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Visiting Feelings Hardcover – Illustrated, September 16, 2013

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Visiting Feelings invites children to sense, explore, and befriend any feeling with acceptance and equanimity. Includes a Note to Parents.

Do you have a feeling that's visiting today? 
Can you open your door and invite it to play?

Visiting Feelings harnesses a young child’s innate capacity to fully experience the present moment. Rather than labeling or defining specific emotions and feelings, Visiting Feelings invites children to sense, explore, and befriend any feeling with acceptance and equanimity. Children can explore their emotions with their senses and gain an understanding of how feelings can lodge in the body, as conveyed by common expressions like “a pit in the stomach” or “lump in the throat.”

Children can cultivate this emotional intelligence and nurture a sense of mindfulness. In essence, mindfulness is tuning into yourself and paying attention to the present moment without judging or analyzing what you are thinking or feeling. Practicing mindfulness can enhance many aspects of a person’s well-being, help develop insight and empathy, and enhance resiliency. Taking the time to practice mindfulness as a family is a remarkable gift for parents to give to their children, and will help children as they navigate the teen years and adulthood.

Includes a "Note to Parents” to provide more information about emotional awareness, and suggests ways to seamlessly incorporate mindfulness practices into your child and family's daily routines.

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    4 - 8 years
  2. Print length
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  3. Language
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  4. Grade level
    Preschool - 3
  5. Dimensions
    8.1 x 0.3 x 10 inches
  6. Publisher
    Magination Press
  7. Publication date
    September 16, 2013
  8. ISBN-10
    9781433813399
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Top Awards and Reviews for Visiting Feelings

  • Mom's Choice Awards Gold Medal Winner
  • Nautilus Awards Silver Medal Winner

“Through a poetic text, children are encouraged to identify and explore their emotions.” —School Library Journal

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K-Gr 3—Through a poetic text, children are encouraged to identify and explore their emotions. "Do you have a feeling/that's visiting today?/Can you open your door/and invite it to play?/Can you ask what it wants,/and then check it out?" Readers are asked to embrace their feelings, to treat them like friends. Feelings are described through the use of similes and metaphors: "Is it sharp like stepping/on stones with bare feet?/Or smooth like ice cream-your favorite treat?" They are also personified: "Is it warm or cold?/Sour or sweet?/Does it shiver with fear/when the two of you meet?" The full-page, digitally created illustrations feature hand-painted textures and overlays. They have a dreamy quality as the feelings swirl around the youngsters in soft pastel colors. The end pages offer additional information for parents. The high-quality, appealing art will hold the attention of younger children, but discussion will be necessary for understanding this lyrical flow of moods. Paired with Wendy Cooper's A Is Amazing: Poems About Feelings (Frances Lincoln, 2013), the book has a lot of potential for teaching students how to describe their reactions to different situations. —Sandra Welzenbach, Villarreal Elementary School, San Antonio, TX

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Gold Medal, 2013 Mom's Choice Awards

Silver Medal, 2014 Nautilus Awards

“Visiting Feelings presents an exquisite lesson in mindfulness and dealing with emotions by letting children know it’s OK to feel however they may and simply embrace the experience. The book stresses that feelings are neither bad nor good, they just are. Welcoming your feelings in, and actually making friends with them, is the best way to learn more about yourself and what your emotions are trying to teach you. The lesson is simple yet deep and playfully accessible for children and adults alike.”—AnxietyFreeChild.com

“This lyrically illustrated beauty of a book is the doorway into accepting feelings that arise and accepting oneself for experiencing those feelings. From the first page through the last, a light-hearted, rhyming poem encourages the young reader to welcome and listen to feelings, as though they are visitors, inquiring into shape, color image,location in the body, and the origin of the feeling. In the author’s note to parents, she includes activities adults and children can do together to increase meaning and connection between them, along with breathing and self-awareness exercises. Written by a psychologist and yoga teacher, this book belongs on the shelf of everyone who serves children—parents, grandparents, therapists, aunts, uncles and teachers."—LifeForce Yoga

“Through a poetic text, children are encouraged to identify and explore their emotions. Readers are asked to embrace their feelings, to treat them like friends…The full-page, digitally created illustrations feature hand-painted textures and overlays. They have a dreamy quality as the feelings swirl around the youngsters in soft pastel colors...The high-quality, appealing art will hold the attention of younger children…The book has a lot of potential for teaching students how to describe their reactions to different situations.”—School Library Journal

