For this week's kindness project, we decided to thank our local firefighters for their service. Like our other activities, we kept this project pretty simple. I wanted my girls to know...
Improv Makes Story Time a Mindful Time
While working in tech, I learned that improv has become a really popular practice in many business organizations to help employees build interpersonal and leadership skills. These...
A Heartfelt Kindness Card for Great-Grandma
During our recent Mindful Compassion Picnic, my 5-year-old wanted to send "kind thoughts" to her great-grandmother Lainie who lives by herself in Florida. So this morning we decided to put...
Mindfulness for Itty Bitty Kids
I've learned from both girls that parents can introduce children to mindfulness as young as infants. Â While these itty bitty children may not fully understand how to use it in practice, the...
A Mindful Hygiene Kit Drive with Youth Homes
My close friend, Mary Patel, and I piloted our first community seva event last weekend in my backyard. Â We invited 15 neighborhood families (one parent with children 3 years or older)....
Guess the Letter/Shape on my Back
This activity is something that has been passed down in my family across generations- my grandmother did this activity my father, my father did it with me and now I have started doing it with my...
Foot Massage Gives Littles Deep Relaxation
Last night I organically discovered that a simple foot massage could become a "mindfulness practice" to help my daughters deeply relax after a bath or shower. We were doing their post-shower...