One of four experimental films created by Eva Lee in collaboration with renowned neuroscientist Dr. Richard Davidson. Inspired by his innovative research on the brain bases of emotions. Commissioned for The Wellbeing Summit 2022, an international event held in Bilbao, Spain.

This film draws its imagery from the Kindness Curriculum for preschoolers, developed by Dr. Davidson at Center for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin-Madison. It creatively visualizes this mindfulness-based program and its concepts of settling into one’s sense of self, such as having a breathing buddy on one’s belly which rises and falls as one breathes in and out.

The program teaches children to pay attention to breath and body, to recognize and work with their emotions as part of caring for themselves and others. Studies have shown that kids in the Kindness Curriculum improved on sharing, attention, and empathy, as well as grades.