Table of Contents
Introduction 1
The Frog's Story: The Little Girl Who Had Birds in Her Head 4
1 How to Train Your Attention Muscle 6
Breathing 8
Drawing Your Breath 10
The Frog's Story: The Lions Fear 12
Super Attentive! 14
Observing 16
Concentrating 18
Building Your Memory Muscle 20
Coloring a Mandala 23
2 Your Body Is Your Best Friend 24
Moving Your Body 26
Learning to Stop 28
A Musical Pause 30
The Heart Room 33
The Frog's Story: The Courageous Little Boy 34
3 The Adventure of the Five Senses 36
Looking…and Touching 38
Tasting with Attention 40
Something's Shaking 41
Smelling Smells 42
Hooray for Massages! 44
Just Listening 46
The Sound Library 48
4 There's a Whole World inside 50
Your Inner Weather Report 52
How Do You Put Out the Fire of Anger? 54
The Frog's Story: The Story of the Dandelions 56
I Love Dandelions! 58
The Magical World of Thoughts 60
How to Be the Boss of Your Thoughts 62
5 Be the Artist of Your Life 64
Imagining 66
The Frog's Story: They Called Him Good-for-Nothing 68
You Are the Artist! 70
The Story of the Cuddly Bear Who… 72
What Do You Really Care About? 74
A Surprise Creation 77
6 It's Nice to Be Kind 78
All Hearts Are the Same Color 80
It's Good to Love and Be Loved 82
Happiness Has a Thousand Colors 89
Being Happy 90
Hooray! You Understand the Secret of Attention 92
Stickers
Posters
The Big Family Frog Game