The Power of Relaxation:
Using Tai Chi and Visualization to Reduce Children's Stress
 Reviews (0) Author: Patrice Thomas
Product Code: 312301
ISBN: 978-192961037-2
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Help children relax their minds and bodies and refuel their souls. Through a combination of gentle exercises based on tai chi, yoga, progressive relaxation, and visualization techniques, The Power of Relaxation gives you inventive ways to help young children "de-stress.''
Five chapters lead you through specific methods of stress management—from twenty gentle movement exercises that promote strength, flexibility, suppleness and coordination, to relaxation techniques that help children calm themselves and try problem solving from a new perspective. Straightforward instructions and step-by-step drawings make this book user-friendly to teachers at all levels. Softbound, 144 pgs.
"I am a strong believer and advocate for the importance of teaching self-quieting skills to children and teenagers. Ms. Thomas has done a fabulous job in creating an easy-to-use but in-depth guide for teachers and parents. [The Power of Relaxation] is an invaluable resource that is much needed in this busy and distracting culture."
—Tim Jordan MD, Behavioral Pediatrician, international speaker, and author, Food Fights and Bedtime Battles
"Patrice Thomas has so directly summarized the changes in childhood, family life and culture which demand a new approach—a preventive approach—her timing is perfect! For years we have discussed the need to tell children what to do in addition to telling them what is not acceptable. Her premise that we teach children proactive ways to manage stress from an early age...rather than dealing with the explosive frustration in the classroom—which is a result of this 'global' stress, rage, frustration—is brilliant. It should be on every teacher’s desk and in every teacher preparation programs plans."
—Carol Garhart Mooney, author of Theories of Childhood
"Our children are desperately in need of relief from the stresses of our crazy society. Patrice Thomas provides some effective, easy-to-use tools teachers can use with the kids they serve.”
—Andrew Oser, Director, Joy of Sports Foundation, and author of Star Power for Preschoolers
"Patrice Thomas has been a pioneer in the promotion of the importance of relaxation as a key life competence for young children. Building on the burgeoning literature on the long-term benefits of relaxation in countering the negative effects of stress, [she] provides an important volume that will enable educators and parents to provide children with the skills to use relaxation as a means of enhancing their physical development, health, and well-being."
—Professor Alan Hayes, dean and head of division, Australian Centre for Educational Studies, Macquarie University
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