breathing
I often encourage my clients who feel stressed, rushed or anxious to try taking a few minutes each day and simply breathe. This isn't always easy and I understand that. Life is busy, you are busy - how can you "meditate" when the kids are being so loud? When you're in the middle of the work day? When dinner needs to be made, the house needs to be cleaned, bills need to be paid?
Getting into the practice of daily breathing/reflection/meditation, whatever you want to call it, takes time. Fortunately Leo Babauta from the blog Zen Habits has a really wonderful guide to help you get started.
Check it out here. Try it. Read it other Zen Habits articles. Repeat.
Leo Babauta's Guide to Meditation
I often encourage my clients who feel stressed, rushed or anxious to try taking a few minutes each day and simply breathe. This isn't always easy and I understand that. Life is busy, you are busy - how can you "meditate" when the kids are being so loud? When you're in the middle of the work day? When dinner needs to be made, the house needs to be cleaned, bills need to be paid?
Getting into the practice of daily breathing/reflection/meditation, whatever you want to call it, takes time. Fortunately Leo Babauta from the blog Zen Habits has a really wonderful guide to help you get started.
Check it out here. Try it. Read it other Zen Habits articles. Repeat.
I was sitting in an ice cream shop with Max the other day and across from us was this little girl, about 8 or 9 years old, with one hand on her heart and one on her stomach. She was slowly breathing in and out, sitting with her eyes closed, focusing on her breath. I couldn't help but smile because: A. it was sooo Berkeley and B. what she was doing is a really great mindfulness exercise for children.
This week I'm sharing the how and why of this exercise. Try it out with your kiddos or students and tell me what you think.
Your Weekly Mindfulness: The Mindful Child
I was sitting in an ice cream shop with Max the other day and across from us was this little girl, about 8 or 9 years old, with one hand on her heart and one on her stomach. She was slowly breathing in and out, sitting with her eyes closed, focusing on her breath. I couldn't help but smile because: A. it was sooo Berkeley and B. what she was doing is a really great mindfulness exercise for children.
This week I'm sharing the how and why of this exercise. Try it out with your kiddos or students and tell me what you think.
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