Children's Mindfulness with Louise Barkas founder of The Calm Folk

‘Children are brilliant at picking up on other peoples energies. They do pick up on stress. It does impact them. Also children have these incredible imaginations, and these can work negatively too and they worry about things. They’ll put things into their little minds. It’s so important for children and parents to have these moments of calm.’ Intro: Louise is a Children’s Mindfulness and Wellbeing Coach at The Calm Folk. She has a beautiful instagram page @thecalmfolk. It has the magical effect of instantly making you feel calm when scrolling (something quite rare on social media). She’s had an incredible journey with so much experience in various fields relating to children’s wellbeing and education. She’s a gentle, beautiful soul and this episode is just wonderful! “I always knew I wanted to be around children and to be creative around children.” In this episode we cover: Louise’s journey and why her years in education led her to follow this path What mindfulness is and how it’s helped her personally as well as with clients Her little creation to support people in creating mindful rituals at home Minimalism and what led her to become a ‘Minimalist’ Her top tips for having a minimalist Christmas Daily rituals Louise practices The anxiety she has experienced in her life and why mindfulness has helped Why the breath is so important And so much more. Following this conversation I felt calm and peaceful, I expect it will have a similar effect for the listener. Happy Listening! ‘Children are actually naturally more mindful. When a child has chosen an activity that they love they are engrossed in that activity, they don’t worry about ‘to-do’ lists. Obviously in this present moment they are worrying a lot more. But generally they are mindful, it’s us adults that are definitely a lot less mindful.’ For the full show notes with timings and resource links head to https://www.backtothegardenchildcare.com/podcast/ The Calm Folk Website: https://www.thecalmfolk.co.uk/ The Calm Folk IG: https://www.instagram.com/thecalmfolk/ Back To The Garden Childcare IG: https://www.instagram.com/backtothegardenchildcare/ Recorded via Zoom and edited at LBS, Stockport. https://lbs.co.uk/ Producer: Simon Galloway  Original Music written by Sadie Pickering, performed by Sadie Pickering, Dan J Logan and Jay Ansill Podcast hosting service - https://anchor.fm/backtothegarden We’d be so grateful if you could take 2 minutes to leave us a review on your preferred podcast app.