Yoga for Little Ones

I love yoga!  Not only is it great exercise, but it is also a stress reliever!  It is great for flexibility and can provide focus for those days that get the best of us.  Since I enjoy it so much and my boys have seen me practicing before, we have introduced them to yoga through a few poses and a video that we love.  You can find the video here at Playful Planet.

Although, we love the video, I love books even more, so when I saw this book at the library I think it had my name written on it!

You Are a Lion! And Other Fun Yoga Poses by Taeeun Yoo is the perfect way to introduce your child to a few yoga poses!  This book is fun, calming, and may turn your little ones into little yogis!

Here are some of the poses we practiced while reading!

"You are a lion."

"You are a butterfly."

He was very excited to read the frog page!

Mountain pose!

Learning to relax and breathe deeply!

While we read this book, we found easy directions and illustrations for each yoga pose.  These illustrations are on a white background, so there is no distraction from the pose.  On the following page, we found a bright illustration of a child in the pose and the animal that the pose mimics.

The book continues in the same pattern for many animals.  We became a snake, dog, butterfly, and cat!  

The second time we read the book we tried to count to ten while holding each pose.  This was a little harder for my son to do, but he loved saying "Namaste" and was anxious to read the book again.