“A beautifully illustrated children’s book; a soft poem that is a lullaby to children in preschool or primary grades that takes a “mindfulness-based” approach to the many feelings that children will experience. Visiting Feelings is one of those books you can cuddle up and read with a child on the couch or before bedtime. It opens the door to an adult talking to a child about the many feelings that are inside of us, and that even the painful ones are not bad. Feelings are simply feelings, and if we are aware of them and can talk about them, we won’t be frightened of them.”—NEA Vice President Lily Ekelsen Garcia

"I wish every child could benefit from the wise and loving guidance offered in Visiting Feelings. This beautiful book offers our children (and their parents as well!) a mindfulness-based approach to navigating strong emotions that can directly strengthen resiliency, happiness and capacity to establish loving relationships with others."—Tara Brach, author of Radical Acceptance and True Refuge: Finding Peace & Freedom in Your Own Awakened Heart

"Visiting Feelings is not just for children, as we all need this gentle reminder to love ourselves, our feelings, and accept and embrace who we really are."—Elephant Journal

"This gorgeous book is a wonderful gift for the children in your life."—Little Flower Yoga


 

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 1433813394
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Magination Press; Illustrated edition (September 16, 2013)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 32 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781433813399
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1433813399
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 4 - 8 years
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ Preschool - 3
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.1 x 0.3 x 10 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 367 ratings

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The first lines of Visiting Feelings “visited” Dr. Rubenstein while she was in savasana at the end of a yoga class. She was inspired by Rumi’s “Guest House” poem, which suggests that being human is like a guest house; feelings come and go, and we should treat each one like a guest, inviting it in.

She was also inspired by having studied iRest / yoga nidra with Richard Miller, PhD. This beautiful guided meditation practice takes Rumi one step further, asking us to experience feelings with all of our senses, using the non-judgmental observation skills that are at the heart of mindfulness. So we invite a feeling in for a “play date,” in children’s terms.

As a culture, we tend to label the positive emotions as Good and the negative emotions as Bad. We can be almost phobic about “bad” or negative feelings – “I’m angry, that’s Bad” – although anger is no more or less a set of passing thoughts and sensations than joy. Some children (and adults) are more comfortable feeling angry, but have great difficulty acknowledging sadness. For some, sadness feels more acceptable than anger. In truth, they are all passing feelings, and they are all part of the human experience. Just like the old story about going on a bear hunt, we can’t go over them, can’t go under them – we have to go through our emotions.

Learning how to process feelings is a skill every child deserves. Many adults are still working on the ability to experience a feeling, engage with it, explore where it lives in the body – all while knowing it is there for a visit but will not take up permanent residence. Dr. Rubenstein hopes children learn to appreciate that strong feelings can occur and they are just part of their experience, not their whole experience. Just like when we tell our kids their behavior might have been “bad” but they are not bad, we can feel sadness but not be consumed by it. This can help us meet any situation or set of feelings with greater equanimity.

Dr. Rubenstein is donating book proceeds to the Go Give Yoga Foundation's work in Haiti, in the hopes that yoga and mindfulness will offer a respite from the chronic stress of extreme poverty. Her work teaching yoga in Haiti was featured in the Huffington Post at www.huffingtonpost.com/rob-schware/yoga-how-we-serve-haitian_b_1930905.html

Learn more about Go Give Yoga at: www.gogiveyoga.org and Like GGY on Facebook.

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Robin C
5.0 out of 5 stars a grandparent and a human being I heartily recommend this book -- like the great classics of children's ...
Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2017
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As an educator, a parent, a grandparent and a human being I heartily recommend this book -- like the great classics of children's literature, it comes in the guise of a book for kids, but its really a book for all of us who experience feelings and don't quite know what to do with them. Dr. Rubenstein's shows us the way to come to know and make friends with our feelings, rather than to judge or suppress them. If only we adults could have all learned that earlier in life, the world would have much more acceptance, compassion and love. The illustrations are beautiful, the wording poignant and true. I will be buying copies of this book to give away from now on, as well as keeping one treasured copy for myself.
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Susan
5.0 out of 5 stars Every Family Should Have A Copy of This Book !!!
Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2013
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This is a children's book for the ages! "Visiting Feelings" is magnificently illustrated and playfully written. It invites children to explore and welcome all of their feelings, without feeling threatened or judged. Lauren Rubenstein uses poetry, imagery and mesmerizing illustrations to help children "embrace" their feelings, rather than deny or resist them. It makes all feelings safe to have. My friend's child read it and remarked, "it just makes you feel good to read it. You kind of want to read it again and stare at the pictures."

