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Mindfulness for Children With Kamala Alcantara

Live Happy Now

Live Happy LLC

Health & Fitness:mental Health, Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.7522 Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

By now, most of us are aware of how important it is to be able to use tools like mindfulness and meditation to help create inner calm. But as tough as it can be for adults, imagine what it’s like for a child to master it. This week’s guest has found a way to teach children things like meditation, mindfulness, yoga and more with the help of some very cute ninja bunnies. Kamala Alcantara is co-founder and chief content officer of Ninja Focus, an app that helps young children learn breathing techniques, mindfulness and emotional regulation. Her goal is to help strengthen families and motivate children to be kinder, more compassionate and happier. Let’s hear how Ninja Focus can help them do that.  In this episode, you’ll learn: Why learning breathing techniques is so valuable. How teaching mindfulness to children benefits them later in life. How to use Ninja Focus as a family.

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0:00.0

Good day and welcome to episode 261 of Live Happy Now.

0:07.3

This is Paula Phelps thanking you for joining us again this week.

0:11.7

Most of us are aware already of how important it is to be able to use tools like mindfulness and meditation to help create inner calm.

0:20.4

But as tough as it is for adults to master,

0:23.1

imagine what it's like for a child. This week's guest has created a way to teach children

0:28.8

things like meditation, mindfulness, yoga, and more with the help of some very cute ninja bunnies.

0:36.1

Kamala Alicante is co-founder and chief content officer of Ninja Focus,

0:41.1

an app that helps young children learn breathing techniques, mindfulness, emotional regulation,

0:46.7

and a lot more. Her goal is to help strengthen families and motivate children to be

0:52.0

kinder, more compassionate, and happier.

0:55.0

Let's hear how Ninja Focus can help them do that.

0:58.5

Camilla, thank you so much for coming on Live Happy Now today.

1:01.7

Thank you for having me.

1:03.4

What you've created is simply amazing.

1:06.3

And I'm really excited for people to hear about this app and see what all it can do.

1:11.5

Can you kind of start me off by talking about your intention behind creating Ninja Focus?

1:17.4

Yes, of course.

1:19.3

Ninja Focus, as maybe you guys have seen, is a mindfulness platform for kids.

1:24.9

And we're really targeting the critical ages of three to 10 up to 12.

1:31.3

And, you know, I'm a huge mindfulness advocate because of its beautiful restorative effects.

1:38.3

And I was seeing in schools and in homes for my friends and from my family, people who are parents, they didn't have

1:47.3

an effective way to really teach their kids about mindfulness. And, you know, mindfulness is an

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