Parenting toddlers can be challenging but mindfulness can help! The popular author of Sitting Still Like a Frog offers advice and tools for parents of kids ages 18 months-4 years to respond skillfully and with mindful intention, especially in difficult moments.

In The Little Frog Awakes, Eline Snel offers parents of young children advice and tools for responding mindfully and effectively in the moment. These skills help us regain trust in ourselves and in the integral wholeness of our kids. And when we make mindfulness practice a part of daily life, it gives our children a powerful message on how to recognize, name, and deal with emotions and situations.

This practical guide will help you to:

• connect with and respond mindfully to your own feelings as they arise
• cultivate compassion for yourself as a parent or caregiver through meditations and breathing practices
• encourage serenity, self-confidence, and emotional regulation in your children, through stories and activities
• strengthen your bond with your kids and help all of you manage stress
• be more fully present with your children, and more able to give them your undivided attention
• embrace imperfection and focus on the things that really matter
• and more

The book and the accompanying audio include activities, practices, and stories for both you and for your toddler that cultivate mindful moments and action, and self-compassion.

The Little Frog Awakes: Mindfulness Exercises for Toddlers (and Their Parents), Eline Snel, Shambhala Publications, Paperback, 144 pages, $17.95

Eline Snel is a therapist and certified MBSR trainer and runs the Academy for Mindful Teaching in the Netherlands. She has been developing and teaching mindfulness-based courses for over twenty years and trains teachers to teach MBSR techniques to students.

Marc Boutvant (illustrator) is an author and illustrator based in Paris, France. He has illustrated over forty works for young people.

CONTENTS: The Little Frog Awakes
Preface: Why This Book?		vii
Introduction: A Few Words on Raising Young Children		1
1	I Will Not Be That Kind of Parent	5
2	Let's Start at the Very Beginning	15
3	What Really Counts	27
4	Entering Our Inner Worlds	39
5	Your Body, Your Friend	45
6	The Present Moment: A Forgotten Need	59
7	The Emotions We Feel	79
8	Parenting Isn't for the Faint of Heart	99
9	When Your Body Wants to Sleep but Not Your Head	111
10	The Garden of Souls	123
Acknowledgments		128
Resources: Inspiring Books for Parents		130
Audio Downloads		131
Notes		131
About the Author		132