Meditation led by a Disney Princess
A collaboration between Disney and a mental wellness app may offer relief for children struggling with anxiety and stress.
As powerful as mediation may be, for some the experience of being led on a journey inward by Deepak Chopra can be rather intimidating.
Particularly for younger people, the ritual of meditation is quite serious and therefore not exactly open to all. A great collaboration however (that we spotted in the latest issue of the Trendwatching newsletter) may just offer an entertaining solution.
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To address this issue to make mediation more of a family affair, Disney have collaborated with Calm - a leading mental wellness app - to create mediations led by some of the more well-known Disney princess characters.
- Rapunzel shares the story of the new observatory she wished for in Starry-Eyed Quest
- Moana recalls the wisdom of her ancestors and saves Fonu in a storm in The Ocean Guardians
- Tiana from The Princess and the Frog shares the memory of her father and finds a special way to honor him on his birthday in Daddy’s Front Porch
The new series also offers younger ones a series of soundscapes to explore too; they have been created to help kids soothe the nervous system and find focus.
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Mental health aids and therapies tend to be more marketed at older people who are understandably struggling with the hard rigours of modern life. There is however a massive need for solutions to be suitably packaged for younger audiences who are also being challenged by the uncertainties of life.
This collaboration with Disney is a great example of services that successful promote self-care for kids; something that schools and governments should perhaps also take a bit more seriously.
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