Teaching mindfulness to adolescents is one of the most rewarding aspects of my job as an adolescent medicine specialist. There were three “lightbulb moments,” or key experiences, that gave rise to my …

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The Mindful Teen: Powerful Skills to Help You Handle Stress One Moment at a Time, by Dzung Vo MD (New Harbinger, 2015), is a mindfulness book for teens, with mindfulness instructions, guided …

“What teenager hasn’t felt stressed, anxious, angry or just plain unsettled? The Mindful Teen offers straight-forward, understanding guidance for teens and by teens. Be yourself, find yourself, and …

Just as the point of going to a restaurant is to taste the food, the point of mindfulness is to experience it for yourself. That said, there are some descriptions of mindfulness that might be a good place to start.

Dr. Vo, a mindful teen, and MARS-A (Mindful Awareness and Resilience Skills for Adolescents) team members were featured in this short video on mindfulness for teens.

Dr. Vo hopes to share the benefits of mindfulness to diverse youth in a universal, secular way that is appropriate for anyone, of any religion, or no religion at all.

You can do this mindfulness practice using the instructions below I recommend that you start by following along with the recording a few times. Then, try guiding yourself through the practice, …

The Mindful Teen is a book just for teens, with guidance and practical examples of mindfulness practice, including many examples from other youth, in their own words.

Pick at least one of these activities as a means of practicing informal mindfulness over the coming week. The first step, before doing this activity, is to stop for a moment.