If you've been struggling with your kids over bedtime these yoga experts suggest trying a pre-bedtime meditation practice that will benefit everyone.

Bedtime can often be a stressful time not just for parents,but for kids as well. The pandemic has also led to children feeling more anxiety and stress which has often translated into a harder time falling asleep and difficulty having a restful night. Pandemic aside there are some children who simply have a hard time settling down when it comes to bedtime and can end up disrupting the entire house. If you've been looking for ways you can help make the transition to bedtime a little easier, you may want to look at establishing a pre-bedtime meditation routine for your kids.

The benefits of meditation being practiced by children are numerous and include stress reduction,help with depression, better school production, and better sleep. Rebecca Gitana, a transformational guide and home healer explained to SheKnows how teaching your child to meditate can help them have a more restful night's sleep.Teaching and practicing meditation with your children is actually easier than you think, Gitana explained. Sure, kids can be fussy or get easily distracted but that is kind of the point to get your children in the practice of bringing themselves back to themselves. It also empowers them to observe their energy and needs.

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Author and yoga expert Tara Stiles explained to SheKnowshow parents can set the scene to begin meditating with their children before bedtime.First if you can, bring the little one to a place without distractions," she suggested. "Turn off any screens or move away from a noisy space. Sit down together and press your thumb gently into the center of their palm and take some big deep breaths, she adds. While youre making contact, make sure to come down to the level physically of the child, says Stiles. Its a good practice for overall health for your body to crawl down and up from the ground and its good for creating a connection with children. Come to them so you can relate well.

Not every child will want to sit and meditate quietly, especially if this is something new you're introducing, so Gitana suggests allowing kids to really get out their excess energy before they participate in mediation.Be silly with them and flail, wiggle, jump, all of it, she says. Then ask your child to select their favorite crystal, rock, seashell, plant, or stuffed animal. Having an ally while they meditate can be very helpful. She also gave greats suggestions on how to explain what meditation is to children so they can truly understand the goals of what they're are being asked to do. She suggests parents tell kids that meditation is "a time when you can let go of your worries." She added that kids"deal with the pressures of the world, with little context and no agency over what happens to them, and we think we are the ones who are stressed out!

Stiles also suggests that parents also practice meditating, either with or without their kids.With kids and with anyone, mediation works well if you show how to do it as you do it yourself, says Stiles. Make it a project together, so both of you become the leader. If you are able to meditate alone with the little ones watching, they might also join in."

Meditation is different for everyone and how long you can expect one to be able to sit and meditate will also vary depending on age. Healthline suggests that parents who are looking at meditation as a way to help their children sleep better understand that a few minutes a day is the norm for preschool children, while grade school children may be able to meditate for 3-10 minutes twice a day, and teens may benefit from 5 -45 minutes a day of mediation.

Bedtime doesn't have to be stressful, and adopting a pre-bedtime ritualincluding meditation can help everyone in the house at a time when stress and anxiety seem to be more prominent than ever.

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Lets be honest: when it comes to bedtime, even the most behaved children protest. If youre dealing with a particularly fussy child at night, you might want to consider helping them to unwind and relax by introducing a pre-bedtime meditation routine.

Meditation has been shown to improve anxiety, depression, school performance, and behavior problems in kids. When you tack it on at night, youre providing the added benefit of improving their relaxation response as well as possibly increasing melatonin (the sleep hormone) which will help your little ones drift off to dreamland sooner.

Teaching and practicing meditation with your children is actually easier than you think, says Rebecca Gitana, a transformational guide and home healer who teaches meditation and breathwork to children. Sure, kids can be fussy or get easily distracted but that is kind of the point to get your children in the practice of bringing themselves back to themselves. It also empowers them to observe their energy and needs.

Plus, when you make it a joint activity, you create the opportunity to bond further with your kid while doing something thats healthy for both of you. However, as Gitana points out, Its important to note that you dont have to be perfect at meditating either. Learn with your children and practice the beginning principles discovered with them together.

If you need help establishing a pre-bedtime routine, weve come up with some guidelines below.

If your kid just had some screentime or read a chapter of their favorite book, they might not be in the most zen mood to meditate. Which is why you should try to bring them to a calmer state before your meditation.

