The Mindful Dinosaurs: a workshop for preschool children and their caregivers

Presenter: Karen Gilles-Reid

Sat 9 July | 1.30-2.30pm

At Metta Centre, Bankstown

Cost: By donation

This dynamic one-hour workshop will immerse parents, carers, and their preschool children, into the imaginative world of “The Mindful Dinosaurs”; truly inspiring and courageous baby dinosaurs, who triumph over adversity through mindfulness. By being an integral part of the stories unfolding, each child has opportunity to experience mindfulness within a relatable, concrete, and accessible paradigm, and to enjoy the inherent awareness, presence and emotional resilience which permeates this truly enlightening workshop.

“The Mindful Dinosaurs” is one of the Mindful Play Resources, developed by Karen Gilles-Reid (Proprietor of Warrior Heart Wellbeing Services), and is a component of Holistic Emotional Affiliate Limbic Solutions (HEALS); a mindful self-regulatory approach to enhancing connection within valued relationships. If you want your preschool child to learn mindful self-soothing strategies, which increase capacity for co-operative behaviour, then this workshop may well be just what you’ve been looking for.

About the Presenter:

Karen Gilles-Reid is a Mindful Behaviour Consultant and Certified Mindfulness Coach, who ran her own Mindfulness Coaching business, for four years in Sydney’s Inner West. Karen also worked for many years as a Specialist Behaviour Teacher and Consultant, supporting school personnel within the public education system, and provided behaviour management workshops at Conferences within NSW. In addition, Karen has been employed by the Autism Association of NSW (now Aspect), as a Home-based Early Intervention Teacher. She currently has a business collaboration with Teacher Training Australia (TTA), who promote her online professional development product, “Mindful Behaviour Management in the Preschool Years”; to peruse click link https://www.tta.edu.au/courses/474504 Karen holds post-graduate degrees in special education, psychology, emotional/behavioural “disturbance”, as well as an undergraduate degree in early childhood education. Karen is particularly proud to be the creator of Holistic Emotional Affiliate Limbic Solutions (HEALS); a mindful self-regulatory approach to enhancing connection within valued relationships; https://warriorheartwellbeingservices.com.au/

NB: Please be aware that registration and participation in this workshop denotes permission for yourself and any accompanying children in your care to be videoed; the video will be used for the sole purpose of promoting Warrior Heart Wellbeing Services.