There’s research showing that mindfulness can reduce anxiety and stress levels in kids – sounds greeeat but how in the hell are you gunna get a kid to meditate? Well well well it’s actually not too hard – but it does involve a bit of sneakiness You can turn mindfulness into a game! Deepak Chopra has a practice where you get kids to put a book on their head and tell them to see how slowly (and mindfully) they can walk to the other side of the room. We’ve got other ideas too – but you’ll have to listen to find out what they are (not giving them all away here what kind of podcasters do you think we are?!) 

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CREDITS

Host: Casey Donovan @caseydonovan88
Writer: Amy Molloy @amymolloy
Executive Producer: Elise Cooper  
Editor: Adrian Walton

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