My friend, shiatsu practitioner Sam Berlind, shared a wonderful technique with me. Its about making a good connection with your child and calming down together, Tara Stiles, yoga expert and author of Clean Mind, Clean Body: A 28-Day Plan for Physical, Mental, and Spiritual Self-Care, tells SheKnows. First if you can, bring the little one to a place without distractions. Turn off any screens or move away from a noisy space. Sit down together and press your thumb gently into the center of their palm and take some big deep breaths.

This action stimulates the shiatsu point for calming, and the deep breaths will further relax both of you. While youre making contact, make sure to come down to the level physically of the child, says Stiles. Its a good practice for overall health for your body to crawl down and up from the ground and its good for creating a connection with children. Come to them so you can relate well.

However every kid is different. If your child isnt one to sit still, thats okay too. Gitana starts her meditation practice by telling the children to shake it out.

Be silly with them and flail, wiggle, jump, all of it, she says. Then ask your child to select their favorite crystal, rock, seashell, plant, or stuffed animal. Having an ally while they meditate can be very helpful.

She also recommends asking them if they want to sit or lie down, and letting them know they can shift from either position as they desire. Giving them freedom will help them stay engaged in meditation, she says.

Gitana says its key to let kids know that meditating is not about sitting still and closing your eyes.

Instead meditating is how we listen to ourselves and clear our minds. Tell them, It is a time when you can let go of your worries, it is a time when you can let go of your worries, and kids worry more than we think. They deal with the pressures of the world, with little context and no agency over what happens to them, and we think we are the ones who are stressed out!

Now, according to Gitana, you would guide them towards their breath.

You can start with the Oceans Breath, which is a gentle breath in and out of the nose. Tell them that to listen to their breath for they can hear the sounds of the oceans waves. How magical. Join them.

You can do some movement if they are fidgety such as Childs pose or cat & cow. Gitana also suggests telling your little to move or stretch in any way that feels good to them.

Now, guide them to the next breath. This time breathing in through the nose and out of the mouth making a hahhhhhh sound.

Here you can guide them to let go off any stress or worry that is inside, says Gitana. When it feels right you can even ask them to share what they let just let go of. You can then guide them towards hugging themselves, sending love to all the places inside that need it.

The practice neednt be long. For really fidgety kids, Gitana recommends five minutes or for a minute for every year they have been on planet Earth.

If youre unfamiliar with meditating yourself, Stiles suggests that you might want to further your own practice first to become more comfortable and to show your kids how easy it is.

With kids and with anyone, mediation works well if you show how to do it as you do it yourself, says Stiles. Make it a project together, so both of you become the leader. If you are able to meditate alone with the little ones watching, they might also join in. I would advise not to force anyone to join you. Let it be their idea by being excited by watching you. Its great to be a good example, of course, and for children to see their parents being good to themselves. What a beautiful lifelong lesson in self-care!

Ultimately developing a pre-bedtime meditation practice together is healthy for both of you to help balance stress and strengthen their relationship to you as their sounding board.

Having a shared meditation practice can help children become more focused and stronger at processing their emotions, says Gitana. It is also another great way to normalize self care and conscious familial communication. You may be surprised when your child asks for a meditational moment when stressed or when they want to connect with you.

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You have heard that it was said, You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy. But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? And if you greet your brethren only, what do you do more than others? Do not even the tax collectors do so? Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect. Matthew 5:43-48

The Bible says we must forgive those who have done us harm. How do we do that? We say, Ill forgive them but I will never forget.

If you dont forget, have you truly let it go? Is that the way you want God to forgive your sins?

Oh, what joy for those whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is put out of sight!

Yes, what joy for those whose record the Lord has cleared of guilt, whose lives are lived in complete honesty!

If there was ever anyone who had a right to claim mistreatment, it was Jesus. What cruel physical torture, indignities and mockery He suffered before His death and what was His response? Father forgive them.

I have never, and neither have you, had to go through what Jesus did. Remember what God forgave you and what it cost Him before you decide you cant forgive someone for what they have done to you.

