Lauren Brukner - Stay Cool and In Control with the Keep-Calm Guru: Wise Ways for Children to Regulate their Emotions and Senses

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STAY COOL AND
IN CONTROL WITH THE

KEEP-CALM GURU

Wise Ways for Children to Regulate
their Emotions and Senses

LAUREN BRUKNER

ILLUSTRATED BY APSLEY

Jessica Kingsley Publishers
London and Philadelphia

First published in 2017

by Jessica Kingsley Publishers

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London N1 9BE, UK

and

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Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA

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Copyright Lauren Brukner 2017

Illustrations copyright Apsley 2017

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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Names: Brukner, Lauren. | Apsley, illustrator.

Title: Stay cool and in control with the keep-calm guru : wise ways for

children to regulate their emotions and senses / Lauren Brukner ;

illustrated by Apsley.

Description: Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2016. | Audience:

Age: 7-14.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016015826 | ISBN 9781785927140 (alk. paper)

Subjects: LCSH: Emotions in children--Juvenile literature. | Yoga--Juvenile

literature. | Child psychology--Juvenile literature.

Classification: LCC BF723.E6 B785 2016 | DDC 155.4/124--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016015826

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

ISBN 978 1 78592 714 0

eISBN 978 1 78450 300 0

This book is dedicated to all children.

I truly believe that each and every one of you has a beautiful, unique, and special spark of inner peace, beauty, warmth, light, and strength that glows within your heart.

Sometimes, when it feels the most dark, it is then that you have the chance to prove to yourselves just how brightly that light can shine; and you realize, in those moments, how much your light can not only illuminate your life, but your own piece of the world.

Contents

PART 1

FOR KIDS

CHAPTER 1

Meet the Keep-Calm Guru

Namaste. My name is Aurora. My parents have frequently told the storyon warm summer nights, roasting marshmallows over an open fire, on cold winter mornings, with visiting friends as we hike through the woods around our cottage, the crunch of snow under our bootsthat on the day that I was born, the moment that I opened my eyes, it was as if the sun shone through them into their hearts.

That is why they named me Aurorafor light. I believe that there is a light, an ability to achieve peace and serenity that shines through every heart that I connect with. I have spent so much of my life helping others find that light for themselves, most especially when they feel that there is only darkness.

Wont you come on this journey with me? Lets expand on your light, let it shine through your eyes, through your heart, so that even when you have a moment, a day, a week, or more that feels difficult, you can call on that light to warm you, and guide you through that hard time.

For the purpose of this book, and during my work as your mentor during our journey, you may call me by my teacher name, as you are to be my student, yes? I am known as Keep-Calm Guru , or, if you would prefer, Guru Aurora .

I am so pleased to begin our journey together

CHAPTER 2

What Is Your Light?

Before we go any further on this wonderful journey of discovering the secrets to serenity, self-control, and peace, it is important for us to truly understand the meaning of what we call light .

The idea of light is not a scientific term, like so much that we describe in this book. It does not involve the physical senses, and cannot be measured or quantified. That does not make it any less real, at least to me.

I believe that every person on this earth is born with a spark, a beautiful light that shines within their heart, that allows them to feel in control of the overwhelmingly difficult feelings they may experience throughout their lives, both in their minds and in their hearts.

Someones light is not always easy to findespecially when they are going through extremely tough times that occur so often in life. Sadly, a persons light can therefore remain buried and hidden.

Close your eyes for a moment. Place your hand over your heart. Feel it pulsating under your hand. Do you feel its familiar beat?