Welcome!
Kids Life Mastery is a research-based yoga and mindfulness program for elementary school aged kids. In Kids Life Mastery, kids will experience yoga and mindfulness in a fun and nurturing environment. The program integrates stories, yoga, mindfulness, music, and creative movement. In this rich environment, kids will explore various areas such as:
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FALL MASTERY:
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SPRING MASTERY:
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These Life Mastery areas will promote confidence, creativity, self-regulation, social-emotional intelligence, and resiliency.
PLUS - The program includes a Parent Guide designed to help parents support their kids through the program and at home. The Parent Guide is a tool parents can use to lean about the important topics experienced during each class, activities to promote parent-child interaction, and discussion points.
We’ve searched, and we’ve found no other program like this for kids, so we created our own. Backed by research and science, with proven methods to create happier, more joyful and successful lives for kids.
PLUS - The program includes a Parent Guide designed to help parents support their kids through the program and at home. The Parent Guide is a tool parents can use to lean about the important topics experienced during each class, activities to promote parent-child interaction, and discussion points.
We’ve searched, and we’ve found no other program like this for kids, so we created our own. Backed by research and science, with proven methods to create happier, more joyful and successful lives for kids.
and remember...
BEHIND EVERY STRONG CHILD
WHO BELIEVES IN HIM or HERSELF
IS A PARENT WHO BELIEVED IT FIRST.
- matthew l. jacobson
BEHIND EVERY STRONG CHILD
WHO BELIEVES IN HIM or HERSELF
IS A PARENT WHO BELIEVED IT FIRST.
- matthew l. jacobson
PHOTOS
THE COACH
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Lacey Melguizo
RDH, Kids Life Mastery Coach 
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I am here with an open heart and am committed to holding space, and teaching children that there is a still and quiet voice that they can rest in when life gets overwhelming. I believe that if we can teach children the simple, yet profound principles of mindfulness based meditation when their brain is developing, then we can ensure a more peaceful and balanced future as they grow into who they are meant to be.
I am a mindful mother and conscious parent of an incredible and inspiring 8 year old as well as a wise, and very funny 5 year old. I am a wife to my best friend and a constant student of life who is curious and enthusiastic about health and wellness through spiritual practices. I have been working with children and adults for over 20 years. My career began as Registered Dental Hygienist teaching dental hygiene and has now evolved into teaching mental hygiene. Connecting with the moment as a photographer of children and their families taught me to slow down and notice the magic of every moment and was the catalyst to where I am now, which I feel is my ultimate passion and contribution to community as a meditation teacher and life mastery coach. I have had a committed meditation practice for over 10 years. Mindfulness and meditation along with my spiritual and scientific education of the brain have completely altered the lens that I use to see life and changed my life in the best way possible. The profound changes in my life through these practices have inspired me to share with others. The practice of mindful mothering has changed the way I parent and inspired me to pursue a 300 hour meditation teacher training with the intention of teaching children and their parents to connecting back to our bodies, breaths, and hearts. I am honored and humbled to be teaching the Kids Life Mastery Program and am excited to show children how incredible they are. This is a work inspired by love, kindness, gratitude and compassion. |
SCHEDULE
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SPRING KIDS LIFE MASTERY BEGINS 1/17/2017 for K-2 and 1/19/2017 FOR 3-5
Kids Life Mastery runs for 15 weeks. Kids attending Spicewood Elementary will be picked up after school at 2:50 and will practice mindful walking over to the studio. Kids will practice mindful eating while they enjoy a healthy and complimentary organic snack when they get to the studio after school. Class will start at 3:15pm, allowing kids from other schools enought travel time to the studio. |
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INVESTMENT
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Here's an opportunity to learn what school will NEVER TEACH. |
RESEARCH
Research shows that Yoga and Meditation positively change the lives of children. Here are some studies.
“The purpose of this study was to investigate the efficacy of mindfulness training through yoga with school-age girls to reduce perceived stress, enhance coping abilities, self-esteem, and self-regulation, and explore the relationship between the dose of the intervention and outcomes. . . Self-esteem and self-regulation increased in both groups. The intervention group was more likely to report greater appraisal of stress (p < .01) and greater frequency of coping
(p < .05).”
