Weather Any Storm

​A playful rhyming meditation story to help kids ages 4-8 be the captain of their own ship and navigate emotional highs and lows. A playful rhyming meditation story to help kids ages 4-8 becaptainsof their own shipsand navigateemotional highs and lows. Learn to breathe through storms of emotions in this nautical meditation adventure. Whether you're grouchy or grumpy, gloomy or grey, the Wildering Billies cannot get their way. They yell and they shout and they cry and they weep but your breath holds you steady way down in the deep. Whensailing through the open seas of life, the waters are not always calm.From out of nowhere waves of stress, worry, andanxiety-here personifiedas wild and furry creatures called theWildering Billies-can rock our boat. Step by step, this story shows ushow to calm the dreaded and colorfulBillies,showing that their ruckus is no match for the stillness and quiet we can cultivate through meditation. By imagining ourselves as ships floating in the sea of our minds and anchored by our breath, wecan learn to ridethrough the storms of life to smoother waters. Inspiredbyher decades of Zen practice andworkwithchildren, Zuisei hascreated this delightful introduction to the world ofmeditation. Thebook ends with a helpful recapof thesteps Stop,Imagine,Breathe, andAnchor, so kids canremember how to tame the Billieswhenever emotions are overwhelming,sending them on their way.