Kids: Find Your Peaceful Place - by Andy Hobson

COURSE

Kids: Find Your Peaceful Place

With Andy Hobson

This free 10 day magical adventure teaches children the basics of meditation and how to discover their very own peaceful place. This course is for parents and teachers to play to children, with a suggested age range of 7 - 9 years. In this course Andy brings together the meditation practices that have been the most beneficial and transformative for the children he has taught in schools. These teachings and meditations have been refined and brought together as a complete guide for schools and parents to use. This course is designed to help children with sleep, anxiety, self regulation, emotional literacy, self-esteem, confidence, rocket flying, sailing, silliness and relaxation.

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Meet your Teacher

Andy Hobson
West Berkshire, UK

Andy’s vision is to create a happier, kinder, more conscious world through teaching meditation to adults and children. Since starting to teach in 2010, Andy has helped countless people around the world through his online guided meditations, courses and mindfulness programmes in schools. Andy draws upon many traditions, philosophies, therapeutic approaches and his personal meditation practice to teach how we can return to our true nature, free ourselves from the voice in our head and find lasting happiness, purpose and freedom. Andy has five years experience working as a therapeutic wellbeing practitioner, managing a child therapy service at a primary school in London. As well as managing a team of trainee therapists, assessing children and supporting parents and carers, Andy has offered weekly one to one mentoring sessions for children using meditation and the arts. Andy’s experience includes supporting children affected by trauma, poverty, family illness, drug addiction, terrorism, neglect and domestic violence. Andy is trained to teach mindfulness based stress reduction in 2010 at the Centre for Mindfulness, Research and Practice at Bangor University, UK – an international centre for excellence in mindfulness training. Since then he has run local mindfulness based stress reduction and mindfulness based cognitive therapy courses in London. He also has a Certificate in Psychodynamic Counselling Skills from the BACP approved Manor House Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy and an Intermediate Diploma in Therapeutic Communications with Children from the London Metropolitan University. Before becoming a meditation teacher, Andy worked as a rockstar/ professional drummer. In 2003 he found his dream job of playing music, touring the world and even meeting some of his musical heroes. After a couple of years he started to feel a dissatisfaction with his job. The initial shine of the rockstar life started to wear off and it felt like something big was missing. To understand this dissatisfaction Andy began to explore a number of spiritual traditions and philosophies and committed to a daily meditation practice. Over time he began to experience a greater sense of calm, contentment and happiness. A whole new world opened up. Having experienced the benefits of meditation Andy felt it was important to teach this life changing practice to others.

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10 Days

7.5k students

4.9 stars

13 min / day

For Parents

English

Lesson 1

A Warm Welcome

Today is a gentle introduction to the basics of meditation where you’ll learn a simple breathing meditation to get you started. We’ll also explore how our minds can often be in the past, thinking of things that didn’t go so well, and in the future, worrying about what might happen. You’ll learn how meditation can help you to be more in the present moment and not so lost in thoughts about the past and future. The present moment is a very special moment and today you’ll find out why.

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Lesson 2

An Adventure Begins

Today you’ll learn a few more of the basics of meditation from how to sit in a comfortable position to what you can do when your mind wanders off when you’re meditating. We’ll also explore how your breath can help you to feel calm, happy and relaxed and how it connects us to every moment of our life. You’ll do the ‘Calming Breath’ meditation where we’ll explore the different ways you can notice your breath in your body.

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Lesson 3

Travelling Light

Today you’re going to learn from rainbows how to recognise the trickier feelings that we have sometimes, like sadness, anger and frustration. We’ll also explore how we can use meditation to let go of things like worries, when someone says something mean to us or that feeling of disappointment when we lose at a sports game. You’ll do the ‘Rainbow Breathing’ meditation to help with all these things.

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Lesson 4

Ocean Adventure

All aboard! Today you’re going to calm a stormy sea using the power of meditation. Sounds impossible right? Don’t worry, I’ll talk you through it. We’re also going to explore how big feelings like anger, sadness, fear or loneliness can show up in our bodies and how we can calm them a little with meditation. If that wasn’t enough, we’ll also be going back in time using my special time machine to find out how our brains work when we’re scared, angry or worried.

