If you are a parent, you may be wondering how to bring more peace, presence, awareness, and compassion into your child’s life. Mindfulness is a wonderful way to do this. Regardless of whether you were taught how to take care of your mental and emotional health as a child, it’s never too late to begin a mindfulness practice, and it’s never too early to share these practices with your children.

In honor of the Summer Solstice and Father’s Day, I wrote a blog! It’s all about how I think teaching mindfulness to boys can help us create world peace. I know, it’s a big idea. But I even backed it with some neuroscience, some excerpts from the book I’m reading, and ended it with lots of questions because ultimately I have no real answers. ;)

Racing pulse? Rapid breath? Sweaty palms? Ready to freeze or run away? These are just a few of the signs of performance anxiety, and today's guest Lauren Buckles has felt them all.

Above image credit: Justin Stewart, Very Real Fantasy.

Lauren Buckles, the Creator of Nestful, chats with Kelly Winkler from the Podcast, Mindful Moments for Families and Schools. Lauren talks about her platform Nestful, and how incorporating little practices can lead to big changes in your life.

You can teach a child how to do a downward facing dog, cat cow, and all the other animal named poses you want. At the end of the day, if you’re not teaching children to connect with their internal experience, you’re not teaching yoga.

When life gets hard, we usually have a tendency to do one of two things: ruminate on the challenges or avoid the discomfort. Mindfulness offers us a third way, or a middle way for managing challenges as they arise.

Self-care is a bit of a buzz word. It’s often viewed as bubble baths or massages or activities that we can go do that will ultimately make us feel better. This blog touches on how to make any moment a moment where you are able to take care of yourself.

My son turned one! I wrote a short blog reflecting over the past year, my mixed emotions, Meghan Markle, surviving the pandemic and the strength of a woman. This one is for the mamas.

Lauren Buckles is a mom and certified yoga teacher for both children and adults who has been in the field for a decade. She shares how she creates a safe space in her classes through a trauma-informed lens, and how she wants to empower children not exert power. She also discusses Katonah Yoga and why she began her new online space Nestful. Lauren also generously shares what it was like to have her first baby two days before the pandemic was declared! A highly interesting and informative episode. Listen NOW.

Mindfulness is becoming a way of life. I see meditation cross the headlines of mainstream news stations while I sip my morning coffee. Local bookstores carry more self-help books than ever before. We are in an age of information, and people are taking advantage of readily available tools and methods for a better, more connected life.