Music and audio
Sit with Me Song
About This Resource
Summary Gillian Eames, the preschool teacher at the Middle Way School in New York, put music to Carolyn Kanjuro's book Sit With Me. The song teaches the seven points of meditation posture.
Contributor Middle Way Education
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Carolyn Kanjuro’s “Sit with Me” won the first Bala Kids/Khyentse Foundation Children’s Book Award and for good reason. The book, written in rhyme, is a delightful way to teach children the classic seven points of posture for meditation. It connects very well with MWE’s Taking Your Seat thematic unit, which is how we recommend starting out the school year or beginning a camp. Gillian Eames, the preschool teacher at the Middle Way School in New York put the text to music with great effect.
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About The Contributor
Middle Way Education
Middle Way Education is a global not for profit organization that creates pathways for traditional Buddhist wisdom and knowledge to enhance modern education for the benefit of this and future generations.