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Lesson 5

A Magical Sleep

If you could fly, where would you go? Today you’re going on a flying adventure, with a little help from a flying cape and some magic flying dust. On this adventure you’ll discover your very own special place where you can relax, be yourself and get a good night’s sleep. You’ll also learn about the different kinds of thoughts we have and how they can make it a bit tricky for us to get to sleep. I’ll be giving you some handy tips with what you can do if you have a lot of thoughts before you go to bed and how you can put your worries aside.

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Lesson 6

Peace Mountain

Today you’ll learn from mountains how to keep as cool as a cucumber even when big challenges come up in your day. We’ll also explore how our feelings can be a lot like the changing seasons of Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. In your meditation you’ll put this all into practice where you’ll become a beautiful mountain, sitting through all kinds of weather.

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Lesson 7

You Are Stardust

Did you know that you are made of stardust? Today you’re going to discover that just like a star, you shine brightly in your own special way, perfect just as you are. That’s all you really need to know today. Enjoy and relax.

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Lesson 8

Heart Of The Universe

Today you’ll learn just how important self kindness is. When we’re kind to ourselves we just feel much better and can also accept kindness from others. This is also sometimes called self acceptance which means accepting and celebrating who we are, just as we are. You’ll also learn how thoughts can affect how we feel about ourselves and how our feelings can affect the kind of thoughts we have. Sounds confusing right? Don’t worry, I’ll explain it all. Finally you’ll do a very special ‘Glowing Heart’ meditation where you’ll connect with your heart, send yourself some kind wishes and discover that you shine just like the sun.

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Lesson 9

Your Next Adventure

Well done young traveller! You’re almost at the end of your adventure and today we celebrate that you kept going all the way to the end, even when it might have been tricky or when it didn’t make much sense. We’ll explore what endings can mean to us and the kinds of feelings they can bring up. I’ll also give you some tips to help you carry on with your own meditation practice after this adventure. Now, perhaps there’s more to this story than we thought…..it looks like there’s a day 10? Why don’t you have a look and see what it’s all about.

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Lesson 10

The Keeper Of Dreams (Secret Day..shhh)

Well, this is unexpected, we have a day 10 and there’s magic in the air. I wonder what this final journey will bring? This really is the end of your adventure but the beginning of a new one. Today you’re taking a trip to the moon to meet someone very special who will give you some wise words for your journey ahead. Today’s adventure is best done at night when you’re ready for bed, but you can do this anytime you feel like it. Happy travels and well done for completing your adventure!

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Ask your teacher

This course includes 132 community questions and 70 audio replies from Andy Hobson. The community classroom and teacher audio replies are only available via the app.

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Recent Reviews

Roy

September 18, 2025

Good

Valeria

January 14, 2025

Great course, truly helpful

Bobby

December 27, 2024

What a treat to listen to with my 6 year old. It was good for me. It was good for him. Thank you for helping to teach him something that will help him through his life in such a sweet, curious way. He would ask me most nights to listen to this meditations series before bed. Makes me smile

Sandip

December 3, 2024

Good

Sarah

February 23, 2024

Me and my sons loved this and we are sad it’s over! We will be listening again!

Joshua

November 5, 2023

This was a great Course to do. CAN U MAKE MORE OF THESE ANDY HOBSON? PLEASE?

Marcin

August 8, 2023

Thanks

Families

May 14, 2023

You are great at this keep up the good work :) !!!

Sera

April 22, 2023

Thank you Andy. Meditation has benefited my little 8yo wiggle monster a lot.

Deena

March 31, 2023

My son loves this.

Kanye

March 24, 2023

❤️

Marit

January 20, 2023

So fun 🌚 Even for adults

Rene

November 15, 2022

Fantastic DEFINITELY reccomend my mom showed me this then I have listened to this so much!

Sue

October 20, 2022

Just awesome and magical. If only every child in the world could have this. Thanks Andy, you are stardust!🦋

•.Lilly.•

October 12, 2022

Loved this course recommend ❤️❤️

Muddles

September 10, 2022

❤️💝

Keren

September 9, 2022

Good

Lazzzziiee

July 7, 2022

Wonderful - my little boy loves this

Geraldine

May 4, 2022

Thanks Andy, we loved your stories & guidance and wish that there were more! We slept peacefully and had happy dreams. Thank you ⭐️

Chika

April 7, 2022

I loved it! this meditation had so many surprises! It was hard to focus at first but when I did the whole mediation over again I started to focus more and more. Thank you so much for making this adventure!:) from:Sean

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