A Handful of Quiet presents one of the best known and most innovative meditation practices developed by Thich Nhat Hanh as part of the Plum Village community’s practice with children. Pebble meditation is a playful and fun activity that parents and educators can do with their children to introduce them to meditation. It is designed...
Drawn from Thich Nhat Hanh’s Dharma talks given to young people, A Pebble for Your Pocket presents the basic teachings of the Buddha in accessible and modern language. Combining the stories and mediation practices from the previous edition of A Pebble for your Pocket with those collected in Under the Rose Apple Tree plus several...
Together, Awakening Joy and Awakening Joy for Kids offer a hands-on guide for grown-ups to nourish themselves and raise mindful, happy children. The principles of these teachings and exercises are universal, although much of the material includes Buddhist philosophy drawn from the Baraz’s thirty years as a meditation teacher and spiritual counselor. They share a simple yet powerful message...
Awakening Joy for Kids offers a hands-on guide for grown-ups to nourish themselves and raise mindful, happy children. Puppy Mind is a lighthearted story about our wandering minds that teaches the basics of mindfulness. Together, these books illustrate how parents, teachers, and kids learn the pause that can make all the difference in a day, and in a...
Six books to introduce children to mindfulness: ANH’S ANGER is a wonderful and engaging story that gives children and caregivers a concrete practice for dealing with anger and other difficult emotions. BABY PRESENT combines the inherent love babies have for one another with a tongue-in-cheek take on mindfulness for their parents and caretakers. CHARLOTTE AND THE QUIET PLACE,...
As soon as you open the cover of Clouds in a Teacup, you step into a contemplative journey of your own creation. Oakland, California artist and activist Brett Cook invites you to shed your stress and worries to consider the wisdom of Thich Nhat Hanh during the relaxing process of coloring. His evocative black and...
This guide for adults working with adolescent girls will help them explore and develop their emotional, social, and spiritual selves. Young people are hungry and capable of engaging in meaningful explorations of themselves and the world around them. Adolescent girls especially have a deep desire and capacity to know themselves and explore their own spirituality....
Over the years, Thich Nhat Hanh and his monastic community in Plum Village, have developed more and more ways to integrate mindfulness practices into every aspect of their daily life. A few years back Thich Nhat Hanh began to develop gentle exercises based on Yoga and Tai Chi movements. Initially designed as mindful stretching breaks...
Planting Seeds: Practicing Mindfulness with Children is the fruit of decades of development and innovation in the Plum Village community’s collective practice with children. Based on Thich Nhat Hanh’s thirty years of teaching mindfulness and compassion to parents, teachers, and children, the book and enclosed CD cover a wide range of contemplative and fun activities...
In this second book in our Mindful Journey Coloring Book series, Thich Nhat Hanh’s wisdom is paired with black-and-white renderings of magical places and simple interiors created by multi- faceted Berkeley, California artist Jason DeAntonis, the bestselling illustrator of the Mindfulness Essentials series. Each image offers a contemplative setting that you can make your own;...
