{"id":1963,"date":"2013-02-15T06:57:08","date_gmt":"2013-02-15T14:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/?p=1963"},"modified":"2013-02-15T07:00:52","modified_gmt":"2013-02-15T15:00:52","slug":"my-girl-meditates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/index.php\/my-girl-meditates\/","title":{"rendered":"Girl Gone Zen"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pip practicing meditation techniques.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Playing a cooperation game at Club Zen. I look like a teeny tiny person in this picture. I’m not really–it’s the angle of the camera.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Pebble meditation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Children as young as age six \u00a0practice and use meditation techniques–on their own–to deal with everyday life situations<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

At a recent parent teacher interview, I was taken by surprise (and thrilled) that Pip’s grade one teacher said Pip is very mature when she makes class presentations.<\/p>\n

Pip’s teacher said that she\u00a0was astounded when Pip stood at the front of the class,paused and took several big, slow breaths in and out before beginning to talk<\/strong>–in true Pip form, she even exaggerated the puffing in out out of her cheeks (I can imagine how adorable she must have looked).<\/p>\n

The teacher thought it seemed like such a mature thing to do–to calm one’s nerves when speaking in public. She asked Pip what she was doing. Pip said, “meditating.”<\/strong>
\nI guess Club Zen<\/a> really works even on little six year olds!<\/p>\n

It has made me so happy to know that my classes have not been in vain. I knew they had not been in vain on an ‘in-the-moment’ level: I could tell how much the kids enjoyed being there and doing the activities.<\/p>\n

However, to know that my daughter took what she practiced in class and used it on her own, in her real world, to cope with life’s demands–it blows me away.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I realize that I must continue working with my girls on a personal\/family level–practicing meditation techniques.<\/p>\n

Voil\u00e0!<\/strong><\/em> Pip is proof that kids don’t just get meditation, they use it and it works.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Children as young as age six \u00a0practice and use meditation techniques–on their own–to deal with everyday life situations. At a recent parent teacher interview, I was taken by surprise (and thrilled) that Pip’s grade one teacher said Pip is very … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1970,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"kt_blocks_editor_width":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[121],"tags":[52,20,163,3114,86,118,19],"class_list":["post-1963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mindfulness","tag-meditation","tag-meditation-for-children-and-teens","tag-mindful-practices","tag-mindfulness","tag-mindfulness-and-children","tag-mindfulness-training","tag-mindfulness-training-for-children"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t