Mindfulness for children and teenagers
Today's children and teenagers are often agitated, dispersed and stressed. How can we help them to be calmer? How can we teach them to concentrate, to better tame their emotions, to overcome their stress?
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Libellule offers workshops combining meditations and various exercisesadapted to 3 different age groups. These programmes have yielded benefits that have been scientifically validated.
Grade 3 to grade 5 - Better understand emotions and learn to control attention
By combining playful exercises and simple meditations, the intention is for children to better understand and control the mechanism behind attention. They shall then comprehend their own world of emotions and physical sensations thus opening the door for new ways of responding to potential difficulties.
Taught by Remy Segretain, accredited & certified mindfulness instructor
Grade 6 to grade 8/9 - Better understand emotions and grow self confidence
At an age where teenagers are struggling to fully grasp their changing bodies and minds, this programme will help them to better accompany their changing life. Combining playful exercises and meditations, the intention is for children to better understand and control the mechanism behind attention. They shall then comprehend their own world of emotions and physical sensations thus opening the door for new ways of responding to potential difficulties, centering on their own self and their breath.
Taught by Remy Segretain, accredited & certified mindfulness instructor
Grade 9/10 to 12 - Better understand emotions and reduce stress
Similar to the now standard programme taught to adults – Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction, combining different meditations, didactic teaching and open discussions – and at a time when youngsters can be under some different pressure to perform, it will teach them to focus their attention, realign with the present moment and at the end reduce potential stress that is often self inflicted. The intention of to help students to be more confident with their own capabilities, be better able to concentrate, responding to difficulties, managing their emotions, centering on their own self and their breath.
Taught by Remy Segretain, accredited & certified mindfulness instructor
