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(Dr Sunita Rai-(PsyD)) All parents want their child to be happy and make a positive impact on the world. Children learn to be agile and resilient, developing their academic and life skills as well as emotional well-being as they grow. A child depends a lot on their parents and teachers for guidance so they can understand and manage their emotions, as well as set and achieve positive goals. Though not often expressed, all this learning is actually an important aspect of what is Mindfulness. This book is organised into 30 topics or themes which can be used for weekly discussion between parent and child. The author also provides ideas on how parents can use the activities to engage the child to deepen their social emotional health using mindfulness. Children can explore the activities, reflections, experiments and mindful colouring and have fun, while learning.

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Spirit

Body

Mind

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Publié par	Marshall Cavendish International
Date de parution	18 août 2020
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9789814893961
Langue	English

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by
Sunita Rai,
PsyD
With a Foreword by
Christopher Willard,
PsyD
MY FIRST BOOK OF
MINDFULNESS
Enhance your child s social emotional health
through mindfulness, art and home experiments
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Published in 2020 by Marshall Cavendish Editions
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Contents
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
5
FOREWORD
7
INTRODUCTION
9
THE JOURNEY BEGINS
WITH A CLEAR INTENTION
12
PEACE
14
NOTICE YOUR BODY
16
BREATHE
18
DO GOOD
20
GROWTH
22
SELF-AWARENESS
24
LOVE
26
OTHER-AWARENESS
28
RESILIENCE
30
WISDOM
32
BE POSITIVE
34
CALM
36
BE CREATIVE
39
MINDFUL EATING
41
HUG YOURSELF
44
ENGAGE YOUR SENSES
46
HONESTY
48
OPENNESS TO EXPERIENCE
50
ACCEPT YOUR EMOTIONS
AS THEY ARE
52
PRESENT MOMENT
55
FUN
57
COMMITMENT
60
WORDS CREATE OUR WORLDS
62
CREATIVITY
64
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
67
THE JOURNEY CONTINUES
70
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
72
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Acknowledgements
I am thankful to each and everyone of you who has inspired me to
write. Yes, this includes you who have picked up this book. Without
you, this would not have materialised.
My clients in my psychotherapy work had asked me years before
to write on how to work with their children, especially in challenging
times. Thank you for your suggestions and confidence in me. To
the thousands of students whom I have lectured and supervised in
your counselling and psychological work, thank you for nudging me
numerous times to share my experience beyond the classroom. Your
encouragement is invaluable. In fact, a lot of what I write here is
based on my experience in the classrooms, workshops and in the
therapy room.
To all my psychology, counselling, mindfulness, meditation and
philosophy teachers, thank you for imparting your knowledge to me
and your ever-flowing guidance. The fruit of your labour lies within
these pages and beyond.
To Hernie Khames-Martin and Anya Sengupta, thank you for your
creative artwork for this book. I remember sharing what I wanted
to do in this book and my ideas for it and you both managed to
seamlessly bring these ideas out in every one of the images. Thank
you. This book is also dedicated to your hard and heart work.
Most importantly, I thank my parents, who were there for me. They
were definitely not perfect and probably didn t know much of the
strategies here, but they always tried their best to provide for all of
their children. They had very little comforts, and so would always
6
encourage us to study. Without their insistence on education, I would
not have developed myself this far and taken on the dream of being
an educator. Yet that was not enough for me and I decided to be a
practitioner and an educator so that I could marry these two worlds
together. I am very grateful for that. And thank you to my siblings,
especially my sisters, Rita Rai and Sumen Rai, who always watched
over me and guided me in life. We played so many creative games
in our younger years and I bring some of those experiences in this
book. And not forgetting my husband, Kathirasan K, for believing in
everything I do and encouraging me to write.
To each and every one who has helped me to get these ideas into
writing, THANK YOU.
7
Foreword
In times of challenge and change, parents and child professionals
can feel helpless about finding ways to support their children s
development. And yet, no times in history were without such
challenges, and still parents found ways to help their children thrive
through curiosity, creativity and more.
In our time, Sunita Rai has come up with a wonderful book
and approach to help guide our kids through growing up with art,
mindfulness, positive psychology and more, all contained in this
wonderful book you are holding in your hands. While the world around
may be swirling with chaos, in the pages of this book children can
discover and reconnect with stillness and strength within themselves
and bring that to difficulties they encounter. From compassion and
self-compassion, to mindfulness and awareness, acceptance and
fun, kids and adults alike can explore so many concepts that most
of us never learned until adulthood, if we ever learned them at all.
What s more, the book introduces these through creative writing, art
and reflection.
I ve always believed that the best books for young people speak to
both adults and children. While this book has dozens of simple and
sweet activities and reflections for kids, when practised with a parent
or trusted adult, the benefit doubles and conversations can begin to
flow more naturally on topics like peace, good deeds, self-awareness,
mindfulness and more, bringing adults and children together more
closely as they connect through art, conversation and mindfulness.
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In this book you ll find many complex social and emotional
concepts and lessons, adapted for younger ages, but without losing
depth or impact. And yet, as they grow with this book, and the world
changes around them, this book will help kids develop so many of
the emotional intelligence skills they ll need for whatever changes the
world brings by the time they reach adulthood.
Enjoy!
Dr Christopher Willard
Cambridge, Massachusetts USA
Author,
Growing Up Mindful
Faculty, Harvard Medical School
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Introduction
Hello. Ni hao. Selamat pagi. Vanakkam. Bonjour. Konnichiwa.
Hola. Marhaba. Sawasdee Khrap. Namaste. Jambo. Ciao.
Anyoung haseyo. Xin Chao. Hallo.
Parents and teachers have spent years developing their children to be
agile, resilient and successful. The definition of success differs from
parent to parent and teacher to teacher. However, we all agree that
we want our children to flourish, to be happy and to be a positive
contributor to the world. There is no argument about that.
Today, we face yet another challenge of helping children navigate
through the new world of possibilities and complexities. Parents and
teachers are the guides through which children learn their role in life,
values, academic skills, life skills and social emotional skills amongst
others. This learning is all part of their wellbeing. Mindfulness
practices contribute toward and enhance children s wellbeing and
also that of their parents and educators. A mindful child is like a
sponge, always willing to learn and absorb more, and knows what to
let go of so that new experiences and skills can be taken in. My aim
is to help develop mindful children, together with you, the parents
and the educators.
So what is mindfulness? Dr Jon Kabat-Zinn, the father of secular
and modern mindfulness, shared that Mindfulness means paying
attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment,
and non-judgmentally. It s really about being in the moment with
the moment-to-moment experience. Kathirasan K., in his book,