Sitting Still Like a Frog Audio
Read by Myla Kabat-Zinn
The audio exercises included with Sitting Still Like a Frog are based on mindfulness-training exercises for adults and developed especially for children and their parents. They form the core of learning to be more mindful at different times throughout the day. You can do the exercises together with your child or children. Some kids like to do the exercises on their own, and many parents love doing the exercises themselves. You can do them sitting on the floor, on a couch or chair, or lying in bed.
To play the audio exercises in your web browser, click the links below. You can also go to SoundCloud directly and download all the tracks to your device or computer.
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Exercise 1: Sitting Still Like a Frog
Basic meditation for kids age 7–12.
Basic meditation for kids age 5–12 or anyone who wants a simpler, shorter version of exercise 1.
Exercise 3: Attention to the Breath
Directing and shifting your attention.
For kids age 7–12 and older.
Exercise 4: The Spaghetti Test
Relaxation for kids age 5–12 and older.
How not to react automatically.
For kids age 7–12 and older.
Exercise 6: First Aid for Unpleasant Feelings
For kids age 7–12 and older.
Visualization for kids of all ages.
Exercise 8: The Conveyor Belt of Worries
When those thoughts won’t stop churning.
For kids age 7–12 and older.
When things are looking down.
For kids age 5–12.
Exercise 10: The Secret of the Heart Chamber
Practicing kindness.
For kids age 7–12.
For kids of all ages.
$17.95 - Paperback
Sitting Still Like a Frog Activity Book
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Sitting Still Like a Frog: Teaching Mindfulness to Kids
Sitting Still Like a Frog Activity Book Audio
Read by Della Omafray
The audio downloads that accompany Sitting Still Like a Frog Activity Book include yoga exercises, a game that teaches your child how to just listen, and a meditation on the bird of happiness.
To play the audio exercises in your web browser, click the links below. You can also go to SoundCloud directly and download all the tracks to your device or computer.
Visit this link to access the full track list.
This exercise strengthens your heart and helps create balance in your body.
Moving like a butterfly strengthens your back and makes your hips supple.
This exercise opens your heart and strengthens your belly muscles.
Patting your body with your hands will make you feel refreshed.
Now you are going to hear all kinds of sounds. Can you try to listen to them as though you were hearing them for the first time, without “judging” them and without necessarily trying to recognize them?
Track 6: The Bird of Happiness
To end the book, you can listen to this final meditation, and then draw what you saw while flying with the bird of happiness.
These audio files accompany the book Sitting Still Like a Frog Activity Book, copyright © 2019 by Shambhala Publications, Inc., translated from Calme et attentif comme une grenouille, Ton guide de sérénité. © Éditions des Arènes, Paris, 2017; © Audio script: Eline Snel.
Learn how to introduce mindfulness to kids with our online course
Sitting Still Like a Frog:
Teaching Mindfulness to Kids
Taught by Eline Snel, this course will enable you to help kids cultivate presence of mind and body at home and in the classroom and develop more compassion for themselves and for others.
Art © Marc Boutavant
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