For Practitioners

We offer resources that support your work with children and youth, and that you can share directly with families. There is also an array of practices and skills for enhancing your well-being and resilience.

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Roller Coaster Breathing

Feeling frustrated or upset? Take a ride in a roller coaster to breathe deeply and reset.

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Peace Breath

This breathing practice helps promote a feeling of calm and peacefulness. 

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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.

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Resources for talking with children about race and racism

This list of webinars, websites and books support conversations in homes and classrooms about race and racism.

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Social Justice Mindfulness Resources

Mindfulness resources we recommend for supporting the inner growth and external action for social justice.

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Supporting Well-Being during the COVID-19 Crisis

This page displays our favorite resources for strengthening your resilience and connecting with children amidst the challenges associated with COVID-19.

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The Biology of Love: Synchrony and the Affiliative Brain in Health and Psychopathology

Dr. Ruth Feldman discusses several aspects of her conceptual model and research, including synchrony, the oxytocin system, the mother-infant bond and research on the paternal brain.

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Mindfulness in Sign Language

These resources offer mindfulness practices in sign language, including yoga poses, breathing, and meditation.

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Mindfulness & Compassion Books for Children

We curated a list of books to inspire discussions about what it means to be present and compassionate. 

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Awareness of Thoughts (10 minutes)

This guided practice allows you to become familiar with your mind’s patterns, which is a foundation to strengthening mindfulness and resilience, led by Ann Hollar.

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