Blissbeary Bear, Welcome to Fairy Tales Of The Heart!!

Introduction

The stories in this series are for mommies, daddies, grandparents, teachers, and anyone who really cares about children. They provide you with information and tools to empower your children and the children you care for right from the start.

The stresses and demands of modern living have literally taken our breath away. Most of us have become shallow breathers. While our brain and other organs, muscles and other tissues, get enough oxygen to survive, they definitely do not get enough oxygen to thrive.

Deep breathers, on the other hand, get enough oxygen to:
· fully develop their bodies and keep them very, very healthy;
· think clearly and make good decisions;
· fuel their muscles so they can exercise, play, and compete at peak levels;
· cool raging emotions;
· continually fan their fire of enthusiasm;
· sleep well; and
· achieve their maximum potential in all areas of life.

As newborn babies we were all deep breathers. Sometime, somewhere, somehow, however, a terrible thief silently crept into our lives and stole this natural ability. Who or what this thief was that stole this precious gift we were given at birth is no longer important. Reclaiming our own natural ability to breathe deeply and fully is important!

Keeping this terrible thief out of our children's lives right from the start is even more important! Teaching our children and relearning ourselves how to breathe correctly, consciously, and regularly-just like we eat and drink-is vital to fully nourishing body, mind, and spirit.

The stories in this series contain exercises that teach young children, or even the not so young, to breathe effectively.
They use a novel, yet time-tested, approach to encourage children to enhance their abdominal breathing by improving their instinctive ability to "blow".

How many times have you been told to or tried to "take a deep breath in"? What happens?

The ensuing attempt to "take a deep breath in" is usually accompanied by a lifting of the shoulders or a puffing out of the chest as we try to suck the maximum amount of air in to our nose or mouth.

In reality, this lifting and using our shoulders to pump and draw air into our lungs does not result in a deep breath. It results in a clavicle or "shallow" breath. When we lift our shoulders to inhale, our auto reflex pulls our stomach inward (contracting it). When our stomach pulls in, our diaphragm muscle pushes upward, causing our body to fight against the flow of air trying to come into our abdomen-actually preventing us from taking a deep, life-enhancing, oxygen-rich abdominal breath.

By reading these stories and practicing the exercises over and over again with your children, you'll observe the truly valuable end results of your child gaining the ability to take deep abdominal breaths effortlessly-enhanced mental and physical capabilities sustained by a rich flow of oxygen, chi energy, controlled coordination, and centering. You will empower your child with abilities that will last them a lifetime! Abilities they will pass on to their children!

With over 30 years of experience as a certified public accountant, entrepreneur, developer and presenter of educational programs for children and adults, author of a children's book series, and master teacher of various forms of yoga, t'ai chi, qigong, and meditation, I know that a regular use of the material presented in these TALES will yield a treasure chest of riches!