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Planting Seeds: Practicing Mindfulness with Children
is the fruit of decades of development and innovation in the Plum
Village community’s collective practice with children. Based on Thich
Nhat Hanh’s thirty years of teaching mindfulness and compassion to
parents, teachers, and children, the book and enclosed CD cover a wide
range of contemplative and fun activities parents and educators can do
with their children or students. The activities are designed to help
relieve stress, increase concentration, nourish gratitude and
confidence, deal with difficult emotions, touch our interconnection with
nature, and improve communication.
Planting Seeds offers insight, concrete activities,
and curricula that parents and educators can apply in school settings,
in their local communities or at home, in a way that is meaningful and
inviting to children. The key practices presented include mindful
breathing and walking, inviting the bell, pebble meditation, the Two
Promises or ethical guidelines for children, children’s versions of
Touching the Earth and Deep Relaxation,
eating meditation and dealing with conflict and strong emotions. Also
included, are the lyrics to the songs on the enclosed CD that summarize
and highlight the key teachings, as well as a chapter on dealing
effectively with conflict in the classroom or difficult group dynamics,
based on a conference with Thich Nhat Hanh, teachers and students.
The accompanying CD has inspiring recordings of all the
songs in the book as well as a guided pebble meditation, total
relaxation, and children’s touching the earth. Beautiful, color
illustrations by Wietske Vriezen, Illustrator of
Mindful Movements, accompany the various practices.
Any adult wishing to plant seeds of peace, relaxation, and
awareness in children will find this book and CD helpful. It is full of
wisdom on how to simply be with children and nourish their compassion
for themselves and others.
238 pages. Paperback book and 1 audio CD.
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LIST PRICE: $32.95 PRICE: $28.00 (You save $4.95)
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Stock Status:In Stock
Product Code: S-6264
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