Phys. Description |
viii, 219 pages. : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
Contents |
The new ABCs: attention, balance, and compassion -- An opportunity: using the science of mindful awareness -- Getting started: understand and fuel your motivation -- As simple as breathing: get started with relaxation and calming -- Refined awareness: learn how to pay attention -- Friendly awareness: meditate, speak, relate, and act mindfully and compassionately -- Sensory awareness: become aware of the physical world -- Emotional freedom: release yourself from destructive thoughts and feelings -- Tuning in to other people: develop parent/child attunement -- E pluribus unum - out of many become one: live as part of a community -- Epilogue: beyond this place there be dragons. |
Summary |
Mindful awareness works by enabling you to pay closer attention to your thoughts, feelings and emotions so you can better understand what is happening to you. This book extends mindfulness training to children from 4 to 18 years old. It includes age-appropriate exercises, songs, games and fables that teach mindful awareness. |
Subject |
Mindfulness.
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Stress, Psychological -- therapy.
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Happiness.
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Child Rearing.
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Other Number |
2009041450 |
ISBN |
9781416583004 (pbk.) |
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1416583009 (pbk.) |
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