Best-selling author, Sara J. Weis, is a creative and passionate teacher who has inspired children for over twenty years. In Go Go Yoga for Kids Sara has combined her 20+ years of experience as an elementary teacher and a certified kid and adult yoga instructor to introduce children to yoga in engaging and child-friendly ways. She is passionate about helping children receive the many mental and physical benefits yoga can provide them both now and throughout their lives. Sara is the author of Go Go Yoga for Kids: A Complete Guide to Using Yoga with Kids, Yoga Lessons for Children and the creator of the Kids Yoga Challenge Pose Cards and the Kids Yoga Challenge App. She has also created the popular online Kids Yoga & Mindfulness Teacher Training which has trained thousands of others from all over the world on how to teach yoga to children.
The key to instilling a desire in our youth to take up yoga lies in making it fun for them, and Sara J. Weis's Go Go Yoga for Kids: Yoga Games and Activities does just that! With over 150 yoga games, activities, and poses to choose from, this book is a must-have resource for parents and teachers who wish to introduce children to the mind-body health benefits of yoga. Included in the book are teaching tips for tweens and teens, a section on family yoga and games, as well as yoga crafts. Adapting yoga poses with play offers children an opportunity to experience balance in our constantly changing world, and Go Go Yoga for Kids: Yoga Games and Activities offers a user-friendly approach to create engaging yoga activities for kids of all ages. I highly recommend this book to school teachers, yoga instructors, educators, and parents. ---Teresa Anne Power, award-winning author of The ABCs of Yoga for Kids and Little Mouse Adventures, kids' yoga expert, speaker, and Kids' Yoga Day founder Sara Weis is the most creative yoga teacher I know. In Go Go Yoga for Kids: Yoga Games & Activities for Children, she's yet again come up with dozens of fun ways to engage kids with yoga. Sara also draws on her many years of experience as a teacher to clearly explain each type of activity, as well as how the games should fit into an overall lesson plan. This is the perfect book for anyone who wants to help kids have fun while building their physical and social-emotional skills. Catharine Hannary, author of Mindful Teachers Take the guesswork out of creating captivating children's yoga sessions - and have fun in the process - with Go Go Yoga for Kids: Games & Activities. Teacher Sara J. Weis has done it again with this guidebook brimming with activities, poses and games and the reasoning why everything enhances an immersive and interactive yoga experience. Consult the Leader Notes to customize the activities for different ages or put a fresh spin on things after heeding all of the wisdom inside! Either way, this latest installment in the Go Go Yoga series is a win-win for everyone involved. --Jenna Hammond, author of Downward Mule