Apps including Calm, Headspace, and Ninja Focus are designed to help children stay calm, increase their focus, and sleep better. My title is Senior Features Writer, which is a license to write about ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. How does teaching kids mindfulness benefit them? Experts explain. (Image: Getty; illustration by Aida Amer for Yahoo) ...

In honor of mental health awareness month, Dora Kamau, lead mindfulness teacher at Headspace, joins TODAY to teach some best practices for practicing mindfulness and meditation to improve wellbeing.

There’s a lot for parents to feel stressed about, including stress itself. Enter the modern meditation coach. Kid-friendly meditation has gained traction “as more parents recognize the importance of ...

Recently a writer contacted me for input to a magazine article about the benefits of mindfulness for children diagnosed with ADHD. In two recent Psychology Today posts, I mention mindfulness as one no ...

Mindfulness is beneficial to school-aged children in a variety of ways, including enhancing mental health, building resilience and improving behavior, according to research. Parents and teachers who ...

March Mindfulness is an annual Mashable series that explores the intersection of meditation practice and technology. This article is the second in a two-part series that looks at choosing an app based ...

American classrooms are quietly evolving. Alongside the traditional triad of reading, writing, and arithmetic, a fourth discipline is staking its claim: Mindfulness. No longer confined to yoga studios ...

Trying to choose the best meditation app? Here are 3 steps to making the right choice. Credit: Ian Moore / Mashable March Mindfulness is an annual Mashable series that explores the intersection of ...

Imagine being asked to sit alone in a quiet room for 15 minutes with nothing to do—no phone, no music, no external distraction. In a well-known 2014 study, many participants found that task so ...

Feeling overwhelmed by your endless to-do list? You’re not alone. As the pace of life seems to speed up every year, more people are turning to mindfulness for relief – and mental health experts say ...