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The Breathing Book
Learn the power of mindful breathing through the fun and interactive exercises in this book.
With The Breathing Book, young readers discover the power of mindful awareness through a series of breathing practices and engaging activities designed to calm the mind and body, set positive intentions, and spark creativity and imagination.
A book that’s much more than just a book, this interactive offering from Christopher Willard and Olivia Weisser invites readers to bring their full attention to the sights, sounds, and tactile sensations that arise as they explore the practices on each page with awareness.
With simple instructions and delightful illustrations, you’ll use your breath to bring this book to life by turning the pages … balancing the book on your head, hand, or belly … tracing shapes and labyrinths …“reframing” troubling thoughts and feelings … sending kind wishes to people and our planet … and many more activities that can be practiced again and again.
With The Breathing Book, young readers discover the power of mindful awareness through a series of breathing practices and engaging activities designed to calm the mind and body, set positive intentions, and spark creativity and imagination.
A book that’s much more than just a book, this interactive offering from Christopher Willard and Olivia Weisser invites readers to bring their full attention to the sights, sounds, and tactile sensations that arise as they explore the practices on each page with awareness.
With simple instructions and delightful illustrations, you’ll use your breath to bring this book to life by turning the pages … balancing the book on your head, hand, or belly … tracing shapes and labyrinths …“reframing” troubling thoughts and feelings … sending kind wishes to people and our planet … and many more activities that can be practiced again and again.
- GenresPicture BooksChildrens
32 pages, Hardcover
Published April 14, 2020
About the author
Christopher Willard
34 books53 followersCHRISTOPHER WILLARD, PSYD, is a clinical psychologist and consultant specializing in bringing mindfulness into education and psychotherapy. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, teaches at Harvard Medical School, and leads workshops worldwide. For more, visit drchristopherwillard.com.
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September 27, 2020
A great book introducing breath to kids.
I think best for 3rd grade and up due to patience of some of the activities.
I think best for 3rd grade and up due to patience of some of the activities.
July 8, 2021
This remarkable book helps children and adults alike recognize their breath and how to use it to feel happier and healthier. With engaging visuals, this book walks through various and simple exercises to make conscious breathing a reality.
I read this with my kids just a page or two at a time to master each of the skills. It’s been invaluable at bed time and in moments of high stress!
Highly recommended for 2-100 year olds!
I read this with my kids just a page or two at a time to master each of the skills. It’s been invaluable at bed time and in moments of high stress!
Highly recommended for 2-100 year olds!
June 30, 2020
I think that this book definitely is a great start to get kids into meditating/focusing on their breathing as a way to calm down. I enjoyed most of the activities in this book, though there a couple that didn't quite work to me. I think mainly the labyrinth pages, the mazes seemed a little confusing and I couldn't actually figure out how to do those pages. I really liked the square to trace though.
This was a good book and it is a book I would be quite likely to reccomend to others.
This was a good book and it is a book I would be quite likely to reccomend to others.
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December 23, 2020
Great premise, but maybe not the best book to be circulating at a library in the era of covid :/
September 3, 2022
Two stars because I read the ebook version and this does not make a good ebook.
November 20, 2023
I think this book was really long for a single sitting. I think it may serve more as a resource to return to when learning different breathing skills instead.
March 20, 2024
Anxious child? This book is awesome.
October 17, 2020
Nonfiction picture book. This book serves as an introduction to mindfulness, of being aware of where you are and what your body is doing. It offers different breathing activities in an interactive format-- tracing shapes on the page, balancing the book, etc. The color scheme is a calming blue, white, and black. This would be a good book to introduce the concept and build a toolkit for children.
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