The practice of mindfulness invites and allows for open, calm and present awareness to the body, emotions, thoughts, and actions.
Some essential intentions of mindfulness practice serves to develop the ability to regulate and calm the nervous system through focused and soothing breathing exercises, increase body awareness, create space and room to identify feelings, enhance better management of emotional states, improve ability to focus and concentrate, and to learn new ways to make skillful and thoughtful choices.
An essential component of mindfulness teaching includes compassion practices~ This includes various ways of finding compassion towards oneself, expanding compassion towards others and to the environment. These practices may enhance positive self esteem, healthy self image, contribute to the awareness of self and others, as well as planting seeds of empathy.
Teaching plans are tailored to meet the specific needs of each child and include both individual classes and classes that include parent participation.