{"id":8,"date":"2012-10-29T17:41:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-30T01:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/?p=8"},"modified":"2012-11-16T08:55:03","modified_gmt":"2012-11-16T16:55:03","slug":"club-zen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/index.php\/club-zen\/","title":{"rendered":"Club Zen"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I piloted a Dharma class for children this weekend: <\/span>CLUB ZEN<\/span><\/strong><\/em>. It was called Dharma Kids, but we’ve decided to rename it as many people don’t know what Dharma means. The class is now called:<\/span>
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\n<\/strong>\u00a0Club Zen: games, songs and meditation–f<\/em>or children and teens\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/strong>
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\n<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>Zen has become a mainstream concept for children<\/strong> partly because of the global popularity of the books Zen Shorts<\/em> and Zen Ties<\/em> by Jon J. Muth.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Pebble Meditation<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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Cooperative Rolling Marble Game<\/em><\/strong>
\n*photos by Miranda Hart<\/strong>
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\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span>The class was a triumph<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0thanks to all my\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0participants and helpers. My nephew accompanied our songs\u00a0on guitar.<\/span><\/span>
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\n<\/strong><\/span>The atmosphere was joyful and peaceful.<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0I had so much fun\u00a0<\/span>teaching the class and all of my activities were well received. I couldn’t believe how focused our little 6 years olds were during meditation!\u00a0<\/span>I over-planned and\u00a0only managed to complete\u00a0about 1\/3 of my activities, which, is great as I can use the remainder for future classes.\u00a0My\u00a0next task is advertising for next month’s meeting in many more locations and getting the local news involved.\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
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When I Breathe In, I breathe In Peace<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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When I Breathe Out, I Breathe Out Love<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Inviting the Bell I piloted a Dharma class for children this weekend: CLUB ZEN. It was called Dharma Kids, but we’ve decided to rename it as many people don’t know what Dharma means. The class is now called: \u00a0Club Zen: … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"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":[1359,20,3114,86,1358,19],"class_list":["post-8","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mindfulness","tag-meditation-for-children","tag-meditation-for-children-and-teens","tag-mindfulness","tag-mindfulness-and-children","tag-mindfulness-and-teens","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