While I’m in my five senses they send me spinning all sounds and silences, all shape and colour as thread for that weaver, whose web...

"When I started the classes, I wasn't sure what to expect, but I was so stressed that I would get any help… I really feel that I am more...

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...

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...

Ah!  Summer… it’s finally here. And it feels so good. Summer has always symbolized “freedom” from schedules for me. Summer schedules can...

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

First, let's look at what stress is and where it comes from everyday things like traffic noise or rare events like illness or divorce...

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

When you teach kids … how to recognize their feelings, understand where they come from and learn how to deal with them, you teach them...

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

I'm currently teaching mindfulness to children aged 6 to 8, and find that teaching mindfulness to young kids is so rewarding because they...

Being mindful is not a matter of thinking more clearly about experience; it is the act of experiencing more clearly. philosopher,...

Mindfulness can improve the quality of attention, manage situations that cause stress instead of reacting in an automatic way....

We do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that something deep inside us is valuable, worth listening to, worthy of our trust,...

Teachers teach many things that are therapeutic. They are managing children's behavior all day long, but that doesn't make them...

By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try, the world is beyond winning. Lao...

When it comes to chronic pain, the key is learning to live with it rather than vainly trying to avoid or eradicate it, Christiane Wolf,...

Peace begins with us… Mindfulness is the basis for wise action. When we can see clearly what is happening in the moment, wisdom can...

Sometimes I look on my life and think, "How did I get here? Did everyone else get a life instructions book, and I missed the call? Who...

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...