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Empowering Your Child: 100+ Positive Affirmations for Kids

Discover uplifting 100+ affirmations for kids designed to boost self-esteem and resilience. Explore our collection now and elevate their self-belief today!

A Comprehensive Guide on How to Teach Kids to Meditate

Explore proven strategies on how to teach kids to meditate. Foster mindfulness and emotional well-being in children with our comprehensive guide for parents.

A Pregnancy Meditation Script for Gratitude

Enhance your appreciation for the life growing inside of you with this pregnancy meditation script. May it nurture both you and your little one.

6 Guided Group Meditation Scripts

7 Mindfulness Exercises for Relaxation. Exploring a variety of mindfulness exercises for relaxation can help us to truly feel what it means to be at peace.

Assessing vs Judging Others

What’s the Difference? According to the dictionary, ‘Assess‘ means, “To determine the value, importance, or extent of” and defines ‘Judge‘ as, “To form an opinion…

What’s Your Weather Like (Kids)

What’s Your Weather Like (Kids). Our emotions are like the weather & this can be a great way to encourage kids to think about their emotions.

Guided Meditation Script on Sounds and Silence for Kids

Sounds and Silence (Kids). Mindfulness practices for children often use one or all of the five senses as a focus. This is great for kids.

Connecting with Your Baby

Connecting with Your Baby. It is very important to hold your baby often & as close as possible, to feel how the connection between you continues to thrive.

Focusing on Pregnancy and Motherhood

Focusing on Pregnancy and Motherhood. Visualize yourself handling everything beautifully. See yourself happy and overjoyed about motherhood.

Focusing On Your Happy Baby

Focusing On Your Happy Baby. Your greatest desire is for your baby to be happy and healthy, so you do everything that is needed for your little one.

Reflecting On What Connected You

Reflecting on What Connected You. This is a lengthy meditation script that helps you trace your connections and relationships with people near and far.

7 Meditation Scripts for Kids

7 Mindfulness Exercises for Relaxation. Exploring a variety of mindfulness exercises for relaxation can help us to truly feel what it means to be at peace.

7 Mindfulness Exercises for Kids and Families

The dynamics within family settings are always changing. The source of love that underlies each family unit remains the same. Even so, countless factors impact our relationships and the way this love is expressed. Due to the advent of the internet and the rise of social media […]

How To Mend Strained Relationships During The Holidays

The holidays can be a painful period for some people. If you’re ready to try and mend strained relationships, follow these steps to help you get started.

Mindfulness in Pregnancy & Labor: My Personal Journey

Mindfulness exercise can help relieve tension, anxiety & pain during pregnancy and labour. Janette Grant shares her experience and how she coped with both.

Hot Air Balloon Ride: Kids’ Guided Meditation, Sleep Visualization

Hot Air Balloon Ride is an all-ages guided meditation video that promotes peaceful and restful sleep in children through relaxing imagery.

• Sharon Salzberg

Blowing Bubbles

In this Street LovingKindness video series, Sharon Salzberg takes us on a guided mindfulness meditation, integrated into daily life, while blowing bubbles.

Meditation for Kids – The Butterfly – Kids’ Meditation

This guided meditation for kids is a playful visualization to help your child focus and relax each body part by imagining a butterfly floating in his mind.

Mindful Parenting – Mindfulness Worksheet

Mothers often say their number one challenge is feeling overwhelmed. A reflection on making peace with the busyness of parenting, opening with a line from Brené Brown.

BEDTIME – GUIDED MEDITATIONS for Children

Ten bedtime guided meditations for children age 5 and up, created by Michelle to help children release the day and settle into sleep.

Bringing Mindfulness to Marriage Changes

A free reflection worksheet for navigating changes in a marriage or partnership, with mindful relating practices and relationship habits.

Mindfulness at Christmas

A short video on using mindfulness to meet the stress of the holiday season, one moment at a time.

How To Get Over Rejection

One way to get over rejection is: don’t keep thinking of the end of the relationship as tragically sad. Also, don’t imagine anyone can love on command.

Gratitude Letter

In this mindfulness exercise, you write a one-to-two-page letter of thanks to someone you appreciate and, if you can, deliver it to them.

Gottman’s Marriage Tips

Maintaining a strong & happy marriage may well be one of life’s greatest challenges. Learn more about tips for keeping a marriage healthy for the long haul.

Clarifying Emotions

A free mindfulness worksheet for noticing and labeling emotions by feeling them in the body, a simple practice summarized from a technique taught by Shinzen Young.

Melting Into Love [Audio]

Anam Thubten speaks about the frozen places we carry in body and mind, and about love, in its many expressions, as a way to soften them. Audio with transcript.

