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Zen & the Path of Mindful Parenting: Meditations on Raising Children (Mindfulness series)

Zen & the Path of Mindful Parenting: Meditations on Raising Children (Mindfulness series)

Current price: $12.99
Publication Date: September 15th, 2016
Publisher:
Leaping Hare Press
ISBN:
9781782401544
Pages:
144

Staff Reviews

I picked up this book the day I was to meet my first foster child, who has now been living with me (peacefully) for just over a month. Nearly every day, I've sat down to meditate on one of these thought-provoking passages, and have been impressed with the every-day usefulness of the exercises and methods Danaan suggests using with children of all ages. The book is not only about how to maintain mindful awareness in our own selves, but how to teach children to breathe, slow down, notice and name feelings, becoming more calm and resilient in the face of stress that comes at all of us, no matter our age. As we enter the back-to-school season, I highly recommend this book for parents who wish to keep a sense of summer calm in place through the seasons to come.

— Elaine

Description

We all strive so hard to be perfect parents, we do whatever it takes to assure our children's happiness and safety and that they will grow up to be their best selves. Unfortunately our striving is making us crazy. How can we raise happy, healthy children while staying happy and healthy ourselves? This book is not intended as another manual, the last thing you need is another expert telling you the 'right' way to do it. Clea Danaan shows how, by using the practices and techniques of mindfulness, you can achieve a calmer and clearer approach to parenting, which will help you to raise more balanced and healthy kids.

About the Author

Clea Danaan was born in Seattle, Washington. She attended Western Washington University's Fairhaven College, where she studied the arts, psychology, and environmental education. She moved to eastern Colorado, where she practiced massage and studied somatic psychology and creation spirituality. The Rocky Mountains have taught her much about gardening, permaculture, and the medicine of the earth. She homeschools her two children and continues to write about conscious relationship with the sacred earth. Her books have been translated into French and German, and published in six countries. Her book Sacred Land was a 2007 Foreword Book of the Year Finalist and a Bronze Medal Winner in the 2008 Independent Publisher Book Awards for "Most Likely to Save the Planet".