Through MindUp, children are taught breathing techniques, mindful sensing and how the brain reacts to emotions.
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The question of how to achieve this goal led to a renewed education in mindfulness and brain science, which was incorporated into The Goldie Hawn Foundation’s social and emotional learning program called MindUp For Life. “Remembering my own childhood anxiety, I longed to show children everywhere how to rediscover their natural joy, understand the value of their emotions, and learn to feel empathy for others,” Hawn wrote in her book. The 9/11 attacks, she knew, would be a trigger of fear for another generation. She created The Goldie Hawn Foundation, aimed at addressing anxiety among children through the kind of in-classroom practice she could have benefited from herself. While the actor shared the nation’s shock and horror, she also became inspired by the events to be more in service to others, particularly kids. Then when Hawn watched the aftermath of terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, she had flashbacks to the atomic bomb film. She sought out professional help through a therapist, and began a mindfulness practice with the guidance of the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, famous for being a onetime spiritual adviser to the Beatles and for popularizing a practice known as Transcendental Meditation. Its frightful effect on her developed into anxiety and panic attacks that lasted through young adulthood. As an 11-year old, Hawn watched a “duck-and-cover” Cold War atomic bomb preparation film in school.
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