Table of Contents
Foreword Matthieu Ricard ix
Introduction xiii
Part 1 Introduction to Meditation 1
1 What Is Meditation? 3
2 Why Meditate? 8
3 Which Meditation Practice to Choose? 19
Part 2 Meditation for Your Child 31
4 Meditation Starting at Age Three 33
5 The Benefits of Meditation for Your Child 36
6 Introduction to the Yupsi Method 43
Part 3 The Yupsi Stories and Meditations 55
7 The Gift Stickers Test: Your Child's Initial Level of Compassion 57
8 Every Evening, Do What Yupsi Does 59
The Lotus (or Cross-Legged) Position 59
Three-Breath Meditation 60
Meditation on Appreciation 61
Dedication to All the Children in the World 61
9 The Yupsi Stories 62
The Blue Donkey Who Rode a Bike 62
The Butterfly Kite 65
Trouble in the Land of the Bees 68
The Snowshoe Hare Caught in a Frozen Waterfall 72
The Child from Ladakh 76
The Child with the Bandage 79
The Wild Kittens 83
The Via Ferrata of Joy 87
10 Meditations for Older Kids, Starting at Age Five 92
Meditation on the Breath: White Light and Black Smoke 93
Meditation on Appreciation 95
Dedication to All the Children in the World 96
Walking Meditation 96
11 The Gift Stickers Test: Your Child's Level of Compassion after Ten Weeks of the Program 99
Conclusion 101
Acknowledgments 103
Notes 105
