Blog Category: mindful kids

HELP! My kid won't eat healthy!

Sep 23, 2022 10:11 AM Central
Tanya Milano Snell
anti-inflammatory diet, connection before correction, health and wellness goals, mindful kids
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“What can I do to get my 10 year-old to eat a little bit healthier, to eat a balanced diet? Is it too late for a 10 year-old?”

Let's start off with this, it's never too late to eat healthy. Take a deep breath and repeat, it’s not too late.

Even better, you can make it fun by learning about and trying new foods as a family!

What is Mindfulness and How can I start a practice?

Jan 1, 2021 03:45 PM Central
Tanya Milano Snell
cultivating joy, health and wellness goals, mindful kids, mindfulness, stress and anxiety
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Starting a mindfulness practice doesn’t have to be mystical or elusive.

Do you want to be more intentional and less reactive?

Do you have an inconsolable baby or child?

Nov 1, 2020 09:04 PM Central
Tanya Milano Snell
childhood anxiety, children's diffuser, essential oils, kidsyoga, mindful kids
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In our house, having essential oil rollers around for certain needs is a must!

Not only do they ease the kids' worries, but I'm remaining more calm because we have a resource for each problem that arises.

Can you be a Peaceful Piggy?

Oct 5, 2020 09:55 AM Central
Tanya Milano Snell
childhood anxiety, kidsyoga, mindful kids
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As we set up our Homeschool routines this fall, I have to constantly revisit my intention for deciding to homeschool.

Setting up successful tools and strategies for myself and my children to build a lifelong mental health practice.

I'd like to share one practice here. We build a calm down bin with a few items that may help in times of overwhelming emotions. In these 2 videos, we show the book and the mindful jar that you can build with your children.

I love the analogy of the jar and the mind.

Sometimes our thoughts are swirling and fast and with a little bit of calming time those thoughts and emotions can settle and we can think a bit clearer.

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Eating Chocolate is supposed to be slow and mindful! It's soooooooo good!

Oct 3, 2020 07:26 AM Central
Tanya Milano Snell
family mindset, Gratitude, kidsyoga, mindful kids, mindfulness
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Please tell me you aren't the small percentage of people that don't like chocolate or are allergic to chocolate.!!!

I sympathize with you, but it's hard to empathize because I just NEED to eat it!

For this mindfulness activity that's great for kids too, grab a piece of chocolate (m+ms are great because they don't melt in the hand) or a small fruit like a strawberry or raisin.

First, look at the food noticing anything about the appearance.

Then, smell the food noticing how it smells.

Next, place it in the mouth without chewing. Move it around the mouth noticing texture and temperature.

Finally, slowly chew paying special attention to how the teeth feel while biting it and how it tastes in different parts of the mouth.

That's how to mindfully eat! Here are 2 videos to watch and try with us!

With Joy,

Tanya and Taylor

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Meet Tanya Milano Snell

Becoming a wife and mother was so exciting for me. I had so much love to give and I strived to always find solutions to life's bumps in the road. From cloth diapering to buying as much organic or local food as we could I was trying to keep us as healthy as possible. I found products that I liked at online stores and corporations, big box stores, local shops, and local farms.....you name it, I was using it all and it was complicated. I also stressed the importance of self care so my husband and I can be there for our kids and for our community, but there just never seemed much time for this.

So, then came a series of traumatic events in our life. First, the death of my mother in law after a long illness followed 2 years later with the death of both of my parents from cancer. Having 2 young kids (one of which was diagnosed with asthma) and navigating this time in our lives was nothing short of a miracle. We have so many friends and family to thank for this! We were maintaining self care (honestly, my yoga practice was crucial) and healthy living as best we could given our circumstances or at least that's what I thought.

In the summer of 2018, my husband was hospitalized with severe gastrointestinal problems. After a week in the hospital, we received a diagnosis of Crohns disease. On the day of his release from the hospital, I was a mess. My body and mind had HAD enough. I didn't know how we were going to manage all of these changes. I cried all day!! I felt like I couldn't be strong for the one person that was strong through all of our battles so far. In the next few months, we had new food to buy, new supplements, new medical bills, and the list goes on. I was having daily headaches, irregular bowel movements, and increased anxiety. Bills and shopping were so hard to keep up with. It was time to make some decisions for the whole family.

I realized that staying in the teaching field was unsustainable to my well-being and detrimental to my family's well-being. I chose to really listen to my intuition, strengthen the practices that help me listen, and follow the path that I was being led to follow. Leading and living from the heart was the only option. My love for what yoga does for my mind, body, and soul was the missing piece to my puzzle on how to make all my passions and dreams a reality.

Today, I have much less stress because I have a place for one stop shopping (did I mention that I really don't like shopping?) to get everything that my family needs to live a healthy life. I sleep better. I have much fewer headaches and muscle pains. My anxiety is managed and I worry less about providing what my family needs for proper nutrition. And best of all, I now have a self care routine (teaching yoga!) so that I can be there for my family and their needs. I also have more time for the things that I enjoy doing like cooking, playing outside, and family time.

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