In the prayer the Lord taught His disciples was, forgive us our sins, as we have forgiven those who sin against us (NLT). Isnt that saying, God forgive us in the same way we forgive those who have harmed us? That alone is enough reason to put great effort into forgiveness.

I have found that when forgiving is difficult, it is praying for that person that will finally clear my heart. When we first begin to pray for them, it may be very difficult but if we keep returning to the prayer, God will honor it and one day we will find that our heart is clear of any hard feelings and we sincerely desire good for them.

The act of forgiveness benefits us greatly.

There is an enormous physical burden to being hurt and disappointed, says Karen Swartz, M.D., director of the Mood Disorders Adult Consultation Clinic at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Chronic anger puts you into a fight-or-flight mode, which results in numerous changes in heart rate, blood pressure and immune response. Those changes, then, increase the risk of depression, heart disease and diabetes, among other conditions. :

She continued, Forgiveness, however, calms stress levels, leading to improved health. Studies have found that the act of forgiveness can reap huge rewards for your health, lowering the risk of heart attack; improving cholesterol levels and sleep; and reducing pain, blood pressure, and levels of anxiety, depression and stress.

Did you know there were such physical and mental rewards when we obey God?

Sylvia Hughes is a longtime Sunday School and womens Bible study teacher, and a retired newspaper editor. She can be reached via email at blameditations@gmail.com.

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Cate Blanchett's journey to creating her own meditation space in her "haunted" mansion hit a minor snafu in December after surveyors discovered a colony of rare bats making their home in a dilapidated building on the property. But now it seems renovations are once again full speed ahead, as long as the actress can come up with a plan to rehouse the winged interlopers.

According to planning documents filed with the Wealden District Council and obtained by the Daily Mail, Blanchett won planning permission this week to knock down a cottage and shed that are located on her Crowborough, East Sussex estate, now known as Highwell House, in order to build a garden office, studio, and meditation room. Those plans were temporarily put on pause, however, after surveyors discovered a colony of rare bats roosting in the deteriorating structure. They discovered droppings from both common pipistrelle and brown long-eared bats, an at-risk and protected species.

While the actress will be allowed to move forward with the build, she must first provide a plan to safely remove and rehome the creatures and have it approved by the area's council chiefs before being granted a license. Any buildings containing a roost cannot be demolished without being granted a European Protected Species license from Natural England. So that means, in addition to her three-floor studio, zen zone, office, and lavender garden, Blanchett will also have to install special bat boxes or incorporate a bat loft into the design where the animals will be able to live.

The bats apparently aren't the only unwelcome guests currently inhabiting the actress's manse. The grand Victorian estate, originally built in 1890, was previously known as Potters Manor or Steep Park and boasts seven bedrooms, seven bathrooms, and five reception rooms. It fell into serious disrepair in the early aughts before being purchased and extensively restored in 2015. While today the home is the bright, modern residence of Blanchett, her husband Andrew Upton, and their four children, it was previously listed by The Sun as one of Britain's 15 creepiest abandoned places and even has its own Facebook page dedicated to documenting visitors' otherworldly sightings on the property and the mysterious pentagrams painted on the manor's floors.

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But few people realize that our reliance on electronics comes with steep environmental costs, from mining minerals to disposing of used devices. Consumers can't resist faster products with more storage and better cameras, but constant upgrades have created a growing global waste challenge. In 2019 alone, people discarded 53 million metric tons of electronic waste.

In our work as sustainability researchers, we study how consumer behavior and technological innovations influence the products that people buy, how long they keep them and how these items are reused or recycled.

Our research shows that while e-waste is rising globally, it's declining in the U.S. But some innovations that are slimming down the e-waste stream are also making products harder to repair and recycle.

There's a clear need to recycle e-waste, both to protect public health and to recover valuable metals. Electronics contain rare minerals and precious metals mined in socially and ecologically vulnerable parts of the world. Reuse and recycling can reduce demand for "conflict minerals" and create new jobs and revenue streams.

But it's not a simple process. Disassembling electronics for repair or material recovery is expensive and labor-intensive.

Some recycling companies have illegally stockpiled or abandoned e-waste. One Denver warehouse was called "an environmental disaster" when 8,000 tons of lead-filled tubes from old TVs were discovered there in 2013.

