Breathe Like a Bear: 30 Mindful Moments for Kids to Feel Calm and Focused Anytime, Anywhere

Get your kids ready to conquer back to school anxiety with this collection of 30 mindfulness meditations and exercises to help kids feel calm, focused, and energized wherever they are.

Breathe Like a Bear is a beautifully illustrated collection of mindfulness exercises designed to teach kids techniques for managing their bodies, breath, and emotions. Best of all, these 30 simple, short breathing practices and movements can be performed anytime, anywhere: in the car to the grocery store, during heavy homework nights at home, or even at a child's desk at school.

Based on Kira Willey's Parents' Choice GOLD Award-winning CD, Mindful Moments for Kids, this one-of-a-kind book is sure to help kids find calm, gain focus, and feel energized during the day, and encourage families to establish a fun and consistent mindfulness practice, whether at home or on the go.

Author: Kira Willey
Publisher: Rodale Kids
Published: 12/05/2017
Pages: 96
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.40h x 7.70w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781623368852
Audience: Ages 4-8


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2017
Shelf Awareness 12/05/2017
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2018 pg. 133 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw

About the Author
Kira Willey, author of Breathe Like a Bear and the Mindfulness Moments for Kids series, is a children's music artist, kids' yoga and mindfulness expert, and creator of Rockin' Yoga school programs. She has released five albums of kids' yoga and mindfulness songs; her work has won Parents' Choice Gold, four Independent Music Awards, and the ASCAP Foundation Children's Songwriting Award. Her hits include "Colors," which was featured in a worldwide Dell ad campaign. Kira created and hosts several yoga-for-kids programs which air on PBS TV affiliates nationwide; and her TEDx talk, "Bite-Sized Mindfulness," can be viewed online. Learn more at kirawilley.com!

Anni Betts is a professional illustrator who creates vibrant, cheerful drawings for books, magazines, advertisements, greeting cards, and more. Originally from Illinois, she now lives in Durham, England, with her archaeologist husband, Kamal, new son, Emmett, and adorable dog, Logan. When not illustrating, she can be found exploring the historic sights and natural beauty of the United Kingdom and Europe, baking sweets, going for long walks, and sewing colorful clothes to wear. Visit her online at annibetts.com.