Change causes many people anxiety/stress. We all struggle with; the loss of loved ones, change in school or home, change in career, and phyisical change. Being open to change and embracing the opportunity that it holds is a key to living a happy and fulfilled life with no regrets. This video reminds us of the opportunity that comes with change.

In this powerful short film, watch and hear from elementary school students learning to use mindfulness to navigate complex feelings. “Just Breathe” was created by Mindful Schools graduate and filmmaker, Julie Bayer Salzman. The inspiration for “Just Breathe” first came about a little over a year ago when I overheard my then 5-year-old son talking with his friend about how emotions affect different regions of the brain, and how to calm down by taking deep breaths — all things they were beginning to learn in Kindergarten at their new school, Citizens of the World Charter School, in Mar Vista, CA. I was surprised and overjoyed to witness first-hand just how significant social-emotional learning in an elementary school curriculum was on these young minds. The following year, I decided to take a 6-week online course on Mindfulness through Mindful Schools (http://www.mindfulschools.org/), figuring that if my son was learning about this, it only made sense that I should learn too. Within the first week, I felt the positive effects of this practice take root not only on my own being but in my relationships with others. As a filmmaker, I am always interested in finding a subject worthy of filming, and I felt strongly that Mindfulness was a necessary concept to communicate visually. Thankfully my husband, who happens to be my filmmaking partner, agreed. We made “Just Breathe” with our son, his classmates and their family members one Saturday afternoon. The film is entirely unscripted – what the kids say is based purely on their own neuro-scientific understanding of difficult emotions, and how they cope through breathing and meditation. They, in turn, are teaching us all ...

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Most of us are on the Internet on a daily basis and whether we like it or not, the Internet is affecting us. It changes how we think, how we work, and it even changes our brains. We interviewed Nicholas Carr, the author of, "The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains," about how the Internet is influencing us, our creativity, our thought processes, our ideas, and how we think. CHECK OUT THE BOOK "The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains," by Nicholas Carr http://amzn.to/138qSii FIND THE HIDDEN REFERENCES? There's a lot of hidden references in this video. Watch the producer walk you through each one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Yf_-5VHiR0 Epipheo makes videos that allow for human meaning. http://epipheo.com/contact Let's be social together, o-tay? The Epipheo Underground: http://epipheo.tumblr.com Company updates: http://facebook.com/epipheo Quips and short stuff: http://twitter.com/epipheo Behind-the-scenes: http://instagram.com/epipheo Subscribe, if you're into that: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=epipheo Truth, Story, Love. http://epipheo.com