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Creativity Found: Finding Creativity Later in LifeMarneta Viegas: Silence and the Creative SparkMime, movement and the Relax Kids revolution. Marneta Viegas, founder of Relax Kids, was the "fame school" student haunted by self-doubt who went on to become a pioneer of accessible children's relaxation. In this episode she details the emotional toll business growth had on her, and how she now fiercely guards her creativity.From Self-Doubt to Mime: Marneta shares her supportive, yet complex, childhood, including attending ballet and tap classes where she struggled with self-esteem. Despite graduating with a degree in performing arts (and crying daily over the music requirements), constant rejection from the c...
2025-11-1731 min
Teacher Approved: Elementary Teacher Tips & Strategies163. The 6 Key Ways to Boost Student Engagement Every DayWhenever teachers plan their lessons and activities, besides making sure the content is right, their next priority is student engagement. We’ve talked many times before on the podcast about the idea of balancing the structure and novelty in your classroom. However, we’ve never fully explained what it is and how to effectively use it. So, in today’s episode, we’re sharing six ways to boost student engagement using structure and novelty. For all the resources mentioned in this episode, head to the show notes: https://www.secondstorywindow.net/podcast/boost-student-engagementResources:Classroo...
2024-10-0723 min
Navigating the Digital Jungle with Sue Atkins and FriendsMental Wellness for Kids in the Digital World In this episode of Navigating the Digital Jungle, Sue Atkins, Angeline Corvaglia and Marneta Viegas explore the impact of technology on children's mental health and well-being. They discuss essential components of good mental health in children and the negative effects of technology overuse, such as reduced physical activity and sleep disruption. Angeline offers practical advice for parents to balance screen time at home, while Marneta shares insights from her Relax Kids programme designed to support children's mental and emotional health. And Sue offers her ‘ING’ ideas for finding balance with Activities Off Screen: like climbing, biking, playing, cooking, baking, creating to rolle...
2024-06-1935 min
Whispers of the SoulLearning To Relax Can Be Life-Changing!Marneta Viegas, founder of Relax Kids Ltd, and the UK’s leading expert in children’s relaxation joins us for this episode and shares how she started her revolutionary relaxation program,helping over 5 million children at home and in school. She has also written over 20 children's meditation books and has recorded over 500 meditation audios. How did she do this you might ask? Well she talks to us about her unique and award winning seven step method to teach children how to self-regulate and manage their anxiety and ultimately relax! An absolutely fascinating story sits behind how...
2024-06-1147 min
The Radiate Wellness PodcastRadiate Creativity with Marneta ViegasMarneta Viegas is the founder of Relax Kids Ltd--the UK's leading expert on children's relaxation. She is a best-selling author and has produced a range of relaxation CDs and has appeared on BBC Dragons' Den. She was invited to perform at Buckingham Palace for HRH King Charles’ 50th Birthday. Marneta has over 40 years of experience in meditation and relaxation and runs a training program where she has trained over 5,000 franchisees in her unique award-winning method of relaxation. She lives in Oxford, UK. For more information on Marneta and other Relax Kids products visit: www.relaxkids.com.
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2023-11-0734 min
The Raise Podcast with Carol BarwickEpisode 16: Review (Season 2)In this our 16th episode of Season 2, we look back over the previous episodes.
Thanks to our guests:
Melody Reed, David Nussbaum, Marneta Viegas, Hannah Pekary, Joanne Gilchrist, Emma Major, Cassie Swift, Dr Rebecca Dinsdale, Seb Barwick, Cara Jackson, LucyKate Newland, Zara Salloway and Paul Kerensa.
You can find our previous episodes on Anchor (https://anchor.fm/the-raise-podcast/), Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-raise-podcast-with-carol-barwick/id1539218179) and Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/22nHtD7rxmbNjlnKEQKkEh?si=622a0a41ecf54d9b).
You can find Raise on Instagram (https://w...
2023-01-211h 07
Frankly Speaking, with Lynne Franks & FriendsStorytelling and creativity with Marneta ViegasIn this episode of Frankly Speaking with Lynne Franks and Friends, Lynne is joined by her friend Marneta Viegas, who looks at her own personal healing journey as well as the tremendous success of her business, which has been delivered to thousands of children across the world.Marneta has been running her own businesses since graduating in Performing Arts in 1992. She set up her first children’s entertainment business with support from The Prince’s Trust and was invited to perform at Buckingham Palace for HRH Prince Charles’ 50th Birthday.Marneta founded Relax Kids –...
2022-06-1741 min
The Raise Podcast with Carol BarwickEpisode 3: RELAX with Relax Kids Founder and Owner Marneta Viegas (Season 2)In our next episode, Carol speaks to Marneta Viegas from Relax Kids. Marneta setup her business Relax Kids back in the 90s as a development from her clowning business. She loves being able to support young people and loves coming up with ways to do that along the way. She runs daily meditation groups, a monthly affirmation disco and many other things.
Stay tuned right to the end for a guided meditation from Marneta.
You can find out more about Relax Kids on their website relaxkids.com. As well as on social media: Facebook - fa...
2022-04-3043 min
Divorce Goddess PodcastDivorce & Being Business PartnersDelighted to be talking to Marneta Viegas who is the founder of Relax Kids Ltd - the UK's leading expert on children's relaxation. She is the author of 13 books and has produced a range of relaxation CDs and has appeared on BBC Dragons' Den. Marneta has over 40 years of experience in meditation and relaxation and runs a training programme where she has trained over 5,000 franchisees from 50 countries in her unique award-winning method of relaxation. She lives in Oxford, UK, with her dog Ronnie Barker. For more information on Marneta and other Relax Kids products visit: www.relaxkids.co...
2022-03-1635 min
Voice RisingMarneta Viegas - Helping Kids Relax Into Big EmotionsMarneta Viegas – Helping Kids Relax Into Big EmotionsAired Monday, March 14, 2022 at 11:00 AM PST / 2:00 PM EST / 7:00 PM GMT / 8:00 PM CETWhen our kids come to the earth, their VOICES are BIG. ROAR. Expressing feelings is as natural as breathing. Yet, kids start feeling less comfortable with their emotions at some point. Fear, anger, jealousy, worry, doubt can cause suffering. And even Juicy JOY leaking out at the “wrong” time can cause people to silence kids. Squeals of delight in a restaurant are frowned upon. No more stomping when courage is needed. No more tears when overwhelm swallo...
2022-03-1556 min
The Kids Yoga PodcastMeditation for Children with Marneta ViegesMarneta Viegas is the founder of Relax Kids Ltd - the UK's leading expert on children's relaxation. She set up her revolutionary relaxation program in 2000 and is the author of 13 books and has produced a range of over 25 relaxation CDs/MP3s. Marneta has over 40 years of experience in meditation and relaxation and runs a training program where she has trained over 5,000 franchisees from 50 countries in her unique award-winning method of relaxation. She lives in Oxford, UK, with her dog Ronnie Barker. In this episode Marneta shares what it was like being a meditating vegetarian way before it was trendy, why...
2022-03-1028 min
Sense of SoulTeaching Mindfulness and KindfulnessToday we have with us, Marneta Viegas she is the founder of Relax Kids Ltd, UK's leading expert on children's relaxation. She is author of 9 books and has produced a range of relaxation CDs and has appeared on BBC Dragons' Den. Marneta has over 30 years of experience in meditation and relaxation and is editor of RELAX, a quarterly magazine. Marneta also runs a training program for parents and teachers to help children to relax.
Join us we chat about the fun ways to introduce your children to meditation and mindfulness and listen to Marneta read her most b...
2021-01-1146 min