Peaceful Practice

Using Our Ears: Mini Singing Bowl Breaks

Tanuka GordonSeptember 14, 2016

I recently became the owner of Tibetan singing bowl. Figured it was time as I start diving into teaching mindfulness to children. What I didn't anticipate was how owning a singing bowl...

"The Mindful Littles program provides individual calming approaches for the students as well as a sense of being part of the larger community."

— 5th grader

"Mindful Littles empowers youth to discover themselves from within and to take pride in the treasured person each of us is. Learning to be self-compassionate from a young age should not be an added bonus curriculum in schools… it needs to be at the top of all of our priorities because every child deserves to discover the gift of self-worth. The consequential beneficial return into society will then be exponential — children who learn to genuinely love and respect themselves from an early age want the same for others and will spread compassion in the deepest ways."

— Mindful Littles Parent Participant

“We have never experienced "service" done in such a thoughtful, learning-oriented, way.”

— Parent participant, Moraga School District family service event

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— Bay Area parent participant, Mindful Service Learning

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— 5th grade participant, Mindful Service Learning