Mindfulness and Nature Connection Practices to Support Youth with Self-Regulation

Ursula Elsa

Training Description

Young people are naturally curious, especially about nature. Unfortunately, many settings do not allow for youth to experience the power of the natural world. This workshop teaches engaging and innovative ways to integrate nature-based practices and connect system involved youth with our greatest mindfulness teacher - the natural world. It will provide skills and tools for system-involved youth to cultivate practices and self-regulation skills they can develop and practice from home and in the outdoor space in proximity to where they live. These practices will support system involved youth and their families in managing stressors using nature in an urban setting to help foster a sense of belonging and co-regulation with the earth.

Learning Objectives

● Explain how nature-based mindfulness can be supportive and culturally relevant for system involved youth

● Identify at least 1 mindfulness-based strategy for co-regulation using the natural world