Shahin NajakAre You Looking for a Mindfulness Retreat?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...
Shahin NajakBeing Mindful with the Children in Your Life Improves Their Confidence and Self-EsteemMeditation teacher, Sharon Salzberg, notes in Faith, our personal view of things can be like 'Looking at the sky through a straw.' Our...
Shahin NajakSelf-compassion: Why don’t we practice it?Mindfulness brings us back to the present moment and provides the type of balanced awareness that forms the foundation of...
Shahin NajakStressed Out? Time for some MBSR Training"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...
Shahin NajakMindful Learning: Lifelong Skills for Teachers and LearnersThe 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...
Shahin Najak10 Back-to-school Tips for the Mindful ParentIt'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...
Shahin NajakMindfulness for the FamilyAh! Summer… it’s finally here. And it feels so good. Summer has always symbolized “freedom” from schedules for me. Summer schedules can...
Shahin NajakA Mindful Path to Healthier RelationshipsPeople will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. Maya Angelou,...
Shahin Najak3 Tips for Mindful HomeschoolersHomeschool mindfulness, for me, is the ability to allow learning to happen in the moment. It’s about letting go of control and trusting...
Shahin NajakDo You Have a "Chore-Resistant" Family?What you resist - persists. C.G. Jung There are days when I can't seem to get motivated about doing housework — cleaning up, organizing,...
Shahin NajakMindfulness Stress Reduction Tips for Moms and DadsFirst, let's look at what stress is and where it comes from everyday things like traffic noise or rare events like illness or divorce...
Shahin NajakMindfulness 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...
Shahin NajakMindfulness Training: Developing Emotional Literacy in Young KidsWhen you teach kids … how to recognize their feelings, understand where they come from and learn how to deal with them, you teach them...
Shahin NajakMindfulness Classes for 6 to 8-Year-Olds, Part 2: More Mindful GamesAs we learned in Part 1, "Mindfulness Classes for 6 to 8-Year-Olds: Tips for Getting Started," we can cultivate in our children...
Shahin NajakMindfulness Classes for 6 to 8-Year-Olds: Tips for Getting StartedI'm currently teaching mindfulness to children aged 6 to 8, and find that teaching mindfulness to young kids is so rewarding because they...
Shahin NajakMindful Conflict Resolution Tips for Kids, Teens and Parents"He started it!" "Did not!" "Did too!" Conflict and conflicting opinions are a part of life, and younger kids may have an exchange...
Shahin NajakMindfulness and Memory: Cheese or Chocolate Milk?In my late 20's I had a supervisor who used to say: "If my head wasn't attached to my shoulders, I'd even forget it!" I used to think,...
Shahin NajakThe Teenage Brain: What Parents and Teens Need to KnowFrom around the ages of 12 to 24, adolescents experience an immense amount of growth and maturation. It is a time of stress, change, and...
Shahin NajakMindfulness for Performance SuccessBeing mindful is not a matter of thinking more clearly about experience; it is the act of experiencing more clearly. philosopher,...
Shahin NajakMBSR Training to Manage Chronic PainFrom the perspective of mindfulness, nothing needs fixing. Nothing needs to be forced to stop, or change, or go away. Jon Kabat-Zinn, in...