16/11/2025
When I went to Roselyn's house to teach a family session, she had three children there with one a lot younger then the others, which can make the classes a little more challenging but I loved being able to give the little one some simple tasks to do, and keeping him involved in the class.
We did stretches with different cards and all three children could pick cards and the animal breathing was a huge hit with all three. We used by big spongy dice so it could be thrown all over the place and even the little one was able to join in for the colouring in at the end and as happens often with these classes, I didn't want to end it as I didn't want to break the calm spell that had come over the house.
Mindfulness does not need to be done quietly. There can be running kids, doorbells ringing, dogs barking (as happens often during family sessions, with the parents having to run in and out as well sometimes) and we can still practice mindfulness. Mindfulness is awareness of what you are doing when you are doing it and if you are mindful of the noise, you are hearing it but are choosing to have fun, choosing to offer a little one that is wanting attention something small to play with, that is all part of mindfulness.
My Mindfulness Diary will offer you so many different ways to practice mindfulness with your children. Some of it will be them asking questions like 'what was something fun you did today?' at dinner or it will sometimes be for them to go outside and look at the stars. It will vary every day so that their interest is kept and so they want to keep coming back to the diary to see what is the next possible mindful activity.
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