Visiting Feelings is targeted to children, but it will resonate with everyone who reads it. I highly recommend it!
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catielady
5.0 out of 5 stars Great introduction to feelings
Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2020
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This is a great book to teach children the range of emotions and how they can come and go, individually or together. The end leaves you with a wonderful opportunity to discuss with kids how they feel. I bought this for my 2 year old who actually sits through and listens to the whole thing and I imagine it will be a tool to use for years to come!
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Janet Gallagher
5.0 out of 5 stars I loved the simplicity
Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2014
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After forty years of reading, studying, practicing, presenting workshops and even self-publishing my own personal encounter with Oneness--a result of mindfulness-I would have to say this children's book actually provides parents an opportunity to finally connect with their feelings under the guise of helping their children to be in touch and identify their own. This is a book you want to read to your child as often as possible so you can re-connect with your own inner child and make friends with the feelings you have been avoiding for a very long time. I loved the simplicity, the exactness, the beautiful illustrations, and of course the parental notes and suggestions at the end of the book. Give this to every child you know regardless of their age. Beautiful. Thank you.
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jacj
4.0 out of 5 stars Sweet poetic read..... More than that only through adult guidance
Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2013
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Visiting Feelings is very aesthetic and inviting. The illustrations are bright, gender and ethnic inclusive, which definitely will hold children's attention.
About the content: The story line itself does not contain much educational information about feelings or how to express them... It is rather to be used as a tool to elicit feelings. (In the back, there are tips for adults on how to use the book: These are very useful)
Being a hospital chaplain, focused on child bereavement, I bought the book hoping to find a tool to help children express difficult feelings. I read it with my 12-year son using the language of the book to ask him how he felt inside. I was glad to see him interacting (he is very introverted) even thought the book seemed below his age bracket. Yet, I doubt he would have gotten much out of the book on his own.. .If the book is going to be more than a poetic sweet read for children, the parent must be proactive, lead the conversation, ask inviting questions using the language of the book....
In summary: A potential tool for conversation... And useful for visiting feeling only if guided by a parent or an adult
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5.0 out of 5 stars Welcome your feelings.
Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2020
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I love this fun witty book about feelings. I purchased it for my 5 year old so that we could begin the conversation about feelings, and that its healthy to have them and feel them. Its ok to welcome all your feelings and get an understanding, as a child- the reason your feeling these emotions. This book helps both myself and 5 year old to figure out a strategy to understand what we feel and why.
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tajabah
5.0 out of 5 stars Best book I have found on tough feelings
Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2016
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This book avoids labeling feelings or defining them as good or bad. Instead it helps children look at their tough feelings and feel them out and describe how they feel and how they make them feel. It has easy flowing rhythm and beautiful pictures. It has inspired several conversations with my 4 and 6 year old about different kinds of feelings. I sometimes read it to them when they are having a tough time and, even if they don't want to talk about their current experience, it does seem to calm them down. It's enough knowing that it's ok to have whatever feeling you are having.
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hikenbike2017
5.0 out of 5 stars Calm way to explain mindfulness
Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2020
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As a school counselor, I like this book for my younger elementary students to start teaching them about mindfulness. The book is great at explaining that feelings come and go, and that we don't have to get stuck on them. I also love the illustrations, as do my students. Recommended for K-3
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Kelly MacDonald
5.0 out of 5 stars Helped our 3 year old talk about feelings
Reviewed in Canada on March 11, 2018
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A nice book that helps us talk to our 3 year old about her feelings. It has helped her learn to vocalize them more.
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Denise Gagne Williamson
5.0 out of 5 stars Sweet little picture book.
Reviewed in Canada on October 22, 2015
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Such beautiful illustrations! Through poetic, simple language this book describes emotions in ways that a child might experience them, but gently reminds them that they are more than their feelings.
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Solmaz
5.0 out of 5 stars Every child should have it!
Reviewed in Canada on August 10, 2018
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This what every child needs to read
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Reviewed in Canada on August 4, 2018
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Good to explained feelings to young children
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Cheryl Christianson
5.0 out of 5 stars Delightful
Reviewed in Canada on November 25, 2017
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How sensitive and soothing this poetic picture book is
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