Monkey Mind and the Mountain: Mindfulness for 8 - 80 Year Olds (and Older)

Written for children but loved by adults too, this book is a simple and engaging introduction to mindfulness. It can be read by children themselves or done with their parents or caregivers. It recognises our natural ability to be mindful and to use it in a way that can help to both enjoy life and deal with the more difficult aspects of it, such as school pressure, bullying or lack of confidence. Children learn to be accepting, to feel a sense of gratitude and to create a reliance on that internal power and belief that can be a guide and compass throughout life. Mindfulness also develops focus, concentration, resilience and courage as well as a sense of quiet. Working through this book is a wonderful way for parents, caregivers or teachers to interact with children in an enjoyable and fun way and it gives everyone a chance to develop a skill for life. It is recommended not only by parents and professionals across family, educational, health and social care but by children themselves.

Table of Contents:
1) Getting to know about mindfulness 2) How can mindfulness help me? 3) Mind and Body 4) Understanding Difficult Feelings 5) The Stress Response or Anxious Response 6) Coping with Difficult Feelings 7) Being Kind to Yourself 8) No End

About the Author :
Dr Cheryl Rezek is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and mindfulness teacher who brings a fresh and dynamic approach to how mindfulness and psychological concepts can be integrated into everyone's life as a way of managing it in the most helpful way. Her work is engaging, accessible and, most importantly, realistic and her writing easy to read and follow, giving it a broad appeal to all audiences. Her approach (affectionately known as Life Happens) is based on academic knowledge and her extensive clinical experience and it is regarded as an emerging mindfulness-based approach. It encourages awareness of oneself within a context, the development of resilience and skills and the use of mindfulness. She has a longstanding clinical and academic career, including working with children, adolescents and families. She's lectured, supervised, developed programmes, appeared on radio and TV shows as well as run workshops nationally and internationally. She is the author of a number of books including Life Happens: Waking up to yourself and your life in a mindful way (Leachcroft); Brilliant Mindfulness: How the mindful approach can help you towards a better life (Pearson); Mindfulness for Carers: How to manage the demands of caregiving while finding a place for yourself (Jessica Kingsley); Monkey mind and the mountain: Mindfulness for 8 - 12 year olds (and older) (Leachcroft); Anxiety and Depression (Sheldon Press) and Quit Smoking (Sheldon Press). Pain Management (Sheldon Press), Dealing with Symptoms of Cancer (Sheldon Press) and Grief, Loss and Loneliness (Sheldon Press) are soon to be released. She also has a highly rated App entitled iMindfulness on the go (Android and IOS).

Review :
This is a small book about developing a practice of mindfulness. It has clear directions on how to do that as well as background information to explain why you might want to develop a practice of mindfulness. I thought it was well written and will be useful for people of any age.;This has all of the techniques that I have learned throughout my life in one book. Fantastic.;This book explains mindfulness in a way that can be understood by anyone who wants to learn about the practice. While the recommended age starts at 8, these practices when started with younger children will benefit them throughout life. While children as young as 3 won't be able to read this book, parents can choose some beginning steps to help them learn to deal with feelings and things that happen in life. I also see some benefit from teaching children to appreciate their food in a mindful way. I recommend this book for anyone who wishes to learn more about this practice, or even to those who already have some knowledge, but would like to have a simple guidebook to look things up easily.