How to Increase Children’s Self-esteem Through Yoga

Episode 37
Join your hosts Carmen and Sophia Micsa to learn how yoga can increase children's self-esteem with author and illustrator Sarah Finniss.
Sarah Finniss is a 36-year-old certified yoga instructor, stretch coach, and personal trainer. She has a background in the arts and early childhood education. To add more to her accomplishments, Sarah is a newly launched children's book author and illustrator.
Her new children's book Iris' Magical Yoga Adventure invites its readers to escape with sweet Iris and her mom on an adventure into their imaginations as they explore famous landmarks around the world through yoga poses. The book isn't just about teaching the basics of yoga and mindfulness but provides an opportunity for children to learn about famous landmarks around the world through movement; engaging visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learners. It includes fun activity pages for learners to be creative and reinforce what they learned. This book plays into the mind-body connection.
On this Seeds of Sunshine episode, you will learn:

• Building self-esteem and just finding balance when they're anxious is something that a lot of kids are looking for right now.
• In her first book that Sarah wrote and illustrated, she hopes to inspire children to be creative in their learning.
• How to become more inspiring to others by pursuing things that are challenging.
• Sarah's message for children who try yoga for the first time is to just take their time with it, for certain stretches and poses work for some people and not for others.
• Sarah remarked that when aligning movement and breath, we can change our energy by moving in different ways and also change our mindset.
• There's a balance between the strength aspect of yoga and the letting go aspect, which means building and finding that strength within ourselves, while at the same time kind of releasing any thoughts or emotions that we don't have control over.
• To make meditation more enjoyable, Sarah recommends paying attention to small moments, such as when you're drinking your morning coffee or tea. Feeling the heat of the mug on your hands? Or if you're running, think about your feet hitting the pavement. If you're having a conversation with someone, putting the phone down, and just making the extra effort to be fully present and give your undivided attention.

To buy Iris' Magical Yoga Adventure, please go to wherever books are sold on Amazon, bookshop.org, and more.
To connect with Sarah Finniss, please follow her on IG:
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