Tabletop Zen Garden Zen, in Japanese, means meditation. So essentially Zen Gardening is using gardening to calm the mind and body, enhance focus, and contemplate the metaphors within it that are linked to living life. Wondering what do 18 year olds want for their...
A few years ago I took my daughters to visit Findhorn, Scotland. Findhorn is an ecovillage and spiritual community nestled way in the Scottish Highlands near Inverness, (https://www.findhorn.org/). Its founding was something of a miraculous story in that...
I believe that each of us is born with an inherent natural sense of imagination and a propensity for wonder. Every child, in their purest essence is a priest of priestess, an alchemist of imagination. And to the extent that we, as parents, caregivers, educators or...
There's a playful classroom game at my school where teachers hold up a colored sheet of paper and students move a certain way to the color. I thought it would be fun to adapt this game for relaxation and to support teaching kids self-regulation and awareness. Collect...
We always hear "heart of gold" being used to describe someone's loving and generous presence. Today in my girls' group, we talked about how to take care of our own hearts, which are our inner gold. I explained to the fifth grade girls that what's really really...
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Here's another fun book produced by Singing Dragon: Ladybird's Remarkable Relaxation by Michael Chissick and Sarah Peacock. I love how they champion relaxation practice! This is a wonderful resource for parents, therapists and educators. "Based on anecdotal...
I have been enjoying sharing this book with the children I work with. Once Upon a Touch by Mary Atkinson and Sandra Hooper is a wonderful book to introduce the relaxing power of massage and to teach various massage techniques through the use of story. For ages 3-11,...