The U.S. exports up to 40% of its e-waste. Some goes to regions such as Southeast Asia that have little environmental oversight and few measures to protect workers who repair or recycle electronics.

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Concentration of hazardous (left) and valuable (right) materials within the U.S. e-waste stream. Althaf et al. 2020

Government, industry and consumers all have roles to play. Progress will require designing products that are easier to repair and reuse, and persuading consumers to keep their devices longer.

We also see a need for responsive e-waste laws in place of today's dated patchwork of state regulations. Establishing convenient, certified recycling locations can keep more electronics out of landfills. With retooled operations, recyclers can recover more valuable materials from the e-waste stream. Steps like these can help balance our reliance on electronic devices with systems that better protect human health and the environment.

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Theres no denying that a meditation practice can offer life-improving benefits. Research supports that the mindfulness technique can lead to feeling happier, being a more compassionate person, having lowered inflammation, and experiencing increased longevity. Colombian superstar J Balvin even credits meditation with saving his life. But for all of meditations benefits, it isnt typically described as something thats fun. If you were, for example, to tell a friend that your evening plans involved a night of meditating, they may give a smile, but chances are they wont respond by saying, Wow, how exciting! or Oh, you must be so pumped! That may soon change, though.

In the past few years, the meditation industry has been securing its foothold at the intersection of the entertainment industry. In 2018, meditation app Calm launched an offshoot of its classic meditations called Sleep Stories, which consist of bedtime stories told by celebrities, including Harry Styles and Matthew McConaughey. The celebrity peg was so successful for drawing interest that Calm incorporated it into its meditation-based show, A World Of Calm, which premiered on HBO Max in October 2020 and enlisted more A-listers like Idris Elba and Nicole Kidman. Calm isnt the only mindfulness giant getting in on streamed meditation shows: On January 1, mediation platform Headspace released its own Netflix series, Headspace Guide to Meditation.

The fact that these series appear on the streaming platforms alongside the likes of Schitts Creek and The Undoingillustrates meditations new overlap with entertainment, but a question remains: Can a person still reap the full benefits of meditation while being entertained?

Headspace Guide to Meditation spans eight episodes during which Headspace co-founder Andy Puddicombewho previously spent 10 years living as a Buddhist monk in Asia, meditating up to 16 hours a dayteaches about the science and benefits of meditating. Each episode focuses on a different mindfulness technique, using animated characters and graphics to teach people how to be more present and mindful in their daily lives in a way thats engaging and fun to watch.

[Headspace] has always had a rich tradition of illustration and animation, and with the current climate and environment, it makes perfect sense to lean into that, Puddicombe says. There are a lot of people struggling with stress, anxiety, and sleep, and this is a way to give them the tool they need in an accessible way. Puddicombe then ends every episode by leading a meditation.

There are a lot of people struggling with stress, anxiety, and sleep, and this is a way to give them the tool they need in an accessible way. Andy Puddicombe, Headspace founder

Chris Advansun, head of Sleep Stories at Calm, says the company had a similar mission with releasing A World of Calm during the pandemic.Its clear that 2020 has been a stressful year for us all. A World of Calm is our take on visual sleep content, at a time when folks need relaxation more than ever, he says.

Though both series exist on entertainment-streaming platforms, meaning viewers must actively choose to watch them over the endless shows and movies popping up alongside them, Puddicombe says he doesnt see Queer Eye or The Crown as competitors. We would never even pretend to compete with shows like that, he says. I see it more as a complementmaybe after bingeing Narcos, you may want a meditation, he says with a laugh.

Still, the content on streaming platforms does have to be entertaining, or people will turn it off. And thats where Puddicombe says the friendly illustrated animations come in. Advansun says World of Calm depends on the breathtaking landscapes it shows for a similar effect. Each 22-minute episode takes audiences on an immersive visual journey into another world, and each relaxing tale is designed to transform how you feel, he says. Viewers will be transported into tranquility through carefully designed narratives, enchanting music, and gorgeous footage. These elements fuse together to create a calming, relaxing effect. Its not necessarily the grab-some-popcorn type of entertainment, but more so nature-porn escapism. And during a time when no one is traveling much of anywhere, theres real value in that.

