primary schools – Leona McDonnell Mindfulness and Wellness https://leonamcdonnell.com Mon, 31 Mar 2025 13:52:15 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.3 https://i0.wp.com/leonamcdonnell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cropped-faviconLEONA.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 primary schools – Leona McDonnell Mindfulness and Wellness https://leonamcdonnell.com 32 32 152530394 ‘Breathe & Bloom Easter Camp’ for Children (aged 8-12yrs) – Thursday 24th April ’25 @ 10am https://leonamcdonnell.com/product/breathe-and-bloom-easter-camp-for-children-aged-8-12yrs-thursday-24th-april-25-10am/ Mon, 31 Mar 2025 13:04:48 +0000 https://leonamcdonnell.com/?post_type=product&p=13259

🌸 'Breathe & Bloom Easter Camp' for Children (aged 8-12years)🌼 - Thursday 24th April '25 at 10.00am!

A Mindful, Creative, and Empowering Experience for Children

Welcome to Leona's 'Breathe & Bloom Easter Camp' for Children - an Easter Camp offering children a beautiful, nurturing space to explore mindfulness, yoga, breathwork, meditation, and creative arts. Inspired by the themes of spring renewal and blossoming, this camp helps children to cultivate calm, creativity, and confidence in a playful and supportive environment.

Leona's unique 'Breathe & Bloom Easter Camp' blends ancient practices with modern creativity, allowing children to develop essential skills for emotional, mental, and physical well-being. Whether they’re budding yogis or simply curious about mindfulness and creativity, all children are welcome to 'Breathe and Bloom'.

Leona is delighted to welcome you and your little one(s) to her 'Breathe & Bloom Easter Camp' being held in Dúlra Therapy Centre, Lurganboy, Dromone, Oldcastle, Co Meath, A82 D2R8! A beautiful healing and restoring location surrounded by the empowering energies of Loughcrew Cairns, Fore Castle, Lough Lene Lake and Mullaghameen Forest. A perfect combination for bringing balance and restoration to the mind, body and soul!

Energy Exchange: €40 per child (Including Materials)

(Sibling Discount Available on Request)

* Places are limited so please book early to avoid disappointment *

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The 'Breathe and Bloom Easter Camp' provides children with a joyful, soothing, and empowering experience that allows them to truly breathe, bloom, and grow. Perfect for kids looking to enjoy a calm, creative, and mindful Easter break!

🌷 What’s Included?

🧘‍♀️ Yoga & Movement:
Fun, playful yoga sessions designed to enhance strength, flexibility, balance, and body awareness. Children will enjoy themed yoga flows inspired by nature, animals, and springtime blossoms.

🌬 Breathwork & Relaxation:
Interactive breathing techniques that help children regulate their emotions, build resilience, and feel calm and centered. Activities include “Blossom Breaths” and “Petal Breathing” for playful relaxation.

🪷 Mindfulness & Meditation:
Guided meditations and mindfulness practices that foster inner peace, creativity, and emotional awareness. Children will learn simple tools to calm their minds, connect with their senses, and feel present in the moment.

🎨 Creative Art Expression:
Art-based activities such as painting, drawing, crafting, storytelling, and nature art. Encouraging children to explore their creativity, express their emotions, and build confidence through artistic play.

🌼 Nature Connection:
Mindful outdoor activities like nature walks, sensory-based games, and grounding exercises, helping children feel inspired and connected to the natural world.

✨ Kindness & Connection:
Group activities that promote empathy, cooperation, and positive friendships, encouraging children to support one another and build healthy social skills.

🌟 Benefits for Children:

  • Emotional Regulation & Resilience:
    Through mindful practices and breathwork, children learn essential skills to manage stress, anxiety, and challenging emotions.

  • Enhanced Focus & Concentration:
    Mindfulness and meditation activities boost attention span, clarity, and problem-solving abilities.

  • Creativity & Self-Expression:
    Creative arts encourage children to explore their imagination, build confidence, and express their thoughts and feelings.

  • Physical Health & Body Awareness:
    Yoga supports strength, flexibility, coordination, and a healthy relationship with their bodies.

  • Social Skills & Compassion:
    Interactive activities nurture empathy, kindness, and positive communication, helping children develop meaningful friendships.

  • Connection to Nature:
    Nature-based mindfulness practices offer a sense of grounding, calm, and inspiration, fostering a lifelong love for the natural world.

  • Increased Confidence & Self-Esteem:
    Celebrating creativity, calm, and connection builds inner strength, self-assurance, and resilience.

📅 When? 📍Where?

📍Location: Dúlra Therapy Centre, Lurganboy, Dromone, Oldcastle, Co Meath, A82 D2R8
👩‍🏫 Facilitators: Leona McDonnell (www.leonamcdonnell.com)
📅 Date: Thursday 24th April ’25 from 10am – 1pm
💰 Price: €40 per child – Sibling Discount Available On Request!
👧 Age Group: Suitable for children aged 8-12 years

What To Bring?

