NatGeoKids: Yoga Animals: Playful Poses for Calming Your Wild Ones by Paige Towler (Children's Nonfiction Picture Book)

We received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Yoga Animals:
Playful Poses for Calming Your Wild Ones
by Paige Towler
Forward by Tara Stiles
Published by National Geographic Kids

on May 19, 2020
Genre: Children's, Nonfiction, Picture Books, Animals
Length: 32 pages
Ages: 4 - 8 years

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Synopsis:
Adorable animal photos and lyrical text guide kids step-by-step through easy animal inspired yoga poses.

Roar like a lion! Arch like a kitten! Stretch like a cobra!
Did you know that many yoga poses were inspired by animals?
Let these creatures inspire your young ones to get moving, practicing mindfulness, or calm down after a long day.

The foreword by Tara Stiles, founder of Strala Yoga, reminds us that we're never too young to start enjoying the health benefits of yoga and mindfulness.


Our Thoughts:

Have you ever noticed how animals stretch? Perhaps you have a pet cat or dog? Or maybe you enjoy watching funny animal videos and have seen them arch their backs or reach for the sky! Animals seem to know the importance of stretching and do it quite often. Do you?

Yoga With Animals is a fantastic introduction to kid-friendly yoga poses, with bright and colorful spreads that include fun rhymes, images of animals as well as a child imitating their poses, and a paragraph explaining exactly how to practice the pose!

You can reach like a giraffe, balance like a flamingo, curl like a cat, roar like a lion, and more! Children are sure to love pretending to be animals and stretching the way animals stretch, all while learning to breathe and have lots of fun with the movements.

I practice yoga several times a week and love the relaxation and energy it gives me. My five-year-old loves to join in because of the animal-like poses so she was extra thrilled to have a book of poses of her own! We pull this out quite often now and talk about the animals we are imitating. It's definitely a book we will get tons of use from!

Includes a foreword from the renowned yoga instructor, Tara Stiles, as well as an 'Animal Yoga Guide' at the back that shares additional photos of kids posing with a bit of information about how the pose may benefit you! There's also a bit of information about each animal so kids are sure to have tons of fun and learn something from this great hands-on book!


Many, many thanks to National Geographic Kids for this fantastic book!

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