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Supporting young minds through change and challenge - Part 1

The Oxford Mindfulness Podcast

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Teaching Kids Mindfulness Is Not Just Teaching Kids, It's Modeling

Rit teaching kids mindfulness is not just saying, go breathe. It's actually modelling. We start out they're not able to self regulate. Their brains are not developed enough,. A baby cries when they 're hungry, when thy're tired, when they're lonely, when they want affection riht. They don't know how to self soothe. So what we do is a process called co regulation - whereas we start to calm our nervous systems down through mindfulness. As we rock a child, as we give them a hug, as we speak in soft tones, where they then learn how to settle themselves down, and ilse whon. Emphasize mindfulnes for kids

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