10/31/2023
Mindfulness can be defined as paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and nonjudgmentally” (Kabat-Zinn, 1994,p.4). 🧘♀️🧘♂️🧘Essentially, Mindfulness teaches children, teenagers, and adults how to be calm, which puts them in a better position to learn and respond to conditions and stressors in the world.
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Studies have found that mindfulness greatly improves an individual’s executive functioning skills.
What are executive functioning skills? Executive functioning skills are a set of mental skills that include: 🧠✨️working memory, flexible thinking, and self-control. Trouble with these 3 skills can make it hard to focus/understand, follow instructions, and control emotions among many other things. By improving our focus 🧠we improve parts of the brain that are responsible for learning, retaining, and executing language skills. By remaining calm, children, teenagers, and adults also can be more effective communicators🗣🧠✨️🌈‼️