Children enter the world "quite present," says Blake Lown Beers, founder of Little Renegades, a company that makes mindfulness products and educational tools for children. But as they begin to grow, ...

Apps including Calm, Headspace, and Ninja Focus are designed to help children stay calm, increase their focus, and sleep better. My title is Senior Features Writer, which is a license to write about ...

But mindfulness is not just for adults. According to mental health experts, it can also be good for children. “Mindfulness helps kids cope with the daily stresses we all face,” says Michael Crowley, ...

Mindfulness has been a buzzy term for years now, with a slew of mental health experts and celebrities raving about the perks of focusing one's attention on the present without judgment. But while a ...

Starting this year, all public schools in New York will be required to offer time each day for “mindful breathing” exercises intended to improve mental health. The intent is to help reduce and better ...

Back when Travis M. Spencer’s daughter was in fourth grade, there were times when she struggled to fall asleep. On those nights, Spencer used to take a few minutes for mindfulness. First, Spencer ...

Eileen Kennedy-Moore, PhD, a clinical psychologist based in Princeton, New Jersey, told TODAY Parents that mindfulness is about being aware of one’s present moment experience without judgment. "It ...

1. Notice and name body sensations, thoughts, and emotions. “My chest feels warm and I feel so happy when we are playing outside together like this.” “It sounds like you might be nervous about this ...

Mindful breathing is one of the best ways we can calm the stress response in the brain. It is a strategy to turn to when, for instance, our children are throwing a temper tantrum in the grocery store ...