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Kids benefit from slow activities & guidance in learning how to relax, just as adults do. In this bright pink laminated, spiral- bound book which features a cast of cute stick figures, THE CONCEPT OF HATHA YOGA - BODY, MIND, BREATH - IS ADAPTED TO THE DEVELOPMENTAL NEEDS OF PRESCHOOL CHILDREN & CHILDREN WITH MEDICAL CHALLENGES. The exercises allow children to use their IMAGINATIONS & have FUN, while benefitting from DEEP BREATHING, SLOW STRETCHING, & RELAXATION TECHNIQUES. Children are helped to develop feelings of SELF-AWARENESS, SELF-CONTROL, SELF-ESTEEM, & WELL-BEING by focusing on muscle tension & relaxation. The exercises are NONFRUSTRATING & NONCOMPETITIVE & encourage positive results by allowing each child to move in the way that is most comfortable for his/her particular body. Children with medical challenges can be helped to adapt the exercises to their particular needs, or assisted in doing them. The stick figures illustrate the exercises & children can use the book themselves once they have been shown how to do the exercises. SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES - Physical Education; Cognitive; Transition; Quieting; Inclusive. The author created the Instructional Television series FOCUS ON FITNESS. Also, creator/producer of the NEW HOME VIDEO, YOGAFUN(R) EXERCISE & RELAXATION CARTOONS. To order contact Sugar Marbel Press, 1547 Shenandoah Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45237, (513) 761-8000.Schreiber, Suzanne L. is the author of 'Yoga for the Fun of It Hatha Yoga for Preschool Children', published 1991 under ISBN 9780960832002 and ISBN 0960832009.
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