Creative Mindfulness for Children (4yrs-7yrs)

Lesson 1: Our Stormy Minds of Thoughts and Emotions (The Mind Jar)

In Lesson 1, we talk about how our thoughts and emotions can create our stormy minds and how it is ok to experience different thoughts, emotions and physcial feelings inside our bodies. We do a lovely breathing practice, a meditation practice and even make a 'Stormy Mind Jar' of our own!

Lesson 2: Calming and Taming our busy Monkey Minds

In Lesson 2, we talk about how we can describe our busy minds of thoughts and emotions like a 'Monkey Mind'. We also talk about how we can calm and tame the busy monkeys in our minds. We do a lovely breathing practice, a meditation practice and have some nice activities to help to calm and tame our busy 'Monkey Minds'.

Lesson 3: All of my Emotions and Feelings are OK, Everything Belongs in my Heart

In Lesson 3, we talk about how it is OK to have different emotions and feelings in our minds and bodies. We discuss the different types of thoughts that we may have and the different types of emotions and feelings that we may feel in our bodies when they visit us. We do a lovely breathing practice, a meditation practice and have some nice activities to help us realise that 'Everything Belongs in our Hearts'.

Lesson 4: My Worries and Me

In Lesson 4, we talk about the type of Worries that we may have, whether they are big or small. We talk about the Kind and Angry Wolves that can help us to love or let go of our worries. We do a lovely breathing practice, a meditation practice and have some nice activities to help us to be a Kind Friend to ourselves and our worries.

Lesson 5: Sky Like Mind - Thoughts passing like Clouds

In Lesson 5, we talk about how we can imagine that our mind is like the 'Bright Blue Sky' and that our thoughts are like the 'Clouds' that pass by in the sky. We do a lovely breathing practice, a meditation practice and have some nice activities to help us to realise that all of our thoughts will pass over like clouds passing over in the bright blue sky.

Lesson 6: My Thoughts and Emotions in the Here and Now - Thought Trains

In Lesson 6, we talk about how we can compare our thoughts to being like 'thought trains'. We can watch the thought trains as they come and go and pass by the train station or sometimes, we can find ourselves stuck on a thought train. We do a lovely breathing practice, a meditation practice and have some nice activities to help us to think of our thoughts as thought trains passing by the train station.

Lesson 7: Being a Kind Friend to Myself

In Lesson 7, we talk about how important it is that we treat ourselves like we would treat our very best friend. We talk about using kind and caring thoughts and words towards and about ourselves. We do a lovely breathing practice, a meditation practice and have some nice activities to help to be kind and caring to ourselves.

Lesson 8: Gratitude - What makes me who I am and what I am grateful for in my life

In Lesson 8, we talk about the important of Gratitude and being grateful for everything we have in our lives. We also talk about being thanksful for everything that makes us who we are. We do a lovely breathing practice, a meditation practice and have some nice activities to help us to be thankful in our lives..

Congratulations you have completed the programme!