Building Strong Brains and Hearts Through The Magic of Being Here: Evidence-based mindfulness tools and techniques that Build Resilience, And support feelings of calm, healing and connection
Mindful Moments: How To Integrate a Breathing Ball Into Calming, Healing Moments For The Children You Support
“Calm, Connection And Healing Inspired By The World Around Us.” Find Evidence-Based, Early Intervention And Prevention Mindfulness Support For Children And Families Through Breathing Exercises, Yoga Stretches, Creative Activities, Mindful Moments and More.
Nurturing Resilience Through Calm, Connection and Healing: Essential Mindfulness Packs for Providers and Educators Who Support Children, Teens and Families
“Nurturing Resilience ~ Calm, Connection And Healing Inspired By The World Around Us.” Find Evidence-Based, Early Intervention And Prevention Mindfulness Support For Children And Families Through Breathing Exercises, Yoga Stretches, Creative Activities, Mindful Moments and More.
"You Are Worthy of Love" with Lovella The Green Glitteroon
Welcome to our activity pack featuring Lovella the Green Glitteroon, designed for those who teach and care for children. This pack includes the story "I Am Enough," simple breathing exercises like "Breathe Into The Heart" and "Joyful Breath," a "Cat-Cow" yoga stretch, and a "Kindness Tree" activity. It concludes with another story, "You Are Worthy Of Love," to help children embrace self-love and self-worth. Use these activities to create a supportive space for children to learn and grow, and to invite calm, comfort and healing.
"Calming Blue Sky" With Zenly, The London Fox
Wherever, whenever, whoever you are, let the colours of the sky bring calm, comfort and healing to you. No matter where you are, you can take a moment to pause, notice the earth and sky around you, and take some healing breaths. With each mindful breath, inhale freshness and exhale the past to make room for new energies. Breathe in serenity and breathe out with hope. Step into a world of comfort under the sky. For this mindful activity pack, Zenly the London Fox shows you how!
Chelsea Foundation Family Mindfulness Workshop: "Roaring Resilience + Courageous Connection"
It is an honour to partner with the Chelsea Foundation to bring our Om:Pop mindfulness sessions to the families they support through their “Active Families” workshops. “The Chelsea FC Foundation is the world’s leading football social responsibility programme, using the power of football to motivate, educate and inspire.” They support communities and individuals in 125 towns and cities around the world, with over 300 staff, developing programmes for more than 800,000 participants.”
"Loving Kindness" For Overwhelming Feelings
Let’s invite softness into the moment, and remind ourselves of the importance of self-care and self-healing during challenging times.
Now is a time when we need to breathe in loving kindness to our hearts, as well as spread loving kindness to our friends, families, communities and the wider world. Though kind practices, we can aid ourselves in feelings of being overloaded... Feelings that could very well go beyond anything we’ve felt before.
“Acorns and Amber: Mindfulness For The Autumn Season”
The gentle whisper of autumn is here, bringing with it a time of transformation and new beginnings. Our theme, "Acorns and Amber," is here to remind us of the season’s serene beauty and the potential within us all for change. As the leaves transition into vibrant hues of amber, and acorns find their way to the nurturing soil, we too can embrace the cycle of growth and rejuvenation.
"Rest Your Mind Time"
Discover 'Rest Your Mind Time'—mindfulness activities for kids that promote inner calm and focus. Featuring the “One Minute Challenge” with the Calming Cuties and more, these activities are perfect for parents, providers and educators seeking effective ways to help children de-stress.
5 Ways To Find Your Flow Navigating Out of Covid
Many of us have not lived through an experience like this past year, so being thrown into it has been challenging ride. One comforting thought, however, is that there has never been a time that you could pass anyone in the street, or shop, and know that you are all going through the same experience, (albeit in your own way). It’s a reminder that we’re in this together.
So what can we do to help ourselves navigate our way back to our normal? We wanted to share a few tips below that might be able to help with the everyday during this ongoing transition time.
Mindful Making Activity: Growing Respect
Creating a garden of respect helps put things in perspective and allows you and your family members to take a step back and remember the simple things that are so important in life.
Breathing Techniques, Mantras and Yoga Poses For Resilience and Healing
Whether it’s feeling your blood pressure rise during a long queue at the store, or experiencing overwhelming feelings of sadness and stress due to family trauma, we can all feel overloaded, particularly during the holidays. We understand, and have created some simple breathing techniques, mantras and yoga poses for those moments you need some inner peace.
Resilience and Healing For The Holidays: A Special Christmas Om:Pop Series With Family Support
A very special time of year is upon us, that brings families, loved ones and friends together, feelings of gratitude and hope and new beginnings. At least, in a perfect world that’s what the holidays are like. In reality, it’s also the most trying time of year for many and even painful due to life circumstances current and past. It’s why we are focusing a special Christmas Om:Pop series on “Resilience and Healing For the Holidays” with Family Support, Hammersmith & Fulham.
Brain Boost: Mindful Family Om:Pop Sessions with Family Support
Mindful family sessions can offer clarity and calm amid the chaos that family life will inevitably bring. We’ve just completed an OM:POP series with Family Support in Hammersmith & Fulham and can confirm that mindful practices deliver a sense of wellbeing even with a whole host of tiny tots in the room.
Om:Pop With Family Support H&F: Resilience
Supporting your child, being focused on them when you are interacting, and providing a loving, trusting relationship is the best way to help your child to build resilience. - Family Support, Hammersmith and Fulham
Om:Pop With Family Support H&F: Serve and Return
We were delighted to lead two Om:Pop Sessions with Family Support, Hammersmith and Fulham focused on the topic of “Serve and Return.” Our bespoke yoga, brain building and meditation sessions at Cathnor Park Children’s Centre and Melcombe Children’s Centre focused on integrating positive, back-and-forth interactions between caregivers and their little ones.
Om:Pop With Family Support H&F: Air Traffic Control
The second week of October brings us the theme of “Air Traffic Control” for our Om:Pop Series with Family Support, Hammersmith and Fulham and Bubble + Sprout. Our bespoke yoga, brain building and meditation session at Cathnor Children’s Centre focused on the brain’s executive function and self-regulatory skills.
Inner Calm: Clear Stress Through Mindful Awareness Practices
We all experience stress. And while some stress can actually be positive, too much stress can negatively impact both our mental and physical wellbeing. The good news is that mindful awareness practices, such as yoga and meditation, can help calm our body's stress response.
Om:Pop With Family Support H&F: Stress Response
We have leaped out of September and into October, continuing our Om:Pop Series with Family Support, Hammersmith and Fulham and Bubble + Sprout. It has been so wonderful being with families, as we bring bespoke mindfulness, yoga and brain building sessions to them. The theme for the first week at Cathnor Park Children’s Centre was “Stress Response.”