by John O’Leary
“Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.” — Confucius
By Christine Sempetrean Smith
by Alicia Lord
Time to take a minute to breathe. Exhale. Now breathe again. Today you’ve breathed for five minutes, taken 35 breaths, with an average heart rate of 66 BPM. Congratulations!
Breathe again?
Can we actually teach our children how to be mindful? Or are we just trying to preserve the inherent consciousness that they already seem to have? In other words — is mindfulness truly taught, or is it just “unlearned” over time?
One of the occupational hazards associated with writing numerous articles and a children’s book about mindfulness and parenting is that people expect you to be a mindful parent.