Kids Meditation Club with Ann O'Brien - 6 week series
Begins Tuesday, April 21st | 3:45pm-4:45pm | True Nature Fire Circle + Kiva
Early Bird: $125 through April 10th
Standard Rate: $150
Scholarship available
Kids are naturally attuned to energy. This class will help them use this sensitivity as a super-power and nurture their creative spirits. Through simple and fun guided meditations and embodied awareness practices, kids will learn:
* How to ground + center in any situation
* Skills for claiming their personal power
* How to fill their cups when anxious or scattered
* Techniques for releasing stress and other people’s energy
* Playful exercises for intention setting + achieving goals
Not your typical “sit and watch your breath" meditation, this class keeps active kids engaged. Teachings will include practical and playful guided imagery, awareness practices, and movement. We will combine indoor and outdoor activities, utilizing True Nature’s beautiful Kiva and garden spaces.
Kids will walk away with greater confidence, peace, resilience, spacial awareness, focus, joy, connection to their higher selves, and tools to overcome daily stress.
A healthy snack will be provided at the start of each class. Drop off and pickup is at the fire pit adjacent True Nature’s parking lot, an easy walk or bike ride from Carbondale schools and bus stops.
Dates: 6 Tuesdays: April 21st, April 28th, May 5th, May 12th, May 19th and May 26th
Time: 3:45pm - 4:45pm
Location: True Nature Kiva
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MEET YOUR GUIDE: Ann O'Brien
Ann O’Brien is a spiritual guide, energy healer and teacher. A meditator for more than 25 years, since 2004 she has supported thousands of private clients (including right here in the spa at True Nature), and she has spoken and taught around the US. Her 3 Amazon best-selling books each offer meditations and practical tools for mastering energy dynamics in your relationships. Ann teaches kids the martial art of Aikido at Crystal River Aikikai in Carbondale. For decades she has taught children’s creativity, meditation and Aikido classes, and she’s excited to share with the True Nature community! Learn more at www.AnnOBrienLiving.com.
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PRICING (FOR ALL 6 SESSIONS)
This gathering is made possible through a web of generosity - our facilitator, our donors, the Connection is the Medicine Foundation, and each person who chooses to participate. Together, we create a model where care, presence, and access are shared.
Early Bird: $125 through April 10th
Standard Rate: $150
Your presence matters. We do not want cost to be prohibitive.
If none of these options feel accessible, please reach out to megan@connectionisthemedicine.com to explore scholarship support.
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CLASS POLICIES
· Children should be dropped off at the fire pit (adjacent the parking lot at True Nature) at 3:45 pm on class days.
· A snack will be provided from 3:45-4 pm, then we will go into the Kiva for class.
· No arrivals will be permitted after 4 pm.
· Children should be picked up at the fire pit between 4:45-4:55 pm. Late pickups may result in fees.
· Children should stay home (or may be sent home) if they are sick or otherwise unable to participate fully and cooperatively.
· Cancellations/ refunds will be offered up to 72 hours prior to our first class; after that, there are no refunds.
Please communicate if your child will bike, walk or otherwise transport themselves to and from classes without a parent or guardian present.
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This programming is brought to you through the Connection is the Medicine Foundation, a non-profit foundation dedicated to co-creating opportunities for people to connect – with self, community, and the natural world – so they can discover meaning, purpose, and happiness in service of our shared consciousness. We envision a world where connection is embodied as a core value that nurtures wholeness within and between us all.