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4 min

A Mindful Path to Healthier Relationships

People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. Maya Angelou, Ame...

Mindful Learning: Lifelong Skills for Teachers and Learners

Shahin Najak

3 min

Mindful Learning: Lifelong Skills for Teachers and Learners

The world needs a sense of worth, and it will achieve it only by its people feeling that that they are worthwhile. Fred Rogers When we lo...

10 Back-to-school Tips for the Mindful Parent

Shahin Najak

5 min

10 Back-to-school Tips for the Mindful Parent

It's that time of year again! Soon the leaves will be falling, and the days will get colder, shorter and darker. For many of us, it's a f...

Shahin Najak

3 min

Mindfulness Hikes: Why Wouldn't We?

Research has shown, and is continuing to show, the healing and restorative power of nature. Studies have found that spending time in natu...

Mindfulness Classes for 6 to 8-Year-Olds, Part 2: More Mindful Games

Shahin Najak

4 min

Mindfulness Classes for 6 to 8-Year-Olds, Part 2: More Mindful Games

As we learned in Part 1, "Mindfulness Classes for 6 to 8-Year-Olds: Tips for Getting Started," we can cultivate in our children present-m...

Some Thoughts and Famous Wise Words on Being Present

Shahin Najak

3 min

Some Thoughts and Famous Wise Words on Being Present

One of my all-time favourite books is Thoreau's Walden. Decades ago, when I first read the book, something he wrote (well, a lot of thing...

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