25/06/2022
๐ฏ ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ณ๐๐น๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป
In my years of teaching mindfulness to children and encouraging them to meditate, here are the top 3 things I learnt.
1. ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ช๐ก๐ฃ๐๐จ๐จ ๐๐๐ก๐ฅ๐จ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ง๐๐ฃ ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ก ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐จ ๐จ๐ก
Children tend to experience great emotional swings, from immense joy and excitement, down to crippling nervousness and even anger. Mindfulness offers a way to moderate these emotional swings, so they can immediately acknowledge their feelings and emotions as they arise, to respond in a more healthy way.
2. ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ช๐ก๐ฃ๐๐จ๐จ ๐๐๐ก๐ฅ๐จ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ง๐๐ฃ ๐ก๐๐๐ง๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ค๐๐ช๐จ ๐ง
Children these days are exposed to a wide variety of distractions from social media, to gaming, to cartoons and movies. When it comes time to study, they often are unable to reel in their attention and concentrate on their work. Mindfulness develops a focused mind that can pay attention for longer periods at a time.
3. ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ช๐ก๐ฃ๐๐จ๐จ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐๐จ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ง๐๐ฃ ๐
In my experience, children who have some kind of mindfulness practice have greater emotional control and a more positive mindset which breeds gratitude. This allows them to naturally possess a more elevated state of mind that is is happier and more joyful.
Because of these three lessons, I strongly believe that mindfulness practice can greatly benefit the health and wellbeing of all children.
May we continue to inspire them towards a more mindful way of learning and living. ๐ฆ๐ง
