The Adventures of Super Stretch: Breath Returns To Make Body Whole

Join Super Stretch, David, and Leila at the tree fort on 247 Mindful Path Way, as they read an ancient Upanishad Story about the importance of breath and how it makes your body happy and whole! This is a short, but sweet, story for children, which can be used as an insightful teaching on why meditation, particularly breath focus and breathing meditation is benefical. It’s so simple yet, a great story can clearly demonstrate the importance of our breath and highlight how it can keep us healthy and happy!

Transcript

There was once a dispute between the eyes,

Ears,

Speech,

Mind,

And the breath as to who was the most important.

So to find out which one was the greatest,

They each decided to take a year off from working.

First the tongue went off,

Leaving the body without speech for a year.

The eyes were next,

Leaving the body blind for a year.

The ears were off next,

Leaving the body deaf for a year.

When the ears returned,

The mind left,

Leaving the body a simpleton for a year.

The breath's turn was next to leave the body.

And when it departed,

The tongue lost its power of speech.

The eyes lost their power to see.

The ears lost their ability to hear.

And the mind lost its intelligence.

Come back,

Come back,

They cried to the breath,

For you are the greatest among us.

And the breath returned,

And the body became whole again.

Reviews

I'll do this with the kids I nanny/ We're doing yoga & meditation.

Very wise story thank you

Great story! Perfect for a discussion on the importance of breath

Thanks I loved that. It was the best ever.

What a great learning. Thank you. 🙏

Adorable
Thank u

Very powerful message. Thank you. It does end abruptly not quite letting the last word come through. Otherwise very good. 🙏

Guess I’m a kid at heart ❤️ Thank you. I’ll pass this on to my grandkids :-)

Incredible! Thank you for such a sweet metaphor on importance of breath!

Sweet. Thank you!

Great story! ( but sound cuts out on last word or sentence ) The simplicity is beautiful. Thank you. ☮️💟🕉

Great little pearl!💗