You Are a Lion!: And Other Fun Yoga Poses

Every morning we start out day reading our Lion book! Its a fun way to have a quick 5-10 min moment bonding with your kiddo and starting your day. The kids love looking at the photos and pretending to be animals :) Very cute book!

This is a great book for all-ages level. And it is my first book that I can successfully read to my KG without boring them. Highly recommend it!

My 3 yr old loves this book. It is his first introduction to yoga. The illustrations are engaging for children and the poses easy enough for him to do.

I like this book because I am trying to get my granddaughter interested in the yoga positions, and this book has just a few simple ones that are attractive for very young children. This is one to add to a repertoire.

This book needs 10 starts. Simple, engaging illustrations. Our 4 year old has it memorized. He puts it on the floor, turns the pages, "reads" each page, does the yoga pose - and his 2 year old sister follows right along! One of their favorite books. And we can refer to the poses for calming techniques, because the kids know them easily. Beautifully done, and so useful as a fun book to read, to learn yoga poses, use for self-regulation, and promote sharing and collaboration. Applause!

It's fun, and a great tool for introducing children and parents to basic yoga postures. I'd recommend this to parents especially during such a difficult time as the Pandemic. It could be a great way to safely build a bond with their children, and a good book that children can use on their own. But I recommend becoming a Lion with the whole family. I am a yoga instructor, a yoga practioner for over 45 years, and a pediatric nurse. Yoga is not a bully practice, but a gentle way to learn about yourself, and this is a great way to do that and have fun at the same time.

I teach kids yoga and use this in my classes frequently. The illustrations are beautiful, the pose directions are simple and the poses are accessible for kids. It doesn't doddle on, the story is long enough to teach them something but doesn't let them get bored

My 2 toddler grandsons love copying the pictures and acting like animals. I’m buying another for them to take home too!!

We bought this book to get a very young child started with yoga. Somewhat to my surprise, it's already a firm favourite which my son often picks out for himself. At 22 months, although he only started walking at 20 months, he already enjoys doing all the poses (especially the lion and the snake). You might need to have done some yoga yourself to get the most out of it (the word Namaste is used in the opening and closing verses) but the pictures are pretty self-explanatory for explaining the positions. We have found it goes well with the (non-yoga) 'From Head to Toe' by Eric Carle, which also uses animals to encourage movement and has more straightforward/repetitive text (the yoga book is written in not very good verse - but it's certainly not bad enough to be off-putting, either to the child or to whoever's reading). The pictures are lovely and the book is well designed: there is the surprise element of getting into the pose on the first opening and then having the associated animal revealed on the next page, and for all the animals that have an associated noise, it is mentioned in the verse, to reinforce learning animal noises. I've not tried any other yoga books to see how it compares but I'm glad we chose this one as a starter.

my daughter enjoys this book so much, doing all of the actions/poses. i was not dissapointed. the pictures and explanations /story is so lovely. Namaste, from one happy customer

I bought this for my friend’s little boy’s christening. Having met through pregnancy yoga and going on to mum and baby yoga, it was the perfect gift. The illustrations are beautiful and it’s full of positive messages for children reading it. It’ll definitely encourage them to try out the stretches themselves, thankfully they’re not too challenging!

Super cute book. My daughter loves it and I get to learn more yoga poses!

Great fun for young kids to get them involved in yoga! We love it!!