ISABEL ORTIZ
Certified AMT Mindfulness Teacher

The Eline Snel Method trains the attention. This is also known as mindfulness. The eight-to-ten week course takes one hour a week on average and teaches children to stabilise, focus and shift their attention with a friendly, alert attitude. They are familiarised with their inner world without having to pass judgement on what they (or others) think, feel or experience. They learn how to deal with tranquillity and turmoil when it arises. How to acknowledge ‘challenging thoughts and feelings’ without suppressing them or being absorbed by them, and simply give them friendly attention instead. And above all: they are taught to be kind to themselves and others.

Eline Snel was born in 1954. As the founder of the Academy for Mindful Teaching (AMT) in Holland, she developed its courses and training manuals, provides training in Mindfulness and compassion, and is the author of the international bestseller Sitting Still Like a Frog and other books.

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Because as a family we are a team, and as team we have to support, love and care about the others, working as a group we will reach the goal of having a harmonious family life with no resistance. Everything flows better, we communicate and understand better. Mindful parenting is about breaking this cycle by becoming aware of these stressful situations and unpleasant emotions so you can pause before reacting. Essentially, mindful parenting is about presence and pause. It’s about shifting away from reactivity so you can respond thoughtfully in each moment, and it’s about helping your kids do the same.

In adults, mindfulness training has been shown to positively influence important regions of the brain having to do with executive functioning, including impulse control and decision making, perspective taking, learning and memory, emotion regulation, and a sense of connectedness with one’s self and others. Under intense and unremitting stress, all these brain functions rapidly degrade. This can impair wise decision making, self-confidence and the capacity to beneficially deal with strong emotions.

There is increasing evidence that this is even more relevant for children, whose nervous system and brains are still in the proves of developing and are even more sensitive to the negative effects of stress. Everyone wants each child to experience that he or she is perfectly all right. It is true that there is still a lot to learn and there is sometimes something to “polish up”, but above all that the child will be able to develop a deep sense of inner well-being and come home to himself. Regardless of the circumstances. Mindfulness appears to provide valuable and lifelong support in this process.

For parents the course is 8 weeks, and we meet once a week, via online in total 8 sessions of 60 to 90 minutes. For adolescents the course is 10 weeks, and we meet once a week, via online or in person in total 10 sessions of 60 to 90 minutes. For kids the course is 8 weeks, and we meet once a week, via online or in person in total 8 sessions of 45 to 60 minutes.

Expect to learn how to understand yourself better in a kind and compassionate way and also to embark with your kids in a infinitive and long lasting journey full of love, understanding and happiness.

• Helps foster a healthy parent-child relationship with fewer conflicts and stronger connections.
• Increases children’s and teens’ adjustment and reduces problematic behaviors, both internalizing (turning problems inward as seen anxiety, depression, withdrawal, and isolation) and externalizing (turning problems outward, such as acting out, having tantrums, hitting, and exhibiting open defiance.
• Improves communication skills between family members.
• Decreases feelings of anxiety and stress for moms, dads and kids alike.
• Keeps parents connected to their parenting goals and visions for their family by helping them be present and pause, thus reducing emotional reactivity.