Peaceful Piggy Meditation - Hardcover

Maclean, Kerry Lee

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0807563803 ISBN 13: 9780807563809

Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company, 2004

Synopsis

Sometimes life seems like it's all about hurrying--so many places to go! And sometimes it's hard when things don't go your way--it can make a piggy angry and sad. So how do young piggies find a peaceful place in a frustrating world? They meditate!

About this title

About the Author:

Kerry Maclean is the author and illustrator of eight childrens books, includingMoody Cow Meditates(Wisdom Pubs 2009)andPeaceful PiggyMeditation(Albert Whitman & CO 2004). She also wrote one parenting book,The Family MeditationBook(On the Spot! Books, 2004). Together with her husband and children, she has led children's and family meditative arts programs across Europe, Australia and North America.

From Booklist:

PreS-Gr. 2. Maclean, a meditation therapist, presents her case for deep relaxation in terms pitched straight at kids: "Sometimes the world can be such a busy, noisy place"; that's why "it's good to meditate." There's nary a lotus-blossom or a Bodhisattva to be found in the bright paintings of disarming piggies who tease their siblings, get mad, play video games ("You feel like you can't slow down. Even when you're sitting down!"), but also "know when to take a break, find a quiet spot and just breathe, breathe, breathe." For all that, Maclean advocates an essentially abstract spiritual practice: the instruction is as nondogmatic as it is concrete. She suggests that kids "have Mom or Dad help them set up a special place" for meditating, and concludes with an activity that invites kids to visualize the quieting of their minds as the settling of particles in a muddied jar of water. Even families that normally regard meditation as so much New Age folderol may find this chipper offering both endearing and persuasive. Jennifer Mattson
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About this edition

• Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0807563803
• ISBN 13: 9780807563809
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Maclean Kerry