Again, a token effort, but a beginning...
With the help of a friend, I found some podcasts that look promising to explore meditation since I know so very little about it, but am pretty sure I would see some benefits from it:
My Thought Coach, by Stin Hanson: http://www.mythoughtcoach.com/
Meditation Society of Australia: http://meditation.org.au/
--They have a podcast called "Children Meditate" in iTunes.
On the short drive to school in the morning, the kids and I have continued to take a moment to think calm and peaceful thoughts and then talk about them. In fact, they have reminded me to do this on more than one occasion. A colleague who teaches yoga says that she wouldn't recommend meditation with kids the ages of mine (5 and 8) so I have taken that into consideration and have decided that these moments of peaceful thoughts are enough for now, although I do plan on listening to the podcasts and seeing what they have to offer. She suggested doing animal yoga poses with the kids. I haven't had a chance to look into this... of course I know cat and cow, and downward facing dog, but that's about it! I'll have to expand my repertoire.
With the help of a friend, I found some podcasts that look promising to explore meditation since I know so very little about it, but am pretty sure I would see some benefits from it:
My Thought Coach, by Stin Hanson: http://www.mythoughtcoach.com/
-- Look for Meditation for Children podcast in iTunes.
Zencast: http://www.zencast.org/Meditation Society of Australia: http://meditation.org.au/
--They have a podcast called "Children Meditate" in iTunes.
On the short drive to school in the morning, the kids and I have continued to take a moment to think calm and peaceful thoughts and then talk about them. In fact, they have reminded me to do this on more than one occasion. A colleague who teaches yoga says that she wouldn't recommend meditation with kids the ages of mine (5 and 8) so I have taken that into consideration and have decided that these moments of peaceful thoughts are enough for now, although I do plan on listening to the podcasts and seeing what they have to offer. She suggested doing animal yoga poses with the kids. I haven't had a chance to look into this... of course I know cat and cow, and downward facing dog, but that's about it! I'll have to expand my repertoire.
P.S. Although I haven't given up on creating a more peaceful life and home, I kind of gave up on this. Like so many other self-initiatives. I haven't given up on all of them, but yes, I did give up on this. Ah, well. O. still asks us to do our peaceful thoughts sometimes. :)
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