Ogi Bogi, The Elephant Yogi: Stories About Yoga for Children
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From the Author Excellent Book for Encouraging Self-Awareness in Children This book introduces young readers to a kindly elephant named Ogi Bogi who lives in "Innerville." Adults will recognize Innerville as a metaphor for compassionate self-awareness, but children will experience it as a magical land where they can feel safe and where their emotions and concerns are honored and accepted. As Ogi Bogi travels through Innerville, she comes into contact with children from a variety of cultural backgrounds, each of whom are experiencing particular challenges: Bob has a quick temper and wants to get along better with his peers, Sunee from Thailand is in a wheelchair, Raheem has difficulty breathing as a result of asthma. Ogi Bogi greets each child with an open heart and offers techniques from the ancient tradition of yoga to address the specific challenges they are facing. The techniques address a variety of situations: half sun salutes are described as a way to awaken energy, mudras help quiet the mind, twists and forward folds can be calming. Additionally, partner poses are introduced as a way to learn to work with others and simple breathing techniques and mantras (all in English) are offered as a way to focus the mind and to balance both sides of the brain. The book is written for children in grades 3-5 and while the stories may resonate with a slightly younger audience, the techniques that Ms. Gibbs shares, with bold illustrations and clear and precise wording, will surely be engaging and inspiring to youngsters of all ages. - Ellen Campbell, the Life Force Yoga newsletter: yogawithellen.com "While most yoga books for children focus on basic exercise routines in the form of animals or other symbolic shapes, they don't deal with the most important questions of personality and values development which are at the heart of yoga. While the yoga positions are practices to support this foundational work, Beth's book, along with the companion manual, gives practical tools for children to learn the real value of yoga." - Joseph Le Page, Founder and Director, Integrative Yoga Therapy "Ogi Bogi," has taken the essentials of yoga and "translated" them for elementary school aged children--no small feat. Her use of "wake up, relax, focus, and feel their special place in the world" for each child visiting Innerville allows children to feel empowered about a variety of physical and psychological challenges. The valuable, reflective discussion questions following each chapter, allow this book to be used in a variety of group and educational settings." - Mala L. Matacin, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Hartford After the 2012 tragedy at Sandy Hook in Newtown Connecticut, the Vernon-Rockville school system surveyed their children and found that they were feeling unsafe and stressed. They instituted a 10-week trial yoga program, which I taught in 2013 using Beth's curriculum to structure the program. After a few weeks, the teachers remarked that the program had healed a schism in the classroom between students. Many children were showing signs of compassion, tolerance and kindness toward each other. For the first time that year the teachers felt they had more teachable hours in the classroom. - Laura Magnussen, M.A., RYT, Kripalu 500 Certified YogaKids® Facilitator Read more About the Author Elizabeth Gibbs began practicing yoga in the 1970's and completed her basic yoga teacher training in 1997. She is a certified yoga therapist through the International Association of Yoga Therapists. She is a member of the teaching faculty at the Kripalu School of Integrative Yoga Therapy and directs the professional Yoga Therapist Practicum Program. She holds a Master of Arts degree in Communications from the University of Hartford and a Master of Arts degree in Yoga Therapy and Mind/Body Health from Lesley University, Cambridge, MA.She developed the Wake Up and Relax yoga program for Camp Courant, a non-profit summer day camp that serves hundreds of children a day for six weeks each summer. She has shared her ideas on teaching yoga to children in workshops for parents, teachers and elementary school administrators. She lives in the Hartford, Connecticut area. Read more
From the Author Excellent Book for Encouraging Self-Awareness in Children This book introduces young readers to a kindly elephant named Ogi Bogi who lives in "Innerville." Adults will recognize Innerville as a metaphor for compassionate self-awareness, but children will experience it as a magical land where they can feel safe and where their emotions and concerns are honored and accepted. As Ogi Bogi travels through Innerville, she comes into contact with children from a variety of cultural backgrounds, each of whom are experiencing particular challenges: Bob has a quick temper and wants to get along better with his peers, Sunee from Thailand is in a wheelchair, Raheem has difficulty breathing as a result of asthma. Ogi Bogi greets each child with an open heart and offers techniques from the ancient tradition of yoga to address the specific challenges they are facing. The techniques address a variety of situations: half sun salutes are described as a way to awaken energy, mudras help quiet the mind, twists and forward folds can be calming. Additionally, partner poses are introduced as a way to learn to work with others and simple breathing techniques and mantras (all in English) are offered as a way to focus the mind and to balance both sides of the brain. The book is written for children in grades 3-5 and while the stories may resonate with a slightly younger audience, the techniques that Ms. Gibbs shares, with bold illustrations and clear and precise wording, will surely be engaging and inspiring to youngsters of all ages. - Ellen Campbell, the Life Force Yoga newsletter: yogawithellen.com "While most yoga books for children focus on basic exercise routines in the form of animals or other symbolic shapes, they don't deal with the most important questions of personality and values development which are at the heart of yoga. While the yoga positions are practices to support this foundational work, Beth's book, along with the companion manual, gives practical tools for children to learn the real value of yoga." - Joseph Le Page, Founder and Director, Integrative Yoga Therapy "Ogi Bogi," has taken the essentials of yoga and "translated" them for elementary school aged children--no small feat. Her use of "wake up, relax, focus, and feel their special place in the world" for each child visiting Innerville allows children to feel empowered about a variety of physical and psychological challenges. The valuable, reflective discussion questions following each chapter, allow this book to be used in a variety of group and educational settings." - Mala L. Matacin, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Hartford After the 2012 tragedy at Sandy Hook in Newtown Connecticut, the Vernon-Rockville school system surveyed their children and found that they were feeling unsafe and stressed. They instituted a 10-week trial yoga program, which I taught in 2013 using Beth's curriculum to structure the program. After a few weeks, the teachers remarked that the program had healed a schism in the classroom between students. Many children were showing signs of compassion, tolerance and kindness toward each other. For the first time that year the teachers felt they had more teachable hours in the classroom. - Laura Magnussen, M.A., RYT, Kripalu 500 Certified YogaKids® Facilitator Read more About the Author Elizabeth Gibbs began practicing yoga in the 1970's and completed her basic yoga teacher training in 1997. She is a certified yoga therapist through the International Association of Yoga Therapists. She is a member of the teaching faculty at the Kripalu School of Integrative Yoga Therapy and directs the professional Yoga Therapist Practicum Program. She holds a Master of Arts degree in Communications from the University of Hartford and a Master of Arts degree in Yoga Therapy and Mind/Body Health from Lesley University, Cambridge, MA.She developed the Wake Up and Relax yoga program for Camp Courant, a non-profit summer day camp that serves hundreds of children a day for six weeks each summer. She has shared her ideas on teaching yoga to children in workshops for parents, teachers and elementary school administrators. She lives in the Hartford, Connecticut area. Read more
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