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Hello, Sam here. So it can be difficult to explain some of the more abstract elements of mindfulness, especially to children.

When I teach children, I rely on symbols for different modes of thinking and responding.

So for example, I tell children that we have a wise owl part of our brain that thinks things through and decides how to respond instead of react.

The wise owl represents our prefrontal cortex, responsible for executive functioning.

Mindfulness practices introduce a radical shift in habitual ways of responding to our inner

experience, so we rely heavily on metaphors,

using imagery like the blue sky,

and talking about the mind like a vast landscape.

And this works for adults too.

So I want to share some metaphors that help me understand mindfulness concepts,

and hopefully they'll give you a better understanding as well.

One of the first mindfulness metaphors that I learned was when I was introduced to mindfulness

by my teacher Diana Winston, who's the director of UCLA's Mindful Awareness Research Center.

She described watching thoughts like watching trains pass by.

Some trains are fast and flash by in an instant,

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