The Benefits of Teaching Meditation to Children
 
Sarah Wood Vallely is a parent-to-parent educator who began working with children when she was ten years old in a classroom she set up in her home. Using a chalk board her father installed, she taught the neighborhood children everything from math to vocabulary. Sarah began working professionally with children in 1991. A former art teacher, she now teaches meditation to children, helping them cope with depression, anxiety, stress and symptoms associated with ADHD.
 
When Sarah began teaching meditation for children in Los Angeles, her classes became a phenomenon. People without children came to see how someone could possibly persuade and inspire children to meditate. To help others learn what she does so effectively, Sarah also trains adults how to teach meditation to children in classrooms, at home, and in therapeutic settings. Sarah's program attracts students from across the US, Canada, Australia and Europe.
 
Sarah is the Author of Sensational Meditation for Children - Child-friendly meditation techniques based on the five senses. She also writes articles on meditation for children and conscious parenting and makes public speaking appearances. She has a Bachelors in Fine Art and her cross cultural meditation training includes American Board of Hypnotherapy Certification, Vipassana (Buddhist), a four-year internship with regression therapy master (Western Shamanism), Huna practitioner training (Hawaiian), Reiki, Level II (Japanese) and ongoing Yoga instruction (Hindu). (www.sarahwood.com)
 
Topics include:

• Why children are natural born meditators
   
  
• How children's brain wave states differ from adults
   
  
• How children benefit from teaching meditation to children
   
  
• Sample meditations you can guide your children through
   
  
• How you can get started in teaching meditation