Start a Simple, Powerful
Meditation Practice
Help your child manage stress with short, guided mindfulness routines.
Starting a Mindful
Meditation Practice
Expert-designed, research-backed, and ready to bring
life-changing skills into everyday learning.
Course Overview
Emotional Awareness
Recognize and understand emotions to build resilience and self-regulation.
Self-Compassion
Cultivate positive self-talk and self-compassion for a supportive inner dialogue.
Mindful Breathing
Practice breathing techniques to effectively manage stress and anxiety.
Daily Mindfulness
Integrate mindfulness into daily life to enhance presence and focus.
Course Badges
Unlocked After
Completing 1 Module
Pebble Turtle – The Starter
This badge belongs to learners who’ve just begun listening inward. It honors slow starts and still power.
Unlocked After
Completing 2 Module
Soot Otter – The Preparer
This badge celebrates those who make space—for breath, calm, and presence. It’s about preparation, not perfection.
Unlocked After
Completing 3 Module
Bronze Toad – The Still One
This badge is earned by those who sit with stillness, even when it’s hard. It reflects focus, habit, and internal strength.
Unlocked After
Completing 4 Module
Lotus Crane – The Integrator
This badge is for learners who breathe deeply through challenges and smile during chaos. It's for those who live what they practice.
Meet the Course Creator
Mariel Reyes
Mariel is an engaging and experienced yoga and meditation teacher with over a decade of experience. She holds a 200-hour Meditation Teacher Training certificate from The Three Jewels, one of the most well-known meditation studios in New York City. As a seeker and student of meditation, she has taken part in retreats from upstate New York all the way to an ashram in India.
Trained in the Tibetan Buddhist lineage, she brings her knowledge and understanding of ancient meditation teachings and practices and fuses them with simplicity and accessibility. She encourages children to be playful, curious, and inquisitive when exploring mindfulness and meditation.
In addition to her expertise in meditation, yoga, and wellness, Mariel has more than 15 years of experience teaching children of all ages.
