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Presents an approach to providing children with social and emotional tools to help them deal with stress and negative feelings, calm their minds, remain focused, develop compassion and empathy, and live happy lives.

"Simple mindfulness practices to help your child deal with anxiety, improve concentration, and handle difficult emotions"--Front cover.

Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh expresses the importance of mindfulness, and describes practices based on Buddhist thought to heal emotional pain and recognize the joy in living, regardless of circumstance.

A collection of mindfulness teachings; accompanying CD includes five guided mindfulness meditations.

Look begins with inattention. It is not meant to help you focus on your reading of Tolstoy; it is not about how to multitask. Rather, it is about attending to the joys of the unattended, the perceived ?ordinary.? Horowitz encourages us to rediscover the extraordinary things that we are missing in our ordinary activities. Even when engaged in the simplest of activities?taking a walk around the block?we pay so little attention to most of what is right before us that we are sleepwalkers in our own lives. So turn off the phone and portable electronics and get into the real world, where you?ll find there are worlds within worlds within worlds.

An on-the-go guide to mindfulness, linking personality types with meditation styles, and describing types of exercises, or meditations, that can be done while driving, walking, talking, typing, shopping, jogging, or waiting in line.