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Here’s a photo from my event last year at The Wigtown Book Festival.

I’m very lucky to have been asked back again this year and I can’t wait.

It’s one thing sitting at the computer writing my stories and relaxations but it’s something very different and magical taking them out into the world.

And particularly pleasing to see the difference they are having to the lives of children and their parents.

Last year my event was for 4-7 year olds and we had lots of fun.

This year it’s for ages 8 + and I’ve noticed that some of the Magical Meditators from last year who were 7 are coming back this year because they will be 8. Isn’t that lovely!

So what did we do last time?  Well, we lay on beanbags and practiced how to relax and go all floppy and then we imagined that we were floating on a cloud up high in the blue, blue sky.  Then we slid down an enormous rainbow and that was just the beginning….

Our magical adventures then took us into space to float about with the stars; under the sea to swim with mermaids and on a magic carpet ride – we talked about how it made us feel and took that lovely feeling away with us.

This year, we are meeting Angry Abigail and finding out how The Magic Garden can help her calm down and feel good about herself.  We may also be visiting a very Magical Castle and finding out how we can build our confidence.

At the end of my event – I’ll be having a signing and I’ve got a very special gift for anyone who buys one of my Magical Meditation cds.  I’m very excited again this year and can’t wait to meet all my Magical Meditators ~ they are very special people.

If you’d like to join us at the event – you can book your tickets here

Heather Bestel created Magical Meditations 4 Kids to help parents solve some of their biggest problems:  Building their child’s self esteem, helping them let go of worries and get a peaceful night’s sleep – in short: Be Happy & Confident.  If you’d like to receive invaluable tips and advice on how to do this for your child, then fill in your details in the box above and receive a free mp3 to help your child sleep peacefully – tonight!

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It’s Friday – which means 2 things in our house:

‘Friday Family Assembly’ and

‘Friday Film Night’

Each Friday afternoon when Zoe comes home from school, we all sit around the kitchen table enjoying afternoon tea and our little ritual of ‘family assembly’.  We each take it in turn to stand and the other two congratulate us on our wonderful achievements that week.

Those achievements may include:  doing something that takes us outside of our comfort zone; overcoming a problem; achieving a goal; being kind to someone else; not giving up when something got difficult.

No matter what’s happened during the week, we can always find something wonderful to give positive feedback about.  I’ve even taken to writing a list of things when they occur to me.  Often when we get to the end of the week, we can forget things that have happened at the beginning.

Family assembly always ends with the giving out of prizes.  Just something small like a chocolate bar.  At the end of the month Zoe sometimes get a DVD or a magazine.

Today I was taken by surprise when I was presented with my prize.

I have been getting more and more into gardening in my down-shifting quest and this spring I am determined to grow something we can eat on a regular basis.  Last year the potatoes were good but everything else got eaten by snails and the mice.

In school Zoe had been working on a little secret project and had finally finished it in time to present it to me at Friday Family Assembly.  My very own gardening trowel.  It’s so sweet and I could bearly see it through the mist of tears.

She will certainly be choosing which film we watch tonight – as Friday is also Family Film Night.

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend with your family and treasure moments like this.  Why not start your own little regular traditions?  Let me know how you get on.

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Bedtime can be a Nightmare at Christmas

December 6, 2010

During the run up to Christmas, bedtime can become a NIGHTMARE when you have small children. All the excitement can just get TOO much.  From the moment they wake up each morning they are bombarded with reminders that the BIG DAY is coming. It’s blasting out at them from the TV screen.  It’s all they [...]

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New promotional video

October 14, 2010

Ta Da…  I’m very excited to unveil our new promotional video on YouTube. Share the Magic with others! Hide Sites

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It’s Official! I’m The Magical Lady

September 23, 2010

Last Monday I spent a wonderful evening with the Wigtown Rainbows at their Pyjama Party.  They had each brought their pillow, blanket and a favourite teddy to help them feel cosy.  First we lay down and made ourselves comfortable.  Next we learnt how to relax and float on fluffy clouds, high into the blue, blue [...]

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It’s not just the press who love us!

September 3, 2010

It doesn’t matter how long and hard you work on something.  It doesn’t matter how much effort and love you put into something.  It doesn’t matter how wonderful you think a thing is. Until someone else does. I have loved the journey of writing, recording and producing my Magical Meditations.  But that doesn’t matter unless [...]

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The Galloway Gazette is Great!

September 3, 2010

Yesterday we got a lovely write up in a local paper The Free Press and today we had another lovely surprise to find the same story in another local paper The Galloway Gazette. We spent the morning putting up posters for our upcoming launch.  It was a lovely sunny day and everyone seemed pleased to [...]

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The Free Press is Fab

September 2, 2010

The first of (hopefully) many articles appeared today in one of the local papers in Stranraer.  We are gearing up for our local launch this month in Box of Frogs children’s bookshop and Wigtown Book Festival, and our bigger launch in October. Posters are going up around town tomorrow and flyers are being sent to [...]

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The Marketing Machine Gets Rolling

August 28, 2010

The exciting journey of producing the cds is now over and the exciting journey of promoting them is beginning.  Here is the article in the local papers this week. Local therapist and storyteller, Heather Bestel, is celebrating this month as her range of children’s relaxation CDs are launched.  Heather (46) from Wigtown can’t believe it’s [...]

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Help your child have a peaceful sleep with their very own FREE mp3

August 13, 2010

I’m so excited because we’ve just added a free gift for everyone who signs up to the Magical Meditations list. I’m giving away a track from the recently released Magical Meditations CD Series – it’s called ‘My Angel’ and is great for helping the little ones get off to sleep. It’s so easy to grab [...]

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