ABOUT MINDFUL KIDDO
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Our Story
The idea for Mindful Kiddo was born when many, many times parents at mindfulness class were confessing, that they wish they were taught mindfulness as a child. For adults being here and now it is a tricky task – for children, it is more natural and playful. How to reach children across Adelaide, and make it affordable and accessible for busy and stressed parents? The answer is in Mindful Kiddo.
Mindful Kiddo was founded in 2017 to guide children through movement and mindfulness, creating lifelong healthy minds and bodies. We aim to bring a unique Mindfulness Program to the youngest children at Child Care Centres, ELC, Kindergartens and Playgroups. Our mission is to support children and their parents in the not so easy path of learning how to become more mindful. We aim to increase awareness about benefits of mindfulness for children but also their families.
Our program MINDFULNESS-PLAY-LEARN-TRANSPARENT is unique and guides them through many activities and opportunities of mindfulness. For Child Care Centres and ELC Educators we provide professional instructors who engage with every child, building relationships to ensure a strong connection and understanding of what being mindful is, even from a very early age. For parents we deliver mindfulness to their children within their early years learning. We communicate how their child is going and what we have been doing in our programs on a regular basis. Every parent wants their child to be simply happier. We want to equip your child in skills necessary to cope with future stress.
Our communication is the key to all areas of Mindful Kiddo, for the children, educators, parents and staff. We also understand how stressful can be juggling work, home and extra activities. That is why we bring Mindfulness in the centres. No more crazy drop off stress! We also provide a platform to mindfulness instructors to expand their knowledge and experience in teaching young children, offer employment opportunities to young mindfulness teachers and guidelines of good practice for teaching mindfulness to preschoolers. There is no better reward than seeing happy children, equipped in mindfulness tools, and parents being less anxious about their future.
Meet the Team
I am co-creator of Mindful Kiddo and “constantly coming up with new ideas” part of the team. I came a long way and it is not only about the distance of 17 000 km from Europe. From a psychologist working with adults and couples in Ireland, saying “I will never work with kids” I have transformed into Mindfulness enthusiast working with youngest children.
Life is full of surprises and one of them is how children can change you and world around you. My little boys (now 5 and 8) taught me how to play, enjoy every moment and every piece of the world from little stone to clouds on the sky. I realised how mindfulness is important not only to my adult clients but also to children.
This is one of the reasons Mindful Kiddo was born. My psychological background, certification in Mindful Relationships and MBCT, experience in ABA therapy of children with ASD as well as running own business Mindful Playgroup bring amazing qualities to Mindful Kiddo Program. I make sure your children will discover helpful MINDFULNESS techniques, LEARN about the world, have FUN and even teach the whole family how to be mindful. When I do not teach mindfulness or kids yoga or listen to other people problems, I ride mountain bike, hike with my family, snorkel or read psychological books…of course!
Hi there, I too am the other part of the Co-creating team of Mindful Kiddo. Born in Adelaide and never travelled too far, because I love this city. Also my husband is from Adelaide and so raising our 5 children (26, 20,18 & twin 8 years olds) together it was never a question that we would live anywhere else. My children have taught me to love life and appreciate all the little things.
My company, Moveit Fitness & Wellbeing specialises in children’s programs and is entering into it’s 13th year of business. Hiacynta and I met a few years ago at a Children’s Yoga Teacher Training and we both have similar visions of what we want to bring to children with Mindful Kiddo. I am also the Adelaide Ambassador for Rainbow Kids Yoga and my passion is to guide children to a more Mindful way of being from a young age, instilling wonderful, healthy mind & body habits that will assist for a lifetime of living well. In my spare time I love to study, bushwalk, go camping and sometimes just catch up on some well earned rest.
I am Rainbow Kids Yoga Teacher, neurotherapist, movement and auditory stimulation therapist – certified Bilateral Integration & IAS Johansen therapist. It is amazing that in so many ways we can help children to grow, become more resilient and happier.
If not working with children, I read, watch Grey’s Anatomy and knit.
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