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Six interactive mindfulness activities designed for everyone in Haven's community — teens, parents, educators, and clinicians. Grounded in evidence, developed with licensed clinicians and certified mindfulness teachers at Georgetown's Thrive Center.

"The mind exists throughout the whole body. We are not just thinking with our brains — we are thinking with our breath, our chest, our gut."
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"What Do You Notice?"
~2 min · Check-in
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Guided Gratitude Moment
~5 min · Practice
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Past · Present · Future
~8 min · 2 parts
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Automatic vs. Intentional
~6 min · Simulator
Six Activities

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Each activity is fully personalized — language, scenarios, and prompts adapt based on whether you're a teen, parent, educator, or clinician. Use the selector below to preview each perspective.

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The Foundation

Evidence-based mindfulness, made accessible.

These activities are rooted in established mindfulness frameworks and clinical practice — adapted into a self-guided digital format that meets people wherever they are. The same principles. A different door in.

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The body as the anchor
A core teaching of this work — that the mind lives throughout the whole body, not just the brain — runs through every activity as a grounding thread.
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Present-moment awareness
We spend most of our time in the past or future. These activities gently return attention to right now — without judgment, without pressure.
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Healing-centered engagement
Each activity cultivates spaces of presence, pause, and restoration — for providers, families, and anyone who needs a moment to return to themselves.
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Audience personalization
Every activity adapts its language, examples, and prompts — so a teen and a clinician both feel genuinely seen, not just accommodated.
About this content

Developed with certified practitioners.

These activities were reviewed and informed by licensed clinicians and certified mindfulness teachers at Georgetown University's Thrive Center — grounding each exercise in evidence-based practice.

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We appreciate the substantial contributions to this presentation of Noel Bravo, LGPC and Certified Mindfulness Teacher.

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We appreciate the substantial contributions to this presentation of Dr. Dominique Charlot-Swilley, PhD, Associate Professor, Clinical Psychologist and Certified Mindfulness Meditation Teacher.