Sitting Still Like a Frog: Mindfulness Exercises for Kids (and Their Parents)

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In a simple and accessible way, Sitting Still Like a Frog describes what mindfulness is and how mindfulness-based practices can help children calm down, become more focused, fall asleep more easily, alleviate worry, manage anger, and generally become more patient and aware.”— Children’s Books Daily It describes in detail a series of stories and exercises that are simple, short and easy to carry out. They can be put into practice for a few minutes every day, on a regular basis. In addition to this, it comes with a CD, which helps to guide the meditation. Dieses Schulsystem wurde von gewissenlosen Menschen entworfen, deren größte Sorge dem wirtschaftlichen Wachstum gilt. Aber: Wir werden es nicht so rasch ändern. Die nächste Revolution lässt noch ein wenig auf sich warten, wie's scheint. Was also tun, wenn man ein Kind hat, das mit der Schule so seine liebe Not hat? One of the more useful direct bits of advice I took was: You are not your feelings, you have them. This seemed to help my five year old son calm down at the end of the day when he was overly tired and frustrated. It's a novel concept to be present with your feelings without getting swept up in them; that's tough even (especially) for adults to do. This also ties well with general parenting advice about helping children attach names to their feelings, which would be the first step toward understanding your feelings and detaching yourself from them. This book also touches upon subjects such as self-esteem, the psychology of being trapped in behavioral patterns that don’t serve you and how long breaths can help with the fight-or-flight response.

The Mindful Child: How to Help Your Kid Manage Stress and Become Happier, Kinder, and More Compassionate by Susan Kaiser Greenland Snel’s work is based on the principles of mindfulness and compassion and focuses on helping individuals develop their own mindfulness practice. Her teaching style is playful, accessible, and engaging, making her popular among children and families. Snel is dedicated to making mindfulness accessible to everyone and is committed to promoting well-being and happiness. For an athlete, musician, scientist, ... it is obvious to start stirring enthusiasm as soon as possible. For many, this creates a flow in which they increase the quality of their early-awakened talents. Progidies are forged.The Little Frog is for parents and grandparents of children aged eighteen months to four years, and for professionals working with them in nurseries and childcare and healthcare facilities. Ein in sehr jungen Jahren auf Achtsamkeit geschulter Geist kann ungeahnte Sphären der Erleuchtung erlangen

After the ground-breaking Sitting Still Like a Frog, Breathe through this followed in 2014. The book focuses on the parents of adolescents, but unlike many others it doesn’t claim to offer ready-made parenting tips. On the contrary, it encourages them not to judge themselves or their children. Showing compassion and open heartedness isn’t always easy, and you should pay attention to feelings of stress, anger, and powerlessness rather than ignoring them, squeezing them out, or overreacting. You should give them the same quality of attention you’d give to your best friend! Reading this book instils confidence, telling you that you’re doing better as a parent than you think, and that your teenager can develop into a person they’re proud of. Sitting Still Like a Frog is a book for open minded parents that are willing to try meditation with their children. Teachers and others that regularly work with children might find some of the ideas and exercises useful as well. I liked that the author included personal experiences, and not just the sunshine and roses. Parenting can be hard, and accepting that we could all do better is a great first step. I will admit that I have not yet jumped ahead and started these exercises with my children, at least not yet, but I can see how some could be extremely useful in my house. Getting everyone to slow down on focus on just breathing, on being, and the subtle workings of our bodies can go a long way to focusing the mind and getting a handle on emotions that might otherwise feel out of control. Being aware means abandoning judgment for a while, leaving aside our immediate objectives for the future and accepting the here and now as it is and not as we would like it to be.” Sitting Still Like a Frog is a perfect teaching resource for us to learn how to meditate as a family. It’s aimed at children from 5 to 12 years old, and the idea is that they practice meditation and relaxation together with their parents.

