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A Walk In The Wood
A Walk In The Wood: Meditations on Mindfulness with a Bear Named Pooh | Nancy Parent, Joseph Parent
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Part inspiration, part information narrative for our story is based on walking meditation, also known as mindful walking; an active practice that requires you to be consciously aware and moving in the environment rather than sitting with your eyes closed. Just as The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, Marie Kondo's mega-selling book (over 4 million copies sold worldwide) provides readers with a life/spiritual philosophy embedded in the how-to of minimalism (with practical tips for de-cluttering of one's home), A Walk in the Wood provides a narrative grounded in the simple act of slowing down, observing what is around us, and being present. Appealing to adults who are actively searching ways to join the JOMO movement (Joy of Missing Out and being content just "being"), A Walk in the Wood also makes for a perfect gift for stressed-out family members and friends.
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Bookish_Gal
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Life is like a dream,
And also like a stream.
Off in thoughts or in a hurry,
Cloudy mind, so full of worry.
Waking now and simply here,
Peaceful mind is calm and clear

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Bookish_Gal
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Pickpick

This was so sweet and calming to read. Each short chapter is comprised of part of Pooh‘s day Aimlessy Walking with a short poem of mindfulness through it that ends with a set of mindfulness tips to use. The book is a story of how to live mindfully, in the simplest of ways by letting your senses guide you.
I really like how Pooh visited, and helped, his Woods friends be mindful. Especially Tigger here, controlling his bouncing instead of it on him

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Bookish_Gal
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Next, he record his “Morning Rhyme”
“Just two things to do, to truly be Pooh.”
The first thing was to be in the here and now as much as he possibly could without a whole lot of thinking about it. (This was easy for a bear of very little brain)
The second thing was to be as kind as he possibly could toward everyone, including himself. (This was easy for a bear of very big heart
— I love Pooh. Have all through my childhood