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How Mindfulness Benefits Children How Mindfulness Benefits Children In the four-minute film, kindergarteners talk about coping with emotions and using meditation and breathing techniques. Filmmakers Julie Bayer Salzman and Josh Salzman created “Just Breathe” with their son, classmates, and family members one Saturday afternoon. “The film is entirely unscripted,” says Julie. “What the kids say is based purely on their own neuro-scientific understanding of difficult emotions, and how they cope through breathing and meditation....

If you work in an open office, you may need to be creative to find a quiet place to practice. Many people have told me that they’re best able to do this practice by leaving their office and finding an empty conference room, or even leaving the building to sit in their car during part of their lunch break. The “desk chair” part need not be taken literally. This meditation can be done anywhere you are able to sit quietly and practice—be it the staff room, a park bench, or even an airplane seat....

She went on to be mentored by Bonnie Duran—researcher, author, and professor from the University of Washington—who is dedicated to bringing mindfulness to Indian Country. These influences led to her decision to combine mindfulness practices with her own tradition of Native American spirituality in working with the trauma within Native American families. After graduate school at the California School of Professional Psychology, Dionne began working with two tribal consortiums. She developed culturally tailored, evidence-based parenting programs for Native American families at Riverside San Bernardino Indian Health, served as a cultural consultant for Riverside University Health Systems, and created a mindfulness program for social workers through the Riverside Department of Social Services....

Looking for a way to change things up tonight??? Here’s an easy and sexy idea that is sure to please! Raid your kitchen for scrumptious treats to ignite sparks in the bedroom. Tease your spouse with a yummy and seductive guessing game of “Name that Treat.” Each of you secretly collect an array of yummy treats like peanut butter, cool whip, pixie sticks, honey, cream cheese, strawberries, caramel syrup, pudding, frosting, etc....

** For Patrice Sosoo, mom of two, Senior Vice President of Brand & Innovation at Dotdash Meredith, and founder of women’s social club Little Gems, postpartum hair loss came as a surprise. While she had heard about the possibility of hair loss in the postpartum period, she says she was so busy getting everything ready for her babies that she didn’t prioritize her hair care or wellness. Keeping up with all the changes pregnancy brings is challenging enough....