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Sitting Still Like a Frog: Mindfulness Exercises for Kids (and Their Parents) by Eline Snel is available in English and has been translated into several other languages, including Dutch, German, Spanish, French, Italian, and Portuguese. Book Editions

The book is based on Eline’s many years of Mindfulness experience with children, parents, and teachers, and is full of stories and practical exercises. It also contains eleven meditations for children: the Sleep Tight and Spaghetti Test meditations are favourites with many readers. Eline’s grandchildren like to do the Wishing Tree and the Secret of the Heart Chamber. After seeing Sitting Still Like a Frog recommended by a friend, I thought it was worth a shot. I've dabbled in meditation off and on for a few years and have appreciated the benefits; maybe, I thought, it'd work for my kids, too. I was really expecting to love this book. I'm all about meditating (by myself and with my kids). I loved the illustrations when I first started looking through the book. But when I started getting into the text, I was surprised by some of the messages.Goodnight Mind: Turn Off Your Noisy Thoughts and Get a Good Night’s Sleep by Colleen E. Carney and Rachel Manber Genau. Man sucht einen Weg, wie man es dem Kind so angenehm wie möglich gestalten kann sie zu besuchen. Und Meditationen, also bewusstes kalmieren des Geistes zu einem gewünschten Zeitpunkt, sind vielleicht der beste Weg dazu. The Little Frog shows you how to build a buffer against the stress, high expectations, disappointments and many other challenges of raising toddlers in a success-oriented world. It is available in English, French, and Spanish. Sitting Still Like a Frog introduces the basics of mindfulness to children in an easy-to-understand and playful way. It guides children in the cultivation of presence: presence of mind, presence of heart, and presence in the body. This is something we are all capable of but usually don't cultivate intentionally. Why not start young in training those capacities? The world nowadays is so complex and fast-paced that knowing how to ground oneself in the present moment is an absolute necessity to make sense of the world and to continue learning, growing, and contributing what is uniquely yours to contribute in this world." —from the foreword by Jon Kabat-Zinn Gives children their undivided attention, without immediately analysing and criticising their behaviour or putting them under pressure to perform, something society often does at an early age

Ha Sido un proceso pero me siento más receptiva, flexible y dispuesta a relajarme y dejar de tomar la vida " tan en serio". Eline Snel is a Dutch mindfulness teacher, trainer, and author. She is best known for her book “Sitting Still Like a Frog: Mindfulness Exercises for Kids (and Their Parents)” which was published in 2013 by Shambhala Publications. Snel is a certified mindfulness teacher who has taught mindfulness and meditation to children, adults, and teachers in Europe and the United States. Sitting Still Like a Frog teaches children mindfulness through an amphibious friend who sits very still. . . . Many practices fill the book and audio CD, and all of them remind us, and our children, just how easily thoughts can move us off our lily pads." — Mindful magazine

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Sitting Still Like a Frog is an internationally bestselling book about Mindfulness, for children aged 5 to 12 and their parents. It has been translated into many languages and published in more than 42 countries. Sitting Still Like a Frogteaches children mindfulness through an amphibious friend who sits very still. . . . Many practices fill the book and audio CD, and all of them remind us, and our children, just how easily thoughts can move us off our lily pads.”— Mindfulmagazine Nur warum ist dieses Prinzip alleine auf körperliche, externe Aktivitäten beschränkt? Ein Kind könnte vor dem Ende der Trotzphase gelernt haben, seine negativen Emotionen zu veratmen. Sich unabhängig von äußeren Einflüssen zu machen. Die positiven Prägungen zuzulassen und zu verstärken und sich gegen die negativen zu schützen. Indem es durch Automatisierung von Entspannungstechniken, Meditation und Konditionierung lernt, nicht der Diener seiner eigenen, unkontrollierten Emotionen zu sein. Gewappnet zu sein gegen Versuche von Indoktrination und Manipulation aus diversen privaten und öffentlichen Quellen. Und damit einer Majorität der Erwachsenen einiges voraus haben. Leider. From the central image of sitting still like a frog to the spaghetti test for physical relaxation, the images, metaphors, and practical exercises are pitched at the right level to really engage children—this book and CD will prove a valuable resource for our family's spiritual explorations." — Juno magazine Simple mindfulness practices to help your child (ages 5-12) deal with anxiety, improve concentration, and handle difficult emotions. Includes a 60-minute audio CD of guided exercises read by Myla Kabat-Zinn.