More than twenty years ago, Jon Kabat-Zinn showed us the value of cultivating greater awareness in everyday life with his now-classic introduction to mindfulness, Wherever You Go, There You Are. Now, in The Healing Power of Mindfulness, he shares a cornucopia of specific examples as to how the cultivation of mindfulness can reshape your relationship with your own body and mind--explaining what we're learning about neuroplasticity and the brain, how...

Introduces young readers to the sense of smell, where it comes from and how it helps us function in everyday life.

Introduces young readers to the sense of sight and how it helps us function in everyday life.

Introduces young readers to the sense of touch and how it helps us in our daily lives.

Discusses how various parts of the body are used to feel things, how touch helps people who can't see, and how animals use the sense of touch to survive.

Photos and simple text describe the tastes of different types of food.

Discusses how the nose can detect different smells and can warn of danger, and how animals use their sense of smell to survive.

Teaches children about the human eye and how it works and then compares how humans see the world with how animals and insects see it.