Happy Yogis: A fun kids yoga book with positive affirmations (English or bilingual Spanish edition) by Sandy Zanella A must-have for any family or classroom library. A delightful book about a family who practices yoga together and uses the time for bonding, playing games, and staying healthy together. Our Family’s Doing Yoga by SonJoria SydnorĪ book created by a mother and yogi who wanted more representation of Black folks in the world of yoga. All of these books below fit my qualifications well! So, without further ado, here are my favorite yoga stories for teaching kids how to do yoga, and letting them discover yoga on their own! That way, the kids can practice a pose and listen to the words in a relatively quick time before moving on to the next pose.Īnother good quality yoga books need is a place to describe how to do each pose, either during the story or after. Next, it’s best if there are not too many words on each page. One thing that makes a good yoga story, in my opinion, is for each page to have a different animal or thing to create a pose from. Now, there are plenty of amazing yoga books and yoga stories for sale online, in bookstores, and on Amazon. This worked pretty well but was harder to show all of the poses myself, and therefore harder to maintain engagement. Here’s a list of the best “regular” books I used that worked well with adding in yoga poses.Ĭreating your own yoga stories from scratch is also fun and effective! In my first year of teaching yoga in a public school, I basically had to turn regular books into yoga stories by inventing a pose for each character or page.

There has been an explosion of beautiful and endearing yoga books on the market in the last five years. Having an adorable and succinct story to teach kids how to do poses is a great way to introduce or spark an interest in yoga in little ones. Scroll down to see the full, constantly updated list of best kids yoga books! Yoga Animals: A Wild Introduction to Kid-Friendly Poses by Paige Towler.D is for Downward Dog ABC: Yoga ABC book for kids by Calm and Mindful Press.Smile With Yoga: Fun, Mindful, and Engaging Yoga for Kids by I.Happy Yogis: A fun kids yoga book with positive affirmations by Sandy Sanell (English and Spanish!).Our Family’s Doing Yoga by SonJoria Sydnor.The best new yoga books for kids to buy right now: Yoga books are a super fun way to help introduce yoga, mindfulness, and movement to kids.

Yawning Yoga by Laurie Jordan