Given meditations deep cultural and religious roots that date back to approximately 1500 BC, I was curious if being entertained in the process was cheating, in a sense. According to Buddhist nun Thubten Chodron, who has authored many books about Buddhist meditation, including Guided Buddhist Meditations ($16), meditation can be entertaining without being problematic or appropriative.

Traditionally, meditations role [in Buddhism] is a path to liberation, Chodron says. Its looking at the meaning of life and how to prepare for death, not just what makes me feel good right now. But as meditation has come to the West, many people have drawn out its traditional techniques and are using them as a way to relax and lower stress. To her, both frameworksthe traditional and adaptedfor meditative practice offer benefits to well-being and arent problematic. In fact, shes all for the content Calm and Headspace are serving and the ways in which people are digesting it.

If you combine meditation with music and pretty images, or combine it with entertainment in other ways, it may not be a spiritual path to liberation, but it can still make you feel good and still be beneficial, Chodron says. If youre being entertained in a way that makes you feel peaceful, that certainly can help with stress relief and feelings of calm, which are good things.

Puddicombe says in the decade that he spent as a monk in Asia, entertainment and meditation coexisted. In the monastery, we would have monks come visit and they werent celebrities within the world, but we knew who they were, and so they had a sense of celebrity to us, he says. They would tell stories that would inspire us and excite us. In that sense, these special guest visits felt as exciting to them as a pre-bedtime story from Harry Styles may feel to the average pop-culture enthusiast. Furthermore, he adds, storytellings role in meditation has long made it entertaining; TV is just the latest medium to package the message.

The more places people can find guided meditations, the more likely they are to give it a try. Meditation apps have been living on our phones for years, and migrating over to our TVs just might make committing to a practice even more appealing. After all, phones can function as a vibrating and pinging beacon of stress where work emails, texts, and Slack messages live. But sitting on the couch in front of the TV has always been a place for relaxing. In that sense, meditation on TV is exactly where it belongs.

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Meditation Software Industry Study on various factors such as Competition, Regional Growth, Segmentation, and Market Size by Value and Volume. This research also explores Business models, Key Strategies and Growth opportunities in upcoming years of Meditation Software market.

Meditation software helps in monitoring helps users to learn meditation from their home homes using phones or laptops. The increasing awareness regarding the benefits of meditation is one of the major factors supporting the growth of meditation software market. The meditation software market is highly fragmented, and owing to the low entry barriers the new players are penetrating the market.

Growing popularity of online fitness and increasing fast paced life of people are the major factors supporting the growth of the meditation software market. However, the availability of open-source software and growing cybersecurity concerns might hinder the growth of the meditation software market. North America holds a significant share of the meditation software market, and APAC is expected to grow at a high CAGR.

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Netflix and really chill with the calming new series from the uber-popular meditation app, Headspace, now streaming on a Netflix account near you.Headspace Guide to Meditation is narrated by Headspace co-founder and former Buddhist monk Andy Puddicombe, taking viewers on a journey of tranquility that we all need right now. In addition to guided meditations, the show gracefully instructs on the science behind and benefits of meditation complete with placid animations and quiet music throughout. Each of the eight 20-minute episodes zooms in on a different meditation technique say, anchoring on your breath, or noting and is geared to help us all be more present and less distracted in our daily lives. (Well take a double dose of that.)

Headspace Guide to Meditation debuted on the streaming platform on January 1, the perfect time as many embark on New Years resolutions like maintaining a daily meditation ritual, practicing self-care, and keeping stress in check. Produced by Vox Media Studios, Headspace Guide to Meditation is the first of three Netflix original series coming to the streaming giant in 2021 (the next two are Headspace Guide to Sleep and an interactive experience).

To check out the show, watch it on Netflix at Netflix.com/Headspace. The series will also be subtitled and dubbed in 30 languages to help spread the serenity to speakers of many tongues. Watch the trailer below to get a taste of the show.

Yeah, were taking that 20-minute lunch break away from our desk, after all. Breathe deep and join along?

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