television program about InnerKids and teaching mindfulness to children will be broadcast this weekend as part of the Profiles in Caring television series funded by Equitable Life Insurance.
A Mindful Instant Message — Amy Spies and her daughter Paris
Here’s an IM between me and my daughter.
Amy(8:05:54 PM): Hi there.
Amy (8:07:39 PM): I though t we could chat a bit about what it means to be a mindful mom. I know you’ve been exposed to this world through myself and Susan Kaiser Greenland and helping her and Trudy Goodman teach meditative arts to kids when [...]
Can Teens Meditate? Diana Winston
In this Teen Day of Mindfulness, one boy said, “I have been really upset since my girlfriend broke up with me this week. I noticed that if I just focused on my breath, I didn’t have to think about her. Every time my thoughts went there, I just returned to my breath. I felt less messed up than I have all week. That’s amazing.”