Helen Purperhart

A very good book - for someone who knows yoga and is familiar with the postures, and wants to teach a class to children. The descriptions of the postures are sometimes a bit sketchy - as in, I who have done yoga occasionally don't know what the heck it wants me to do! It is designed for quite young children, especially the stories (guided visualization) - the oldest group suggested is up to 12 years old (and the youngest, as young as 4). Personally I think the stories would have annoyed me, as either pointless or pushing an agenda, by the time I was 12 - but every child is different. The postures and games look interesting, and I can see how some kids would have a lot of fun with the ideas presented. Personally, I find the presentation of crystal beliefs and chakras a little annoying (as in pushing an agenda); there is a mention near the beginning that you don't have to use the spiritual parts if you don't want to, though. I rather like the information about the five Abstinences and Precepts. Overall - not particularly interesting or useful to me, could be very good for someone who wants to teach a class to kids and wants some suggestions on themes and notions. I still have no idea why I got it...maybe the ER algorithm needed some tweaking back then. I certainly needed some tweaking to get my ER review done!… (meer)