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Marissa Azucena
Marissa Azucena, a seasoned meditation practitioner, has developed mindfulness and meditation programs that are implemented in various schools across California, US. Inspired by her Life Coaching cert...
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Basics for Kids
The "Basics for Kids" collection of classes invites kids to embark on a fun journey exploring various styles of mindfulness meditation. Through engaging activities like music, treasure hunting, movement, art, and storytelling, they’ll discover a whole new way to relax and express themselves!
Mindful Eating
This meditation collection introduces kids to mindful eating, using their five senses to enhance food awareness. They will learn about chewing, savoring, mindful snacking, portion control, and emotional eating.
Mindfulness 101 for Students
This collection introduces students to mindfulness and meditation basics. Participants will learn to manage exam stress and optimize mindful study breaks, helping them build resilience and balance in their academic lives.
Sleep Stories for Kids
This is a collection of fun tales that whisk children away on enchanting nighttime adventures. These stories spark their imagination and help relax their bodies and minds, setting the perfect stage for a peaceful night’s sleep.
Nap Time Stories
The Nap Time Stories for Kids invites children to unwind and enjoy a delightful mix of gentle and whimsical imagery throughout its collection of stories.
Sleep Stories for a Restful Night
Sleep Stories for a restful night invite you into a soothing world of meditations that whisk you away on a starry night adventure and teach you gentle techniques to ease your pre-sleep thoughts. Each story brings its own unique charm, but they all share a wonderful goal: to help you enjoy a peaceful night’s sleep.
Relax Before Bedtime
Relax Before Bed Time is designed to help you create soothing routines, fun mindfulness practices, and comforting rituals that gently ease the day to a calmer close.
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Mindfulness Meditation Through Music
This class teaches kids to use listening skills, memory, and imagination to identify instruments and count how often they hear a word in their favorite song. They can apply these techniques the next time they hear music.
Mindfulness Through Movement
This class helps kids learn gentle stretching and movement, regardless of participation level. They’ll use fun techniques to listen to their bodies and become mindful of their movements.
Mindful Activities
Mindful Activities helps kids use their mindful eyes in an interactive “mindful treasure hunt” meditation. They learn to be present and grounded without needing movement or supplies.
Mindfulness Through Art
This meditation helps kids be mindful while drawing or coloring, connecting them with their emotions. It offers a chance to use art as a refreshing brain break.
Mindfulness Through Storytelling
This class engages kids in storytelling, connecting them to the present. They focus on the instructor’s tales, discovering how imagination aids in meditation.
Introduction to Mindful Eating
Introduction to Mindful Eating teaches kids and teens the benefits and principles of mindful eating. They will learn to integrate this approach into their daily lives.
Exploring the Five Senses
Exploring the Five Senses is a hands-on class for kids and teens to engage their senses while eating, gaining appreciation for the scents, sounds, textures, appearances, and flavors of food.
Emotional Eating & Mindfulness
Emotional Eating & Mindfulness equips kids and teens with tools to understand the connection between emotions and eating. They learn to identify their emotions and practice mindful eating.
The Art of Chewing and Savoring
This class encourages kids and teens to chew thoroughly, savor bites, and enjoy meals. It teaches them that chewing and savoring are meditative acts, helping them slow down and appreciate eating.
Mindful Snacking and Portion Control
Mindful Snacking and Portion Control helps kids and teens understand their feelings and improve portion awareness. This meditation practice teaches healthier snack choices for balanced diets.
Mindfulness 101
Mindfulness 101 for Students teaches core stress management concepts. The meditation practices enhance focus and provide benefits as students build their mindfulness knowledge.
Exam Stress Relief
Exam Stress Relief offers tools to maintain calmness, enhance concentration, and encourage students to reach their full potential in exams. Students empower themselves by learning to manage exam-related anxiety and stress.
Mindful Study Breaks
The practice employs meditation tools to enhance student productivity by fostering mindfulness during study breaks. These brief exercises boost focus, productivity, and attitude, which will further enhance study routines.
