Do You Have A Rhythm?
As mother hen sits calmly on her eggs, she feels a Peck! Peck! Peck! and hears a Peep! Peep! Peep! “Look everyone,” whispers mother hen. “We have a new baby chick.”
Peck! Peck! Peck! Peep! Peep! Peep! More baby chicks are hatching. Baby chick feels, and sees, and hears a rhythm. It is the rhythm of life!
Baby chick sets out on an adventure to explore his new world. He meets many animals and is happy to see that they have a rhythm too!
WOOF WOOF WOOF! WAG WAG WAG.
OINK OINK OINK! WIGGLE WIGGLE WIGGLE.
MEOW MEOW MEOW! STRETCH STRETCH STRETCH.
Baby chick sees children running and picking flowers in the meadow. “Do you have a rhythm?” asks baby chick.
Their hearts beat
Lubdub, Lubdub, Lubdub!
Their lungs breathe
Whoosh, Whoosh, Whoosh!
Their legs move
Run, Run, Run!
Their hands move
Clap, Clap, Clap!
The children have a rhythm too!
Our brain has a rhythm too, like moving water.
Swoosh, Swoosh, Swoosh.
It moves up and down inside our head and body.
Pump, Pump, Pump. Clean, Clean, Clean.
This is our craniosacral rhythm, and it works to keep our bodies strong and healthy. But sometimes, this rhythm gets out of balance.
Craniosacral therapists help our bodies balance this water rhythm to restore and maintain a good rhythm.
Can you hear it? Can you see it? Can you say it?
Join baby chick and all of his friends with sight, sound and play.
Launch Day Interview with Miriam Laundry
Parent Resource
Meet the Author
Joanne M. Gallagher RCST®
Joanne M. Gallagher, RCST® is a registered Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist with the Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy Association of North America (BCTANA).
Joanne’s passion and mission is the service of Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy for everyone in all stages and phases of life.
Each unique Biodynamic Craniosacral session invites a process of healing to the blueprint of health received before birth. Families and individuals receive resources to help make educated lifetime decisions in support of physical, emotional and cognitive wellness.
Joanne is an active practitioner of holistic bodywork for more than four decades. She and her husband Ron are proprietors of Life Expression Wellness Center in Northeastern Pennsylvania. The ecologic building is a multidisciplinary holistic health center with supportive services for natural healing.
Ron and Joanne are the parents of four grown children and two grandchildren.
This book is presented as a celebration of the Rhythm of Life that is present in all children and their healing journey.
Meet the Illustrator
Frank Endersby
Frank Endersby lives in Gloucestershire, England. He is a world renowned illustrator of children’s books for thirty years.
He has enjoyed drawing and painting from a very young age. His earliest memory is
drawing a train with puffs of smoke in his wooden highchair as a young child.
Frank states, “I have thoroughly enjoyed working with Joanne on this project. It was wonderful to illustrate her text. The baby chick and his exciting adventure really bring to life Joanne’s special relationship with children and Biodynamic Craniosacral therapy.”
Joanne states, “It has been a great honor, pleasure and fun to work with Frank with the illustrations of this manuscript. His has a great ability to captivate words into a living picture with joy and brilliance. May our joy together invite you and your family to join the rhythm of life with Biodynamic Craniosacral and your family!
Joanne M. Gallagher, RCST® 