Mindfulness for Kids – “Just Breathe”

“Just Breathe” is a short film featuring elementary school students who use mindfulness and meditation to cope with a range of difficult emotions.

Increasing the Power of Our Relationships

Increasing the Power of Our Relationships: a free mindfulness worksheet to download as a PDF and work through at your own pace.

Wise Speech [Audio]

Wise Speech by Shahara Godfrey: So, I am trying to keep this simple so it sounds ambitious, but it’s pretty simple. I am going to talk tonight as to why speech, and I want to use why speech as a frame for the way to awakening for being tender. Now, we’re there. There are different interpretations […]

Mindful Family: Practice These Fun Mindfulness Exercises Together

Having a mindful family isn’t easy. Thus we created some Fun Mindfulness Exercises to bring mindfulness into one of your most difficult roles. The Mindful Family: Practice These Fun Mindfulness Exercises Together Raising your kids to be mindful will only work if you, as parents, also participate in mindfulness exercises. The following fun mindfulness exercises from Renee […]

Mindfulness Exercises for Emotionally Disturbed Kids

Teaching mindfulness exercises to kids with emotional and behavioral challenges is not easy. That’s why we gathered some useful tips and tools. Often, children in general are never taught to be mindful or present in the moment. Even adults struggle with this skill. Children who are identified as having emotional and behavioral challenges may find mindfulness especially hard […]

Sex, Survival and Social Drives [Audio]

Sex, Survival and Social Drives is an essential aspect of the spiritual path. Free mindfulness meditations can increase one’s ability to feel and skillfully respond to suffering. A talk on sex, survival and social drives by Martin Aylward: I’m giving you a very consistent attention, or we’re endeavoring to give a consistent attention to this elusive […]

• Donald Rothberg

Mindfulness of Speech [Audio]

Mindfulness of Speech is an essential aspect of the spiritual path. Mindfulness techniques can increase ones ability to feel and respond to suffering. A talk on mindfulness of speech by Donald Rothberg: This evening is a theme that really continues from last night. And the theme for this evening is speech practice and mindfulness looking […]

Strategies for Mindful Parenting

Mindfulness is a state of consciousness that allows you to lead a happier life. It allows you to stay aware of your thought processes and make better decisions. Mindfulness is particularly valuable when parenting. This practice helps manage the day-to-day stresses of parenting and provides a beneficial environment for your children. However, what are some […]

Help Kids Develop Mindfulness

Individuals of all ages benefit greatly from developing mindfulness through introspective exercises. These activities train your mind to fully appreciate the sensations and sentiments around you. Mindfulness is a wonderful quality to evoke in children as well, and can reduce behavioral issues by teaching young ones how to be more considerate. However, given the active […]

Gratitude Games and Ideas for Kids

Seven tips for parents, six classroom activities and three simple exercises for helping children notice and express what they are grateful for.

Mindful Connection

A two-page worksheet with eight reflections on connecting with yourself and with the people around you.

Facilitating Your Listening

Facilitating Your Listening: a free mindfulness worksheet to download as a PDF and work through at your own pace.

Realizing How Others Respond to Me

Realizing How Others Respond to Me: a free mindfulness worksheet to download as a PDF and work through at your own pace.

Mindfulness of Dating

Mindfulness of Dating: a free mindfulness worksheet to download as a PDF and work through at your own pace.

How Do People React To Me

How Do People React To Me: a free mindfulness worksheet to download as a PDF and work through at your own pace.

What Value Do You Have of People

What Value Do You Have of People: a free mindfulness worksheet to download as a PDF and work through at your own pace.

What Mood are You Generating in Others

What Mood are You Generating in Others: a free mindfulness worksheet to download as a PDF and work through at your own pace.

Timing Your Contributions to Conversations

Timing Your Contributions to Conversations: a free mindfulness worksheet to download as a PDF and work through at your own pace.

The impact of your emotions in relationships

When clients in psychotherapy and grief counseling speak in black-and-white terms, it recalls the Buddhist Middle Way. A reflection on how emotions shape our relationships.

Stepping up Your Support of Others

Stepping up Your Support of Others: a free mindfulness worksheet to download as a PDF and work through at your own pace.

Perceiving Pointlessness in Relationships

Perceiving Pointlessness in Relationships: a free mindfulness worksheet to download as a PDF and work through at your own pace.

Opening to Sprouting Relationships

Opening to Sprouting Relationships: a free mindfulness worksheet to download as a PDF and work through at your own pace.

Noticing Your Patterns of Communication

Noticing Your Patterns of Communication: a free mindfulness worksheet to download as a PDF and work through at your own pace.

