Yoga for Speech-Language Development

134 Yoga for Speech-Language Development

Title Author

Good Night Yoga: A Pose-

by-Pose Bedtime Story

Gates, Mariam

Fly Like a Butterfly Khalsa, Shakta Kaur

Peaceful Piggy Meditation MacLean, Kerry Lee

Kids Yoga: Bedtime Rhymes Maier, Jeff

Dogi the Yogi Notarile Scrivan, Maria

The ABCs of Yoga for Kids Power, Teresa Anne

Learn with Yoga ABC Virtues Ristuccia, Christine

Good Night, Animal World: A

Kids Yoga Bedtime Story

Shardlow, Giselle

Hello, Bali: A Kids Yoga

Island Adventure Book

Shardlow, Giselle

Storytime Yoga: Teaching Yoga

to Children Through Story

Solis, Sydney

Little Yoga: A Toddler’s

First Book of Yoga

Whitford, Rebecca

You Are a Lion! and Other

Fun Yoga Poses

Yoo, Tae-Eun

Books can be incorporated into the practice of yoga poses,
breathing exercises, and meditation (Lederer 2012; Ristuccia
2010; Solis 2006). While reading books, adults can pause for
yogic opportunities. For example, when reading Chicka Chicka
Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault, children
can practice tree pose. I Went Walking by Sue Williams provides
a context for several different poses, namely cat, horse, cow, duck,
pig, and dog. Adults can read the popular children’s book Baby
Beluga by Raffi and perform whale’s breath, which was mentioned
in Chapters 5 and 6. While reading Ladybird ’s Remarkable
Relaxation by Michael Chissick or Peaceful Piggy Meditation
by Kerry Lee MacLean, children can practice relaxation and
meditation. Speech-language pathologist Angela Moorad’s
website OMazing Kids, LLC, which is listed in the web-based
resource table in Appendix 8 at the end of this book, contains