Balancing Academic and Personal Life
In this class, we tackle the challenge of managing academic pressures alongside personal life. Mindfulness techniques taught in this practice foster self-care and healthy coping strategies.
Building Resilience Through Mindfulness
Building Resilience Through Mindfulness helps students understand mindfulness and strengthens their mental resilience. They will learn meditation techniques to overcome challenges, manage stress, and foster a growth mindset.
Dreamy Clouds
Imagine a bedtime story that paints lovely pictures in your mind, allowing you to feel light and airy as you drift off to sleep.
Magical Tree House
In this enchanting nighttime tale, children set off on a wonderful adventure to a snug tree house, where a world of warmth and relaxation eagerly awaits them.
Sleep Castle
Join us for a delightful guided sleep meditation that whisks you away to a magical castle! Here, you'll enjoy a wonderful surprise sleepover with all the special people and cherished things in your life, creating cozy memories as you drift off to dreamland.
Sleepy Sloth
In this delightful guided meditation, children can picture themselves as cozy, sleepy sloths, gently resting their bodies and embracing relaxation.
Soft Belly Breathing
Soft Belly Breathing for kids encourages deep breaths by focusing on the rise and fall of their bellies. This technique promotes relaxation, helping them feel calm and centered, making it easier to unwind and concentrate.
Gentle River
In the "Gentle River" naptime meditation, children are guided to a peaceful river, listening to soothing water sounds and feeling refreshing air. This imagery helps them relax and drift into a calm nap.
Yoga Nindra for Kids
Yoga Nindra, is a relaxing practice for kids where they rest their bodies and minds. They set an intention for meditation and focus on their bodies and surroundings.
The Sleep Bus
In this class you will embark on a magical adventure in dreamland with their favorite toys and friends, feeling relaxed and energized upon waking from their nap.
Visualizing With Our Minds (eyes Closed)
This exercise helps kids visualize a place they want to visit, using their imagination and focusing on their five senses. This journey quiets the mind and induces relaxation.
Big Belly Breathing
This is a belly-focused exercise for kids with Big Belly Bear, who teaches proper breathing. The meditation includes breathing buddies to practice diaphragmatic breathing.
Starry Nights
Starry Nights is a soothing sleep meditation for all ages, guiding you to imagine a starry sky and taking you on a relaxing journey. It uses calming visualization, imagery, and gentle narration promote restfulness.
The Sleep Trip
Sleep Trip is a guided sleep meditation that takes you aboard a peaceful train that will transport you to serene landscapes, such as a tranquil beach or a quiet forest, helping to ease your mind and relax your body.
The Journey to Sleep
In The Journey to Sleep meditation, you will be guided through a serene mental journey, using soft, descriptive imagery to help you understand the different stages of sleep.
Settle In, Drift Off
In this guided meditation, kids connect to their emotions using the library metaphor. They can put certain thoughts on hold for the night, allowing them to focus on rest.
Thoughts Before Bedtime
This meditation helps kids manage pre-bedtime thoughts. Before sleep, many thoughts can rush in. By learning to manage these, kids can set themselves up for a more restful night’s sleep.
Putting the Day to Rest
Putting the Day to Rest is a guided meditation that guides kids through mentally and emotionally letting go of the day's events, setting a restful tone for sleep.
Nightly Gratitude
In this class, kids learn night gratitude practices to improve sleep quality by reducing pre-sleep anxiety and negative thoughts. This techniques help kids develop a better relationship with sleep.
Rhythm of Rest
In this sleep meditation class, you will create a consistent bedtime routine that regulates circadian rhythms and enhances sleep quality. You will also learn relaxation techniques and mindfulness practices to signal the body for rest.
Add Warmth to Sleep Ritual
This ritual-focused meditation class combines warm water routines like drinking water and warm showers with guided visualizations to enhance relaxation, regulate temperature, and improve sleep quality.