Mindfulness of Judging your Romantic Relationships

Mindfulness of Judging your Romantic Relationships: a free mindfulness worksheet to download as a PDF and work through at your own pace.

Listening Deeply

Listening Deeply: a free mindfulness worksheet to download as a PDF and work through at your own pace.

Keeping Score with Others

Keeping Score with Others: a free mindfulness worksheet to download as a PDF and work through at your own pace.

Increasing Your Connection With Others

Increasing Your Connection With Others: a free mindfulness worksheet to download as a PDF and work through at your own pace.

How Are You Enlivening Others

How Are You Enlivening Others: a free mindfulness worksheet to download as a PDF and work through at your own pace.

Having More Nourishing Conversations

A mindfulness worksheet on how you relate to people and how you listen, plus a guest article by therapist Patrick Teahan on mindfulness and childhood trauma.

Fostering Connection with Others

Fostering Connection with Others: a free mindfulness worksheet to download as a PDF and work through at your own pace.

Feeling Attraction to Others

Feeling Attraction to Others: a free mindfulness worksheet to download as a PDF and work through at your own pace.

Experiencing Joy in Relationships

Experiencing Joy in Relationships: a free mindfulness worksheet to download as a PDF and work through at your own pace.

Educating Others Effectively

Educating Others Effectively: a free mindfulness worksheet to download as a PDF and work through at your own pace.

Daily Assessment of Relationship

Daily Assessment of Relationship: a free mindfulness worksheet to download as a PDF and work through at your own pace.

Closing Down in Relationships

One important quality to bring to an intimate relationship is openness. This worksheet looks at the moments we shut down, and how mindfulness can help us notice them and stay present.

Being Honest in Romantic Relationships

Being Honest in Romantic Relationships: a free mindfulness worksheet to download as a PDF and work through at your own pace.

Are You Controlling Relationships

Are You Controlling Relationships: a free mindfulness worksheet to download as a PDF and work through at your own pace.

Addressing Others’ Concerns

Addressing the concerns of others is an important (and often difficult) facet of compassionate communication. Why?

Reducing Holiday Stress

Reducing Holiday Stress: a free mindfulness worksheet to download as a PDF and work through at your own pace.

Snow Globe Exercise for Kids

Snow Globe Exercise for Kids: a free mindfulness worksheet to download as a PDF and work through at your own pace.

Mindful Snack Preparation Exercise

Mindful Snack Preparation Exercise: a free mindfulness worksheet to download as a PDF and work through at your own pace.

Pebble Bag Treasure Quest

Pebble Bag Treasure Quest: a free mindfulness worksheet to download as a PDF and work through at your own pace.

Parenting Happily

Watching a child struggle with addiction is devastating, and deciding how to help is one of the hardest things a parent faces. A reflection on parenting through a relapse with compassion and mindfulness.

Mother of All

Mother of All: a free mindfulness worksheet to download as a PDF and work through at your own pace.

Mindfully Doing Schoolwork and Tests

Mindfully Doing Schoolwork and Tests: a free mindfulness worksheet to download as a PDF and work through at your own pace.

Mindful Family Calendar

Raising your kids to be mindful will only work if you, as parents, also participate in mindfulness exercises. The following fun mindfulness exercises from Renee Jain, MAPP, can be performed anywhere as a family.

Exploring Fear – Partner Exercise

Exploring Fear – Partner Exercise: a free mindfulness worksheet to download as a PDF and work through at your own pace.

Food Contemplation for Kids

A mindful eating contemplation for kids that encourages awareness of the experience of a single bite, with a link to the full Mindful of Your Food and Eating script.

Family Engagement

Family Engagement: a free mindfulness worksheet to download as a PDF and work through at your own pace.

Inspiring Trust Worksheet

Inspiring Trust Worksheet: a free mindfulness worksheet to download as a PDF and work through at your own pace.

Adding and Subtracting Emotional Energy Within Others

Each of us carries a certain energy frequency, but unlike what we are often made to believe, our energy patterns are not constant.

Mindfulness of Triggering Others

Mindfulness of Triggering Others: a free mindfulness worksheet to download as a PDF and work through at your own pace.

Facing Challenges By Others

Facing Challenges By Others: a free mindfulness worksheet to download as a PDF and work through at your own pace.

Mindfulness Exercises for Parents

Here are helpful mindfulness exercises for parents to develop the skills needed for unexpected stressful situations and will help you become better parent. Parenting often provides daily challenging experiences. For example, everyone is buckled in the car ready to go and one child announces they need to go back inside to go potty. After getting […]

How To Enhance Mindful Relationships

Mindfulness with relationships and family take work, that’s why we offer free mindfulness techniques and resources to enhance mindful relationships.