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Messages Beyond Movement: Partner Yoga For Kids

illustration by Sarah Jane Hinder
Illustration by Sarah Jane Hinder

This delightful children’s book reminds us of the messaging beyond the yoga moves, to live peacefully within our bodies, with each other and in our world

Illustrations by Sarah Jane Hinder

illustration by Sarah Jane Hinder

When I work with children in my yoga classes, the focus for each to his or her body. Whether they are noticing the way a big breath fills the belly, or rooting their standing foot into the earth to balance like a tree, they learn to focus intensely on what and how they are feeling.

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