– White et al (2014), Journal of Pediatric Health Care
“After the 6-week yoga program, children had a significant decrease in anxiety score while adolescent scores showed a decreasing trend. Scores for fatigue, sleep, and balance remained stable post-intervention. Fatigue and balance scores were below norms for health children/adolescents while sleep and anxiety scores were similar to healthy peers.”
– Hooke et al (2015), Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing
“The results suggest that yoga may have a protective effect on academic performance by preventing declines in
GPA. ”
– Butzer et al (2015), Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
“In conclusion, the study presents the efficacy of yoga to improve strength, endurance, whole body endurance and aerobic capacity with 3 months of training in the pediatric group.”
– D’souza et al (2014), Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
“These results suggest that school-based yoga programs may be appropriate for promoting healthy behaviors at a societal level by focusing on the prevention of negative patterns during the adolescent transition.“
– Conboy et al (2013), Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing
“Group yoga is effective in promoting relaxation in children and adolescents with recurrent headache. Yoga may offer an adjunct to common pharmaceutical options for headache management for children and adolescents.”
– Fury et al (2013), Global Advances in Health and Medicine
“Positive effects of yoga have been shown in persons with mental-health problems, eating disorders and irritable bowel syndrome. There is considerable evidence that mind-body interventions have mild to moderate effects on physical symptoms, psychological functioning and [quality of life], and may be particularly helpful for children and adolescents coping with acute pain…chronic abdominal pain…and mental-health problems.”
– Hartmann et al (2012), Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies
“The results of this pilot study demonstrate that a six-week peer-mediated multimodal behavioral program that included Yoga and Meditation can lead to measurable benefits in children with ADHD. More than 50% of the children improved their academic and behavioral performance.”
– Mehta et al (2011), ISRN Pediatrics
“The results show that the students who practiced yoga performed better in academics. The study further shows that low-stress students performed better than high-stress students, meaning thereby that stress affects the students' performance.“
– Kauts et al (2009), International Journal of Yoga
(p < .05).”
– White et al (2014), Journal of Pediatric Health Care
“After the 6-week yoga program, children had a significant decrease in anxiety score while adolescent scores showed a decreasing trend. Scores for fatigue, sleep, and balance remained stable post-intervention. Fatigue and balance scores were below norms for health children/adolescents while sleep and anxiety scores were similar to healthy peers.”
– Hooke et al (2015), Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing
“The results suggest that yoga may have a protective effect on academic performance by preventing declines in
GPA. ”
– Butzer et al (2015), Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
“In conclusion, the study presents the efficacy of yoga to improve strength, endurance, whole body endurance and aerobic capacity with 3 months of training in the pediatric group.”
– D’souza et al (2014), Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
“These results suggest that school-based yoga programs may be appropriate for promoting healthy behaviors at a societal level by focusing on the prevention of negative patterns during the adolescent transition.“
– Conboy et al (2013), Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing
“Group yoga is effective in promoting relaxation in children and adolescents with recurrent headache. Yoga may offer an adjunct to common pharmaceutical options for headache management for children and adolescents.”
– Fury et al (2013), Global Advances in Health and Medicine
“Positive effects of yoga have been shown in persons with mental-health problems, eating disorders and irritable bowel syndrome. There is considerable evidence that mind-body interventions have mild to moderate effects on physical symptoms, psychological functioning and [quality of life], and may be particularly helpful for children and adolescents coping with acute pain…chronic abdominal pain…and mental-health problems.”
– Hartmann et al (2012), Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies
“The results of this pilot study demonstrate that a six-week peer-mediated multimodal behavioral program that included Yoga and Meditation can lead to measurable benefits in children with ADHD. More than 50% of the children improved their academic and behavioral performance.”
– Mehta et al (2011), ISRN Pediatrics
“The results show that the students who practiced yoga performed better in academics. The study further shows that low-stress students performed better than high-stress students, meaning thereby that stress affects the students' performance.“
– Kauts et al (2009), International Journal of Yoga