Review: "ABC's of Yoga for Kids - a Guide for Parents and Teachers"

"The ABC's of YOGA for Kids - A Guide for Parent and Teachers"
By: Teresa Anne Power
Illustrated by Kathleen Rietz
Release Date: April 8th, 2016
Price: $9.95

Looking at our modern life and the hectic schedule we keep as adults is stressful enough, yet realizing that the same pressure (and a host of new pressures) is being placed on our children is eye opening. What can we, as parents, do to help ease it? While I don't have an answer to that daunting question, I do have a strategy for my own family, one that I am trying to implement everyday - with varying degrees of success.

Slow Down.

It sounds simple, yet we all know that it is much harder than it seems. Life has a way of taking over and the calendar fills up before our buckets do - yet as a mother, I feel it is my job to help teach my children that their own mental well being must be paramount in their lives. If I teach them this now, while they are still young, then maybe.. just maybe.. they can find a way to breathe and slow when they are older - and the stresses of childhood turn into the mountain of pressures as an adult.

In that vein, I am collecting tricks and resources to help me attain that goal, including this book, due out in April.

I received an Advanced Reading Copy of this fabulous book in order to provide a review - one I am very happy to give. The book itself is a continuation of Teresa Anne Power's series, "The ABC's of Yoga for Kids" - which at this point has a set of learning cards, a hardback, paperback, poster and even a coloring book. Suffice it to say, this series is pretty popular, which makes this guide the perfect accompaniment for anyone who already has one of the series - or for anyone looking to help their little ones learn yoga.

Filled with easy to understand descriptions and fun games, this offers an approachable way for children to learn, and benefit from Yoga. As a parent, this is perfect. It builds on what my daughters already know and expands it with poses they love to do.

Not many children's books will get a full 5 star rating from me, but this one will - for approach-ability, fun and ease. The only downside I noticed were a few of the pose names, which differ from other practices, a fact I would not have even noticed if my friend - and Yoga Instructor - hadn't pointed it out. That aside, this is a 5 star and makes me want to seek out other books in this series.