The Tail of Max the Mindless Dog: A Children's Book on Mindfulness
For Trefus my soulmate Jessica and Melissa my pride and joy and Michael R Brumage my mentor and friend Thank you F D L In our lives we oftentimes have people who come to us when we need them the most when we are chasing our tails These are the ones who help guide and shape us into who we really are I want to dedicate this book to all of them friends and family alike Thank you M W
Forward How much of our lives do we end up chasing our tails Like Max we are caught up in habits that hurt us without even remembering why we started in the first place Days weeks months and even many years go by without the awareness of our habits Perhaps we can teach our children something better by becoming aware of their breath and aware of their behaviors just like Ross teaches Max in Florenza Denise Lee’s wonderful story The Tail of Max the Mindless Dog Denise has created a mindful story to teach our children about how we can break habitual non productive behaviors by riding the wave of the breath And just maybe the adults or older children who read this book aloud to the younger children will learn something too Thank you Denise for following your vision Michael R Brumage MD MPH Camp Zama Japan January 2015
Meet Max As a puppy Max’s tail would oftentimes get hurt No matter how hard he would try something would happen to cause him pain
As he slept it would hurt While he was eating it would hurt
