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What Is a Mindful Child? Mindfulness for Kids Beyond “Take a Breath”

The word mindfulness has developed an aesthetic of its own. Beautiful retreats. Yoga clothes. Slow movements. Serene faces. Lots and lots of stillness. As a mother and dance teacher, let me be the first to tell you: mindfulness in children does not look like that. Nor do I think it should. A mindful child can still be loud. She can be wiggly. He can lose it in the grocery store because you bought the wrong apple juice. A mindful child can get angry, embarrassed, jealous, over

Nicole Dunaway

Aug 284 min read

Writing for the Dance Community

What If “I’m Not Good Enough” Isn’t a Confidence Problem?

Dancers become skilled at seeing themselves through corrections, mirrors, comparisons, and evaluations. But what happens when information about what they did becomes a judgment about who they are?

Written for Danscend, this article explores how dance educators can help dancers keep corrections where they belong—and recognize that a thought, reflection, or difficult moment cannot define who they are.

Read the article on Danscend →