Dedicated to both Wendy Palmer (Tiphani’s mother and founder of Leadership Embodiment) and Tiphani’s daughter, Rain, this book offers a gentle way to guide small children in handling their big emotions.
The story shared in this book is a real-life experience that provided Tiphani’s daughter a process to help her regulate her emotional limbic system. As you read the story, you can ask the child you are reading to if they want to try the magic dragon breath with you. What a gift you can give—a life-long skill to help manage and navigate the emotional rollercoaster that is being human.
Here is what we are doing with each of the magic dragon breath steps!
Step 1: Breath – A long exhale helps activate our calming nervous system, which tells the body we are not under threat, that we can relax, that we are OK.
Step 2: Moving from tight to expanded – When we are stressed, we tighten our muscles and close our posture. By expanding and opening, we change our body and our brain to a more receptive and creative state.
Step 3: Shift of focus – When we move our thoughts to a positive reference experience, we change our system’s orientation. We shift from stress to a more creative perspective.
Step 4: In service to others – Shifting our focus away from the “me” activates a natural instinct of caring and the desire to be of service to others.
Featuring a wise dragon and a young silver arctic fox, this book is a lovely gift for young children aged three to eight. It is filled with playful illustrations and compassionate dialogue that inspire the imagination.
Last month in Arnhem, under a soft spring sun, we gathered as a group of European LE associates to practice our warm-ups outdoors near the home of LECT lead trainer Anouk Brack. The air was light, the mood focused yet playful — a quiet rhythm of movement shared among us.
Then something unexpected happened.
Three young girls wandered closer, watching us with curious eyes. Within moments, they began to mirror our movements — tentative at first, then with growing confidence. We smiled and opened the circle to them. As if carried by the same spark, three more children came running over, giggling and full of energy, eager to join in.
Before we knew it, more and more children drifted in, drawn by the atmosphere. What began as a simple practice turned into a lively, spontaneous gathering — a shared language of movement, laughter, and connection.
Eric, freshly graduated as an LE associate, was leading the warm-up. With calm presence and steady clarity, he held the space, gently guiding this ever-growing circle of participants — both planned and unplanned — with warmth and ease.
What unfolded was pure joy: a moment where structure met spontaneity, where practice became play, and where spring seemed to come alive not just in the air, but in every movement, every smile.
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This video was filmed at The DO Lectures in 2013 and continues to inspire (and entertain) each time it’s viewed. If you haven’t seen it, you’re in for a delightful 25 minutes.
Tiphani leads an Intensive Leadership Embodiment Retreat at the Samye Ling Monastery in Scotland. This retreat includes lodging and meals. For the Samye Ling retreat, we are requiring completion of both a Leadership Embodiment Level 1 and Level 2. For a description of our retreats, please see our Public Courses page. For more information on Samye Ling, please see the Visiting Page of their website.
The retreat includes meals and three nights lodging.
Costs: $1,250 per person for Retreat with 3 nights lodging and meals. (LE Associates, please contact our office for associate discounted rates.) The retreat cost covers September 10th – 13th lodging and meals (beginning with dinner on the 10th and ending with lunch on the 13th). A USD$250 deposit will hold your spot. This is refundable until July 25, 2024. The balance is due before August 1st and is not refundable unless the retreat is canceled by either Leadership Embodiment or Samye Ling. Payment can be made by wire transfer or we can send an invoice via our credit card processor (Square).
If any participants will need extra nights added on to their booking (before or after the retreat), they can contact Samye Ling at this email address: bookings@samyeling.org to make those arrangements.
You’ll need to provide Samye Ling with the following information to make additional night(s) booking:
– your date of arrival and departure (outside of the retreat dates)
– the full name of each guest on the booking
– your contact number
– what time you aim to arrive at reception (check in is from 3.30pm and supper is served at 6pm)
