As mental health among children becomes an increasing concern for health care providers and others across the country, an Amity Township woman believes she has a tool that can help. Karen Tripolitis ...

Mindfulness is being aware of all that is in the present moment — our feelings, the sensations in our bodies, the sounds, sights, and smells of the world around us. Mindfulness is noticing.

In the children’s classic Olivia, the protagonist, a stylish Manhattan piglet, “is very good at wearing people out. She even wears herself out.” On a single page, author and illustrator Ian Falconer ...

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (KABC) -- Practicing mindfulness has shown to have many physical and mental benefits for adults, but striking a yoga pose can also help children in many ways -- from promoting self ...

Developmental psychologist Amanda Moreno, Ph.D., an assistant professor at Chicago’s Erikson Institute, never really did yoga or meditated. But at a conference a few years ago, she had what she calls ...

Frequently, Sally Munoz, a third-grade teacher at Duchesne Academy in Houston, asks her students to pause for a moment of mindfulness. Sometimes she tells them to focus on the way they’re sitting.

Yoga is fast becoming one of the most popular complementary health practices, with over 1.7 million children and teens practicing yoga — a number that has grown by 400,000 in the last decade. Many ...

At a time when stress in U.S. schools is on the rise, the results of a new study hammer home what others have shown: that yoga in schools may be a great benefit to kids’ mental health. The results, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. How does teaching kids mindfulness benefit them? Experts explain. (Image: Getty; illustration by Aida Amer for Yahoo) ...

When I recently told a friend that my kids constantly argue, she recommended mindfulness sessions for them, which made me giggle. “I don’t even know what that means,” I admitted, adding I know plenty ...

How often does it feel like we’re all just trying to manage the chaos of life – navigating different responsibilities while dealing with inevitable interruptions? No matter our ages, backgrounds or ...

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