Mindfulness is paying attention to your life with in-the-moment awareness and non-judgement. It’s simply approaching ourselves and our experiences with kindness and curiosity.
Heidi Woods
Welcome to Into the Woods
Heidi is a long time friend and partner of OpenMIND. She is the Founder and Director of Training of Mindful You – Mindful Me, a 2013 Bush Leadership Fellow, TEDx speaker, CNP (Certified NonProfit Professional), 200 RYT Children’s Yoga Teacher, and Certified Mindfulness Educator.
Here you’ll find mindfulness tips, resources, and guides that Heidi Woods puts together on behalf of OpenMIND. If you’d like to stay up to date with these, sign up for our monthly newsletter below.
OpenMIND believes in offering holistic resources and assistance wherever possible. We’re aware that we can’t do it all so by partnering with mindfulness and meditation experts, like Heidi, we’re able to expand our resources and impact in the local community.
In this ever changing world, happiness may seem out of reach to you. Through the practice of mindfulness and meditation, you can find a sense of peace, calm and happiness where it counts the most – from within. Through thoughtful resources and guided meditation practices, Heidi Woods creates a safe space for young and old alike, to venture on a mindful journey.
You don’t need to be experienced or well-versed in the art of mindfulness and meditation. Heidi Woods’ guided meditation practices are easy to follow and designed for all levels, beginners or experienced. These activities are great for the whole family, just as long as you make the time.
Venturing into the woods will equip you with the skills and strategies to find your peace, and maintain it. It is sure to be a benefit to you and your family.
We usually take care of the things we value most, and sometimes, we need to be one of the things we value most. We need to take the time to give ourselves the mental care that we deserve. Give it a try.
Resources
Welcome - Our kids are the future
Well, hello! There you are. I know there is so much competing for your attention nowadays so I’m grateful you are reading this. I’m Heidi Woods and I’ll be sharing some helpful mindfulness tips and practices with you in each newsletter. Click to read more -->
Practicing mindfulness: The basics
Mindfulness helps us put some space between ourselves and our reactions, breaking down our conditioned responses. Here are some basics to get you started practicing mindfulness moments throughout the day. Click to read more -->
5 Ways to introduce mindfulness to kids
When we feel better we do better. But with heightened academic pressure trickling down to kids as early as kindergarten, resulting in less time for play and the arts, children today are faced with an unprecedented amount of stress and anxiety—25% of 13- to 18-year-olds will experience an anxiety disorder. Even for adults, stress and pressure is far too much. Why would we subject our children to these negative feelings too? Click to read more -->
RECORDED LIVEs
We usually take care of the things we value most. We need to be one of those things we value highly. Take the time to give ourselves the mental care that you deserve.
Heidi takes us on a journey once a week with her incredible ‘lives’ in our Facebook group – Into the Woods. Here are some of her guided meditations and mindfulness practices that you can enjoy in the comfort of your own home. Join the group and don’t miss out on the next live!
Mindfulness of thoughts.
The body scan meditation.
6 steps to working with difficult emotions.
Take care of your thoughts ❤️ Resonant breathing practice.
The body benefits from movement, the mind benefits from stillness.
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