The Matter of the Heart - Mindfulness and Children - Paul Sugar with a 3 Minute Mindfulness Meditation

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Paul Sugar is the founder and director of the Scottsdale Institute for Health and Medicine for Mindfulness. Paul Sugar has studied with Jon Kabat-Zinn creator of the mindfulness stress reduction program (MBSR). Paul has mentored people all over the world for over 25 years and has taught over 100 eight week mindfulness based stess reduction programs, as well as mindfulness based cognition therapy. He also practices and teaches yoga, tai chi and meditation for over 45 years. What is mindfulness and why does it work so well with children? Do you know why it takes less time to teach children than adults? There are now 1 million children practicing mindfulness starting from Pre K - grade 12. What is the concept of a raisin in a mindfulness exercise with children? Why do children have less of a resistance? There are 6000 worldwide studies validating mindfulness. Are children more in the present moment? What can adults learn from children? There is so much information in this podcast on mindfulness and children, body, thoughts, emotions and breath. Join Paul Sugar with a 3 minute mindfulness mediation. Connect with Paul Sugar at [email protected] Reach Carol @ [email protected] Connect on our website @ http://www.thematteroftheheart.com

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