"I am a mother who listens, who plays and learns from her children. I believe that teaching children how to get in touch with their body and their moods to recognize and accept them is a really nice gift": open smile and sweet voice , Giulia Bevilacqua will accompany many young viewers inside the tent of "Mindfulcamp", the first program designed to bring children and their families closer to "mindfulness", broadcast from 21 June, from Monday to Friday at 2.15 pm on DeAJunior (Sky, 623).
Full of colors and games, the tent is a special place, capable of transporting you to a new dimension, made of wonder, calm and imagination: here every child can feel welcomed, never judged, and will have the opportunity to learn through play. to know oneself, in the body and in the emotions, in a word to experience the benefits of "mindfulness", a practice now widespread all over the world whose goal is to reach full awareness to eliminate all negativity. "I share the principle of mindfulness, which I began to know when I was studying acting at the Experimental Center of Cinematography: there we used breathing techniques to get into character", says Giulia Bevilacqua, actress of cinema, TV and theater and super-mother of Vittoria. , 2 and a half years old, and Edoardo, thislast born a year ago, during the lockdown, "this is the first time I have run a children's program, I hope I have been good at communicating. Mindfulcamp was a first lesson for myself that I hope to pass on to my children".
With the help of the Gentile bunny and the Attenta monkey, the presenter will be a perfect companion in adventures for the children who will enter the "Mindfulcamp": in 20 episodes the program, created by KidsMe (the children content factory of the De Agostini Editore group) , will address from time to time various topics related to "mindfulness", from the senses to breathing, from emotions to thoughts to how to interact with your body. The approach is obviously playful, with many games to have fun and learn, such as the "snack game", with which children will understand how to savor a chocolate bar paying attention to all the senses, or the "game of the heart", for listen to your heart and your breath with a toy stethoscope or the "game ofhug "thanks to which to understand what happens inside and outside of us when you hug another person. The actress - now in Puglia filming the Sky" Cops "series, in July on Sky with" Back to crime ", sequel of "We just have the crime" by Massimiliano Bruno, of which he has already shot the third chapter "As long as there is crime there is hope" which should go to theaters, and protagonist of the TV series for Canale 5 "Stronger than destiny ", directed by Alexis Sweet - she felt particularly involved in this experience dedicated to the little ones, precisely because of her being a mother:" This program can help children to ease tension and anger and to train emotions. In thelast pregnancy I also took advantage of the entertainment channels with educational games, then as soon as I could I went up to the condominium terrace to do meditation. But in the cloister of the lockdown I tried to reactivate creativity and curiosity, especially with Vittoria, with whom I tried to share Edoardo's arrival. Now seeing their brotherhood is the best thing, "he says.
"It was a lot of fun doing Mindfulcamp and I also really enjoyed singing the theme song: I accepted immediately, and after a year of seclusion between pregnancy and lockdown I had some time for myself and for my work. easier than I thought, thanks also to an extraordinary work group in which everyone is mindful addicted. Unfortunately we could not have children present in the studio because of the covid, but only a beautiful tent full of games: I speak to them through the camera, but before playing we dedicate ourselves to breathing ". The actress does not deny the difficulty of reconciling work and family: "Mothers have superpowers because they are able to do everything, to be with their children, to work, to be a wife and a friend. different way,even in my sector, where motherhood is seen almost as a disease ", she says," for the second child I was a bit discriminated against and I didn't do some projects. But being a mother is the most beautiful and tiring job. I enjoy spending quality time with my children, I love watching them and I'm not anxious, whereas I thought I would be. "