Butterflies Be Gone!

Adele Vincent, Loraine Rushton

Description

When Jesse wakes up with butterflies in his tummy, he feels anxious about his day. But as he begins to move his body in special yoga poses, he is able to work through different emotions. Soon his body feels better and his imagination takes off!

Join Jesse on a magical underwater journey and learn how to work through your feelings with yoga today.

Sujets

• Juvenilee Fiction
• Play
• Imagination

Informations

• Publié par: Little Steps Publishing
• Date de parution: 01 février 2023
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9781922833556
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 8 Mo

Extrait

Butterflies
Be
Gone!
Yoga Therapy for Fear and Anxiety
Loraine Rushton & Adele Vincent Illustrated by Andrew McIntosh
To all the children and parents with kids
--> suffering from anxiety, with the hope that
--> this book will make a difference.
To Zoe, Banjo, Arthur, Jasper & Sylvia.
About yoga therapy
Each page of this book has a yoga therapy movement incorporated into the story. The book can be
--> used in various ways—simply read it as a story book, use the yoga sequence at the end, read and do the poses as you go, or let the child decide which pages to read and which poses to do, even if
--> it’s completely random. Yoga with children is most successful if they’re interested and they get to
--> choose the poses once they’re familiar with them. Children can safely do any pose in any order—
--> they naturally limit uncomfortable moves.
Yoga therapy works by balancing the meridians, as in acupuncture. It was developed in Japan
--> based on the 5-element theory of traditional Chinese medicine, the Japanese healing art of
--> shiatsu, and traditional Indian hatha yoga.Yoga therapy is a highly targetted and effective therapy
--> for correcting disorders of the body and mind. In this book, the yoga specifically acts to inhibit
--> the freeze-fight-flight response—which is overactive in fear, anxiety and stress—and to restore
--> balance in the autonomic nervous system. Restoring balance between the sympathetic nervous
--> system (freeze/fight/flight) and the parasympathetic nervous system (rest and digest) enables a
--> deep state of calmness and relaxation. Relaxation is difficult for children and adults with fear,
--> anxiety and stress, yet it is a vital for the body to be able to repair itself, for the mind to be calm
--> and still, and for good-quality sleep.
Meditation is an aspect of yoga that is equally important for overcoming fear, anxiety and stress.
--> The character in this book spontaneously achieves a deep state of meditation towards the end
--> of the book. Meditation for young children is most successful if it’s just a few minutes long, is
--> regularly incorporated into their day and captures their imagination. The last few pages of this
--> story is very effective as a bedtime routine to help your child relax and connect with their inner
--> calmness just before they sleep. Ask your child to lie down in bed, do some starfish breathing if
--> they like it, and in ‘eyes-closed pose’ (savasana), read the last part of the story substituting their
--> name into the text. When you get to ‘because...’, ask them to finish the sentence. The answer
--> might be surprising and might be different every day.
LIABILITY DISCLAIMER
The authors take no responsibility for any injury or illness resulting or appearing to result from doing
--> the yoga in this book. Approval from your doctor must be obtained prior to attempting the yoga in this
--> book if you are a child or adult with a pre-existing medical condition of any kind, including anxiety and,
--> for mothers, pregnancy. The reader must understand and follow the instructions under ‘Tips’ in the yoga
--> therapy section at the end of the book. Adults—please listen to your body and don’t push any poses to the
--> point of pain.
One day, Jesse woke up with butterflies in his tummy.
--> He didn’t want to go to school.
--> There were too many people and it was too noisy.
--> Jesse squeezed his tummy tight.
--> He streeeeeeeetched and squeeeeeezed.
--> Out popped some butterflies!
He
streeetched
and
breeeathed
and
squeeeeezed
and
streeeetched.
Until there were butterflies all around and his tummy
--> felt a lot better.