Focus Area: Child & Youth Well-Being & Resilience
“Reach out, I’ll be there”: Awakening to resilience in communities
Roller Coaster Breathing
Feeling frustrated or upset? Take a ride in a roller coaster to breathe deeply and reset.
Peace Breath
This breathing practice helps promote a feeling of calm and peacefulness.
Tools for Teens: Stress Management and Emotional Resilience
Based on the evidenced-based curriculum of Mindful Self Compassion, this 8-week experiential program for teens provides practices and tools to manage stress, increase feelings of happiness and well-being, and promote emotional resilience. In each weekly session, we will discuss concepts related to well-being and do a variety of practices, including seated mindfulness meditations, intentional movement, and creative projects.
Mindful Parenting During COVID-19
In this recorded Zoom presentation, Dr. Liliana Lengua shares ideas on staying focused on what matters most for our children and interweaves mindfulness practices that can be used in every-day interactions between parents and children to enhance parents’ effectiveness and relationships with their children.