For children 10 and under sessions last 30 minutes. 

 

For older children and young adults, I offer 60 minute sessions if it feels aligned. 

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Session 1:  Establish Connection and Introduction to Mindfulness

 

• Establish a connection by asking some simple questions to better understand what is happening in the child’s life to determine what may be causing anxiety/stress

• Guided Body Scan Meditation

• Establish a new simple, daily, at home mindfulness practice right away

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Session 2:  Simple Awareness and Paradigm Shift 

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• Experience resting in a state of heightened awareness by activating the parasympathetic nervous system to relax the mind and body

• Talk about how focusing on Gratitude and helping the child connect to being grateful for their health/loved ones creates a shift to calm the nervous system and reduce anxiety/stress

• Guided Gratitude Meditation

 

Session 3: Introduction of Sitting Visualization Meditation

 

• Connecting to intuition through establishing a mind-body connection

• Introduction of the concept of creating space in the mind by learning to release attachment to thoughts and emotions by viewing them from a distance

• Guided Visualization Based Meditation 

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Session 4: Sound Based Meditation

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• Teaching the child how meditation can help them open up to receiving clarity and guidance from within to help make decisions with more ease

• Teaching child how to ask questions in meditation to receive clarity and guidance

• Guided Sound Based Meditation

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Session 5: Learning to Trust the Process 

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• Allowing what comes up in meditation to be there without judgment or attachment

• Introduction of journaling to identify and shed light on the thoughts, emotions and physical sensations that come up during and after the meditation practice

• Creating Inspired Actions based on the clarity that begins to show up

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Session 6: Guided Wave Meditation

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• Introduction of the concept of balance through movement and connection to nature 

• Teaching child about our connection to nature and how spending time playing and gently moving outside helps to reduce anxiety/stress

• Guided Wave Visualization Meditation

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Session 7: Lovingkindness Meditation

 

• Introduction of the Lovingkindness Meditation to promote the idea of self-love and connection to others

• Allowing this feeling of connection to others to support feelings of calm, peace and self confidence

• Guided Lovingkindness Meditation

 

Session 8:  Establish a simple, daily personalized practice based on the core concepts offered in the program

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• Working with the child to establish a daily meditation practice they love, based on which meditations resonate most with them

• Creating a short term and long-term plan to help create new routines the child will be happy to bring into their daily life to create lasting results 

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*Each session includes a professionally recorded audio of the meditation we do together in session so the child can listen at home.