This book serves as a guide for parents, teachers, therapists and practitioners in facilitating the process of teaching children to let go. This book is specifically designed to condition children in letting go of negative emotions and bottled-up feelings. Children will gain new perspective and insight on being mindful and aware of emotions. The main purpose is to create an understanding that there is no benefit in keeping emotions bottled-up or handling them inappropriately. Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) is one of many methods to successfully handle extreme emotions, limiting beliefs, addictions, learning barriers etc. The Lion's heart method is an adaptation of EFT and was specifically designed to be age appropriate and fun for young children. Activities are incorporated to facilitate the learning process and activate both brain hemispheres, stimulate Kinesthesis functioning as well as incorporating Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP). The Lion's heart method is not a quick fix and doesn't promise world peace, but it does promote self-, body and emotional awareness. The process which unfolds in this book hold many benefits which include but are not limited to: -Assist in teaching an essential life-skill. -Builds a foundation for emotional intelligence and -Being able to let go and GROW !
About the Author: Tanya De Villiers was born in a small town close to the Vaal and Klip river, called Meyerton. She complete her Bachelor's degree in Human Movement Sciences and was selected to complete her Honors degree in Kinder-kinetics. In 2004 she was awarded her Master's degree in Kinder-kinetics and has published two articles in a medical journal on water activities and children with disabilities. After working in the UK as a Lecturer and therapist at different Institutions for three years, she returned back to South Africa with her husband. From 2007 to 2011 she managed to build a practice that served literally hundreds of children a month, educating them on a healthy lifestyle and optimal development through movement. In 2011 she completed a NBI course of Dr Kobus Neetling and the need for children to be optimally integrated became to her apparent. She completed the EFT level 1 and 2 course as well as the Matrix Re-imprinting standard and Advanced course. She is a great believer that children need positive reinforcement especially in their forming years from 0 up to 7. To her it has become apparent that we are not there just to educate children on right and wrong but open ourselves to be taught BY the children's deeper understanding of love and emotions. They are "love" and they must be loved, because only with unconditional love they and us will be formed into our true potential. Tanya is the founder of www.eftelite.com and co-founder of Emotive Solutions Inc. She is currently busy with her Honor's degree in Clinical Psychology at the North West University in the Vaal Triangle.