Arizona PBS recognizes Mindfulness Month
For Mindfulness Month this May, we’re recognizing ways to promote empathy, friendship, self-awareness, self-confidence, gratitude and more. From PBS specials to a series of videos with local yogi Asia Smith, learn about affirmations and mental health, starting with this article with five ways we can show children how to practice mindfulness, especially in the classroom.
Practice mindfulness with PBS KIDS shows and games
Children can learn mindfulness through simple activities. Your favorite PBS KIDS content can help you build a toolbox of mindfulness practices. Check out these PBS KIDS shows and games to help grow your family’s mindfulness skills.
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Mindfulness sessions with Asia Smith
Nature Healing
Explore the intersection of art and neuroscience, focusing on how the arts and aesthetic experiences measurably affect our body, brain, and behavior. NeuroArts is the field studying these interactions and their potential to improve health, wellbeing, and learning. The arts have a transformative power through various sensory experiences like vision, touch, and sound.
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Hacking Your Mind
How do governments hack your mind?
See the stunning technique created by the Chinese government to get social media users to voluntarily police their friends’ behavior.
Digital Docs
The Healing Nature of Nature
We’ve known for a long time that taking a walk outdoors can be beneficial for mental health. But new studies suggest spending time in nature, especially among trees, offers scientifically-proven benefits to both mental and physical wellbeing. This new documentary takes viewers into the woods for a lesson in “Forest Bathing,” the practice of mindful observance of nature that originated in Japan.
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TGen’s MindCrowd initiative to gather data on brain aging
MindCrowd is an internet-based study of the brain and has been running for ten years with over 400,000 participants. TGen’s MindCrowd initiative goes mobile across Arizona with a specialized trailer and MRI machine designed to gather more data from Arizona residents about brain aging and Alzheimer’s. Dr. Matt Huentelman, a neuroscientist with TGen’s MindCrowd, joined “Arizona Horizon” to discuss.
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Jewel on creativity and mental health
Singer-songwriter Jewel Kilcher discusses her journey from a troubled upbringing in Alaska to music megastardom, how she saved her own soul by prioritizing her mental health and her virtual reality platform providing access to mindfulness tools.
