16 Dec 2015
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22 Feb 2018
Books Make Yoga Come Alive!
Do you remember those childhood days of reading your favorite book or bedtime story?
I love books… I’ve loved books for as long as I can remember.
Every Saturday morning, my mother would take me to the library to pick out some books for the week.
I would get lost in each and every page…becoming part of the story.
I think that’s the reason I felt a calling to become an Author.
As both an author and a children’s yoga instructor, I love that I am able to use storytelling to engage children’s imagination.
It allows me to combine my passions for both books AND yoga!
Like reading, yoga allows us to go a magical journey using our imaginations.
That is why books are the perfect complement to kid’s yoga. Storytime yoga is a favorite activity in my classes because the children get to experience and integrate the story on a holistic level through their senses and their bodies. They are not only listening to the story, they are actually IN IT!
Every book is an opportunity to take your students on a new whimsical yoga adventure.
Using books in your yoga classes is an effective way to engage all learning styles: visual, auditory and kinesthetic. Since all children learn differently, the multi-sensory experience of reading and doing yoga together gives each child a way to process what they are learning and understand it in their own unique way.
Another important benefit of reading is that it improves focus and concentration. Children bring their awareness to the words, images and feelings evoked in the story. One of the challenges of teaching yoga and mindfulness to young children is that they have limited attention spans. A book is the perfect focal point for yoga because it allows children to place their attention on themselves with each turn of the page. They are fully immersed in the moment as they respond to the story.
While there are a few story books available, including my own book Lucinda’s Magical Yoga Adventure, that actually have yoga poses in them, almost any children’s book with animals and nature elements can be used. Once you discover the many amazing books out there to use in your yoga classes, you will you will rediscover the magic that reading provides for a child and for yourself!
Here are 5 simple ways to incorporate books into your yoga classes or at home:
Choose a book that enhances your class THEME or teaches your child a POSITIVE MESSAGE
Use each page as a PROMPT for a YOGA POSE or activity that reinforces your theme
Make it an INTERACTIVE STORY where the children become the characters they meet along the way
Play a GAME by asking your students/child to find the yoga poses in the book
Encourage children to MAKE UP yoga poses or movements for characters or objects in the story
Here is a list of my favorite of my all-time favorite books to use when doing yoga with children:
How Do I Love You? by Marion Dane Bauer
Mindful Movemements by Thich Nhat Hanh
I’m Thankful Each Day by P.K. Hallinan
Peaceful Piggy Meditation by Kerry MacLean
What Does it Mean to Be Present? by Rana DiOrio
They are all available on AMAZON by clicking the title or the links below.