This lively, hands-on guide to meditation, mindfulness, and yoga is a perfect introduction for tweens and teens.Don't just do something, be here.The key to happiness is being able to find comfort in this moment, here and now. When you are completely present and not distracted by regrets, worries, and plans, even for a little while, you begin to feel more confident and can deal more easily with everything you experience. This is mindfulness: paying ...

Olive learns that it’s okay to feel different and sometimes opposite emotions all at the same time.In this illustrated picture book, Olive experiences contradictory emotions. The first day of school is exciting but also scary. When she attends a friend’s birthday party, she is delighted for him but also jealous that the presents aren’t for her. And when she thinks about her little sister, she’s both glad and mad—for lots of reasons. Olive helps young readers explor...

From the bestselling author of the Good Night Yoga seriesGet ready to send your little one off to a good night’s sleep with Sweet Dreams: Bedtime Visualizations for Kids.This book includes eight visualizations that help kids slow down, breathe, and become aware of their bodies so they can relax into a good night’s sleep. Whether they are envisioning flying a kite, making it rain, or rocketing to the moon, Sweet Dreams offers guided narrati...

Kids love yoga—and it’s great for them, so much so that the President’s Council has added the practice to the fitness activities in the annual President’s Challenge. For parents and caregivers looking for a fun and effective new routine for bedtime, innovative educator Mariam Gates presents Good Night Yoga, a playful yet wholly practical book for preparing for sleep.This beautifully illustrated, full-color book tells the story of the natural world as it closes down for the...

This accessible and fun guide to meditation and mindfulness is the perfect introduction for young childrenMeditation does a body good, and can even help kids as young as four or five. This practical guide is gentle, clear, and a pleasure to use. Kids will learn how to focus on their breath, on the sensations in their body, and on the sounds around them to help them relax, settle their busy minds, and understand their emotions. Illustrated with cheerful drawings of f...

When you're mad or worried or can't wake up in the morning, what can you do? Use the amazing superpower that you already have—breathing*.*Our newest offering from the bestselling creators of Good Night Yoga teaches kids fun and easy breathing practices based on the proven methods of yoga and mindfulness meditation.Sample practices:When something makes you mad or even feels unfair,try this counting breath and you’ll feel calmer there....

An illustrated picture book offering a playful introduction to yoga through dinosaurs.The latest yoga picture book from bestselling author Mariam Gates introduces children to the joys and benefits of yoga—through dinosaurs! Triceratops, Pterodactyl, T-Rex, and others learn to bend, stretch, and breathe through a yoga flow. Instead of being sad, mad, or frustrated when things aren’t going their way, the dinosaurs practice yoga to feel better. The book features a par...

From the creators of Good Night Yoga and Good Morning Yoga comes Yoga Friends: A Pose-by-Pose Partner Adventure for Kids. This beautifully illustrated 36-page book introduces the delights of partner yoga to children. For teaming up with a friend, sibling, parent, or caregiver, each easy practice shows how cooperation helps us to imagine, move, and have fun in whole new ways. Includes a back-page guide for parents and caregivers that explains the purpose and benef...

Yoga helps children learn how to focus, relax, and both self-monitor and self-soothe Good Morning Yoga instills these four skills and more, enabling children to jumpstart the day with energy and excitement—and meet the adventures that come with mindfulness and perspective.Good Night Yoga tells the story of the world retiring for the evening—and a new generation of readers has fallen in love with the relaxing sequences and beautiful pictures that lead them to dreaml...

When you're mad or worried or can't wake up in the morning, what can you do? Use the amazing superpower that you already have—breathing*.*Our newest offering from the bestselling creators of Good Night Yoga teaches kids fun and easy breathing practices based on the proven methods of yoga and mindfulness meditation.Sample practices:When something makes you mad or even feels unfair,try this counting breath and you’ll feel calmer there....

This accessible and fun guide to meditation and mindfulness is the perfect introduction for young children.Meditation does a body good, and can even help kids as young as four or five. This practical guide is gentle, clear, and a pleasure to use. Kids will learn how to focus on their breath, on the sensations in their body, and on the sounds around them to help them relax, settle their busy minds, and understand their emotions. Narrated by author Mariam Gates, the ...

Young children experience many confusing emotions in their early years and I feel Angry looks at the emotion anger, in light-hearted but ultimately reassuring way. This picture book examines how and why people get angry, illustrates scenarios of people behaving angrily, and the best way to deal with it with age-appropriate content.Ideal for home or the classroom, this book contains notes for parents and teachers with suggestions of ways to help children deal with anger.