Our miraculous and complex brain
Extract from D. J. Siegel’s book Mindsight (2010, Bantam Books, p. 40-43)
‘By harnessing the power of awareness to strategically stimulate the brain’s firing, mindsight enables us to voluntarily change a firing pattern that was laid down involuntarily’ (Dan J. Siegel)
‘Practising mindfulness creates new neural pathways and is like a constant process of waking up……..‘ Dan Siegel
Anthony Brown is one of my favourite children’s books illustrators. The following extract is from his book The Tunnel (Walker Books)
“She threw her arms around the cold hard form, and wept. Very slowly, the figure began to change colour, becoming softer and warmer. Then little by little, it began to move. Her brother was there. ‘Rose! I knew you’d come’ he said. They ran back through the forest, through the wood, into the tunnel, and out again. Together.”