Maureen Heil is an experienced registered yoga and children's yoga teacher, as well as a trainer of children's yoga teachers with Yoga Child in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She leads teacher-training workshops and is the author of a training manual for GoGive Yoga. She has also worked as the lead preschool teacher and director of The Greenwood Cooperative School in New Jersey for seventeen years. She is the coauthor of Yoga and Mindfulness for Young Children. Ilene Rosen, MEd, is a freelance writer, editor, educator, and registered children's yoga teacher. She has written for Redleaf Press, Parents magazine, and Scholastic's Parent & Child. She worked as an associate editor for Scholastic, a preschool teacher in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and a yoga therapist. Ilene has her BA in psychology from Amherst College and her MEd in early childhood education from Tufts University. She is the coauthor of Yoga and Mindfulness for Young ChildrenM.
Introduction: Why Yoga Is for Young Children
Chapter 1: Your Role in Bringing Yoga and Mindfulness to Your Classroom
Chapter 2: How to Teach Yoga Breathing
Chapter 3: Poses for Play, Practice, and Peace
Chapter 4: Creating a Peaceful Climate
Chapter 5: Yoga Fun and Games
Chapter 6: Yogamagination: Your Ticket to Exploration
Chapter 7: Embodied Stories: Acting out Literature Using Yoga
Chapter 8: Creative Expression: Where Do Feelings Live?
Chapter 9: You Are You and I am Me: Activities for Children of Differing
Abilities
Chapter 10: What a Wonderful World: Nature, Yoga, and Mindfulness
Chapter 11: Free to Be Me: Yoga, Mindfulness, and Self-Awareness
