“It’s really, really important because it stops all the chatter in our heads and stops all the chatter in the outside world, and just kind of settles our nervous system and grounds us.
“If you go on a walk, they’re really good at noticing the flower or the insect or the lavender or, you know, the butterfly - and we don’t see that stuff anymore.
So making sure that we intentionally practise it so we have that skill ready whenever we need it is really important to our mental health and wellbeing.”How can you practise mindfulness with your kids?
According to the Child Mind Institute, mindfulness can help children of all ages improve their focus, which can benefit their learning.
So if you practice mindfulness, your children will practice mindfulness,” Woodward says.

How to practice mindfulness with your kids, according to a child psychologist