Uploaded January 2020 | Updated September 2026, 51 minutes ago
Here’s an exercise that might help you practice stillness today. All you need is a small stone or object you can comfortably place on your body. (This was originally developed for preschoolers, but we think it could work for anyone!)
Listen to Richard Davidson talk more about this exercise — and how he’s using it to help young children train their attention and calm themselves — in our episode, “A Neuroscientist on Love and Learning.” onbeing.org/programs/richard-davidson-a-neuroscientist-on-love-and-learning-feb2019
Adapted from the Mindfulness-Based Kindness Curriculum for Preschoolers by the Center for Healthy Minds:
mindfulmomentsinedu.com/uploads/1/8/8/1/18811022/kindnesscurriculum.pdf
About the Guest:
Richard Davidson is the William James and Vilas Research Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He founded and directs the Center for Healthy Minds there. He is the co-author of “The Emotional Life of Your Brain” and “Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body.” He was inducted into the National Academy of Medicine in 2017.
Visit our website to read the transcript, download the episode, or listen to the unedited interview: onbeing.org/programs/richard-davidson-a-neuroscientist-on-love-and-learning-feb2019
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Here’s an exercise that might help you practice stillness today. All you need is a small stone or object you can comfortably place on your body. (This was originally developed for preschoolers, but we think it could work for anyone!)
Listen to Richard Davidson talk more about this exercise — and how he’s using it to help young children train their attention and calm themselves — in our episode, “A Neuroscientist on Love and Learning.” onbeing.org/programs/richard-davidson-a-neuroscientist-on-love-and-learning-feb2019
Adapted from the Mindfulness-Based Kindness Curriculum for Preschoolers by the Center for Healthy Minds:
mindfulmomentsinedu.com/uploads/1/8/8/1/18811022/kindnesscurriculum.pdf
About the Guest:
Richard Davidson is the William James and Vilas Research Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He founded and directs the Center for Healthy Minds there. He is the co-author of “The Emotional Life of Your Brain” and “Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body.” He was inducted into the National Academy of Medicine in 2017.
Visit our website to read the transcript, download the episode, or listen to the unedited interview: onbeing.org/programs/richard-davidson-a-neuroscientist-on-love-and-learning-feb2019
ABOUT THE ON BEING PROJECT
An adventure in the mystery and the art of living
A home for shaping your presence in a tender, tumultuous world
A companion to the pleasure in thinking deeply with others
A calling to be part of the generative story of our time
THE PODCAST
Twenty years of culture-shifting classics: Mary Oliver, Desmond Tutu, Thich Nhat Hanh, and many many more. We can be found in ears, and in conversations that matter, around the world.
On Being with Krista Tippett: onbeing.org/series/podcast
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