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Everyone is Special in Their Own Way

June 9, 2017 Tanuka Gordon1 Comment

This week's kindness project was inspired by my daughter's softball coach.  At the end of the season, during their pizza party, her coach gave each softball player a certificate for hard work and...

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“Yes. That was me with The. flowers…”

April 26, 2017 Tanuka GordonLeave a comment

This week's kindness project was a bit organic as is typical of many of our projects.  The girls and I were baking some banana bread at home and decided to make an extra loaf to share with our...

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Some Earth Day Fun

April 23, 2017 Tanuka GordonLeave a comment

Mindful Littles was very excited to join Orinda Action Day on Earth Day, where we hosted a station that was all about "Arts/Crafts from Recyclables."  Kids could create any art, craft or...

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Friends like Nini

April 12, 2017 Tanuka GordonLeave a comment

Almost 10 years ago I met an incredible woman named Nini, who has cerebral palsy.   I had signed up to volunteer with a program called Best Buddies, where you get paired up to be a buddy to an...

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Personalized Kindness Cootie Catcher for a Special Friend

March 30, 2017 Tanuka GordonLeave a comment

One of my favorite things to do as a kid was to play with Cootie Catchers- or Paper Fortune Tellers.   The element of surprise with each turn, not knowing what will be unveiled as your fortune,...

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Hope and Courage for more Dannys

March 27, 2017 Tanuka Gordon1 Comment

So often many of us, myself included, go through each day taking for granted some of the most simple pleasures in life.  I almost never stop to think about the fact that I get to have...

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Noticing the small stuff

March 18, 2017 Tanuka GordonLeave a comment

Kindness is something that happens more often than we realize or notice.  It's just that most of the time when it happens, they are small acts-  simple and spontaneous gestures.  While these...

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Empowering our littles to be kind to themselves

March 9, 2017 Tanuka Gordon3 Comments

This week I had the privilege of seeing Orly Wahba speak at a Kindness Assembly at a local elementary school, and then again during her evening "Kindness Boomerang" book signing event for...

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Family Donation Box

March 4, 2017 Tanuka GordonLeave a comment

This may have been one of those Kindness Projects that my family will remember and use for quite some time.  I recently attended the parent-ed conference hosted by...

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Nothing like a stomach bug to teach you about kindness

February 23, 2017 Tanuka GordonLeave a comment

Last week our family got hit with the stomach bug, and we all went down like dominoes- first me, then my husband, then our older daughter and even my poor mother who was in town visiting....

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  • Giving $10.76 from “My Very Own Give Jar”

  • A Grateful Twist to a Pumpkin Craft

Community Inspiration

  • Reflections on Day of Peace

    Peace Kits for Paradise: When Giving Is Receiving It Lights the Spark in All of Us

  • Mindful Family Spotlight: A Mother & Daughter Story of Resilience and Gratitude

  • Mindful Big Spotlight: Lifelong Humanitarian Lisa Rueff

  • Mindful Little Spotlight: One Young Leader Brings Basket Brigade to Families in Need

  • #GivingTuesday: Empower Littles to Give the Gift of Kindness

The work that Mindful Littles does is the antithesis of the violence. With the continued threat of mass shootings, with homegrown mental illness, you don’t arm people with weapons. You pay attention; you teach compassion, you educate and help community members. This is how we change. This is how we are going to fight the good fight; not with weapons and strategies of self-defense, but by being proactive with love. I believe Mindful Littles is the solution. It will awaken our youth and help contribute to a more positive future.
- Travis Groft, Veteran
Working with Mindful Littles has been a life changing experience. Before volunteering with this group, I’d say I was guilty of not always incorporating compassion and mindfulness into my everyday life, but since I have started volunteering with this organization I have noticed a positive change within myself.
- Danielle Castro, Youth Leader, Age 17
Our Daisy Troop invited Tanuka Gordon of Mindful Littles to lead a
class for our Kindergarten Daisy Scouts. Tanuka taught the girls
through stories and pictures about what life is like for children
living in Haiti. We decorated and put together pencil cases for
students there. Tanuka also guided us through a mindful moment
incorporating yoga movements and breathing techniques.  A few months
later, the girls were thrilled to receive artwork back from the
students in Haiti.  We loved our Mindful Littles class and found that
it helped to open the girls’ eyes to the world around them!
My time with Mindful Littles’ has solidified my commitment to youth development and empowerment, as I’ve had the pleasure of witnessing the wonderfully innovative ideas that littles have for the improvement of their communities. There are few things more gratifying than watching and helping littles turn their creativity into meaningful action, and I’m grateful to Mindful Littles for giving me the opportunity to do so.
-Iris Wu, Youth Leader, Age 19
The event had quite an impact on my 7 year old son, Caden, who, after assembling hygiene kits at your Mindful Littles event, decided to raise money for the kids in Haiti on his own. I think what you are doing through the Mindful Littles program is wonderful, and it’s obviously having an impact on children near and far… I look forward to attending another one soon!

- Kim Morrow, Local Bay Area Parent



That was a really great event. I held more doors open for people in the last few days than I think I have in my life.🙂 Your words were heard.
-Jennifer Kamal, Local Bay Area Parent
Mindful Little has led two programs this year for our community - one for parents and children on the topic "the courage to be different," and one just for children on the topic of honoring seniors.  Both were absolutely wonderful!  It was a pleasure to collaborate with Tanuka in planning the programs, and she and her team prepared thoughtful, engaging lessons that were meaningful to the families as well as being fun, interactive, and hands-on.  I believe the lessons Mindful Littles brought to our community will stick with the children for a long time, and I highly recommend Mindful Littles programs!
Our Girl Scout troop was looking for something meaningful to do around the holidays. Mindful Littles made everything so easy and the core values of Mindful Littles and Girl Scouts were perfectly matched.  The girls appeared at Las Trampas and were immediately put into action assisting disabled individuals with holiday activities and celebrating the holiday cheer.  It was a labor of love on both ends.  My daughter left the event and said, “That was awesome. Let’s do more of that."
- Jennifer LaForce, Bay Area Girl Scout Troop Leader
A clinician just popped into my office and shared how one of our kids loved the positive words on the hygiene kit. The youth said it felt like Christmas – all because of a hygiene kit. Amazing.
- Beth Goldberg, Director of Development for Youth Homes
Mindful Littles was an integral part of our collaborative initiative, OrindaCares. OrindaCares is a partnership with Mindful Littles, the Orinda Union School District, Miramonte High School, and the City of Orinda. Mindful Littles provided not just the concept and strategy development for this partnership, but the project leadership and organization to make our initiative highly successful.
- Carolyn Seaton, Superintendent of Orinda Union School District

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