  • Water and mid-morning snack
  • Blanket and Cushion/Pillow for Meditation/Relaxation
  • Outdoor Raincoat / Footwear
  • Suncream should be applied in advance of camp (weather permitting)

 

** If your child has any allergies or diagnosed medical conditions that Leona needs to be aware of, please email Leona when booking: leona@leonamcdonnell.com **

Meet Your Facilitator: Leona McDonnell

Welcome to a transformative journey of self-discovery and well-being with Leona McDonnell, a dedicated therapist and holistic wellness practitioner. With a profound love for nature and a passion for guiding individuals toward holistic healing, Leona combines her expertise in mindfulness, meditation, clinical hypnotherapy, clinical psychotherapy, life coaching, yoga and Tera Mai Reiki II with the healing inspiration of the natural world.

 

Leona is a compassionate and skilled therapist with a private clinical practice, committed to helping individuals navigate life’s challenges with grace and resilience. With a background in clinical psychotherapy, certification as an IMMA Internationally Accredited Mindfulness Rooted Ecotherapy Practitioner, an IMMA Internationally Accredited Creative Mindfulness for Children Practitioner, a 200hr Himalaya Yoga Valley Teacher (trained from the source of Yoga in India) and a Tera Mai Reiki II Practitioner, Leona brings a unique blend of Western psychology, Eastern holistic practices, and nature-based healing to her sessions.

 

Leona believes in a holistic approach to well-being, acknowledging the interconnectedness of mind, body, spirit, and nature. Her therapeutic sessions are grounded in empathy, respect, and a commitment to empowering individuals to unlock their full potential.

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Credentials and Achievements

Leona has dedicated the last 20years of her life to continually learn new skills, train, develop, up-skill and expand her qualifications and experience so that she can be the best version of herself and so that she can reach and help others to heal themselves in their own life journey’s.

 

Leona has successfully completed and has achieved qualification as:

 

  • IMMA Internationally Accredited Mindfulness Rooted Ecotherapy Practitioner
  • Advanced Diploma in Clinical Hypnotherapy & Psychotherapy
  • CMA Diploma in Life Coaching
  • 200HR Himalaya Yoga Valley Teacher
  • Blissful Breath Instructor
  • Tera-Mai Reiki Level II Practitioner
  • Certificate in Mindfulness for Wellbeing in Schools
  • IMMA Internationally Accredited Creative Mindfulness for Children Practitioner
  • Rainbow Yoga Teacher for Children (50hrs)
  • 2:1 Hons Degree in Business Studies with Human Resources
  • Author
  • Dúlra Therapy Centre (Leona’s private wellness clinic and group services)
  • LMETB Panel Member for Psychotherapy and Counselling Services and Clinical Psychologists (Secondary Schools and Education Centres in Louth and Meath, Ireland).
  • Licentiate of the Association of Professional Hypnosis and Psychotherapy (APHP)
  • Licentiate of the National Register of Psychotherapists and Counsellors (NRPC)
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Lucy's Mindful Life: 'when lucy meets arden'

by Leona McDonnell    03 December 2022    Paperback

Categories:

Fiction 5 to 8 Years

Fiction 9 to 12 Years

An Enchanting and Magical Story of Mindfulness and Nature Connection
that empowers children from the 'inside out'

Lucy's Mindful Life 'when lucy meets arden'

Lucy enjoys spending time with her family, friends, her pets and playing outdoors in nature.  She loves to use her senses to connect to the birds, plants, trees and her animals.  Her brother Jack also likes to spend time outside as he races on his go-kart, splashes in muck and as he gets up to mischief!

 

Sometimes, Lucy gets anxious, nervous and fearful during her daily life and she wishes she could help herself to feel better when this happens.  If only she had a special friend that could teach her mindful ways to help her to feel calm and safe when her emotions are visiting her ….

 

Making nature connection accessible to all children, ‘when lucy meets arden’ is the first book in a Mindfulness series of books designed for children, called ‘Lucy’s Mindful Life’.

A kind, caring, compassionate and empowering story encouraging children to connect to themselves and to the natural elements in their environment promoting positive mental, emotional and physical health and wellbeing.

 

‘Lucy’s Mindful Life’ is a beautiful and captivating series full of love, fun and adventure, that will comfort, strengthen and build children’s resilience.

 

(Suitable for children aged 5years-12years)

Product Details

Lucy’s Mindful Life: ‘when lucy meets arden’

ISBN                       9781739101206

Format                   Paperback

Publisher              The Book Hub Publishing Group (03 December 2022)

No. of Pages         68

Weight                   150g

Language              English (United States)

Dimensions          216 x 155 x 10

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