Yoga Glow for Kids

I simply love this observation!
Mindfulness takes a little time to settle in with us, but little by little we can all learn such a useful skill, no matter how young or old we are.
It helps us self regulate when we become discombobulated and we learn to appreciate the small things and discover how happiness is actually easily accessible 💕

Mindfulness can help us learn to observe the coming and going of the weather patterns in our own lives, without being tossed and turned by every breeze.

Find out more about the benefits of mindfulness for children and young people: mindfulnessinschools.org/mindfulness-in-education/why-do-it

Definitely worth sharing with our young people and their families.

Today, the Anna Freud Centre is excited to launch a pioneering new one-stop shop designed to empower young people to learn more about mental health and neurodevelopmental conditions, and their treatment options. https://crowd.in/nh6PLR

Love this fab way to introduce and refer to food with our kids!

Awesome info on how to talk to kids about food!

via Eat in Color

Happy Spring Equinox everyone, here’s to noticing the small special moments, to new beginnings and to looking positively onwards 🌱

Today marks the Spring Equinox, an annual event beautifully described by Lia Leendertz in this year’s The Almanac:

‘A moment of perfect balance will occur this month. On 20 March at 21.24 the sun will be exactly above the equator. Pole to pole, the earth will be half in shadow, half in sunlight. The whole world will have 12 hours of day and 12 hours of night: Norway, Jamaica, Brazil, New Zealand and the UK and Ireland.

‘We are all looking for balance in our lives, but March with the vernal/spring equinox, is a good moment to think about the nature of it. Balance is not a stable state. Mere moments later Norway will start to stretch towards summer, and New Zealand will shrink towards winter. That moment of balance is brief in the extreme, a tiny sliver of time. Like standing on one leg, if we want more balance in our lives we have to work at it, infinitesimally adjusting to change, concentrating our minds.’

From The Almanac, A Seasonal Guide to 2023 by Lia Leendertz, Gaia Publishing.
Photo by Louis Maniquet on Unsplash

There’s a new guy on the block.
Meet Mr Calm.
Mr Calm is…
Peaceful
Relaxed
Tolerant
Be more like Mr Calm 💕 😎🧘🏻‍♀️😌

Mr. Calm has a very peaceful and easy-going outlook on life. He appreciates the simple pleasures, including spending time in nature and practising yoga, but he also loves rock climbing and parkour when he’s in the great outdoors. He encourages his friends to think before they act and live in the moment. His relaxed and tolerant perspective means that he is a calming influence and a wise head.

Mr. Calm

Off to show this to number 2 child right now…
“It was the worst day of my life!” seems to ring out all to easily in our house! 🤦🏻‍♀️

Show this to your child whenever they have a tough day.

📸 Whole Hearted School Counseling

If you know a young person, this is well worth taking a look 👀

A fantastic toolkit covering Mental Helath difficulties in children and young people has been realised today produced in collaboration with CMHA members PwC, Morgan Stanley and the Bank of England and leading mental health organisations Place2Be, Young Minds and The Pears Maudsley Centre for Children and Young People.

https://citymha.org.uk/Resources/Parents-Toolkit

Parents' Toolkit In 2020, one in six children (16%) aged five to 16 had a probable mental health disorder up from one in nine (11%) in 2017.

What a fab bit of info, this is! Really useful for parents and it’s just what us Children’s Yoga teachers do; it’s all about adjusting the well made session plans to suit the energy in the room 😊

This is great infographic by CAMHS Professionals shows effective stress relief methods for different levels of emotional discomfort. At different levels of discomfort, different methods will be more effective in calming a child or young person down and relieving their stress.

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Why not?! 😊
Happy New Year everyone 🙏🏼🥰

Why not create a jar of joy ready for the new year?

This activity is a great way of focusing on positivity and will help us to remember things that made us feel good throughout the year. Download a copy of the instructions here: https://mythrive.uk/3lEI130

Thank you to Thrive Licensed Practitioner, Angela, for creating this great activity. You can follower Angela's page here: Let's get creative

This clip from Inside Out is a great example of how to validate someone's experiences and respond to their feelings with empathy and compassion. Joy tries to distract Bing B**g from his emotions, while Sadness attunes to him, making him feel heard and understood.

Can’t deny that this just bought a tear to my eye!
So powerful yet so simple. Love this film 🍿 💕

Inside Out Sadness comforts Bing B**g