Mula and the Fly: A Fun Yoga Story - Beginners Mindfulness & Easy Kids Yoga Poses for Ages 4-6: 1

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Libraries are becoming multifunctional spaces within schools – do you think yoga in the library will take off? Thank you to NetGalley and Sweet Cherry publishing for providing me with a copy of Mula and the fly in exchange for my impartial review. A leap indeed! Well, having spent so many years in the theatre, it is clear that creativity has become the wobbly path I choose to roam. The journey from theatre to yoga to author started when I was studying to become a yoga teacher and was pestered by a little fly. This fly buzzed and zigged and zagged around me as though to say, “Ha! You can’t catch me,” no matter how hard I tried to swat it away. It turns out it's not just the power of our imaginations that we could be stretching in the library! Recently featured by The New York Times, author Lauren Hoffmeier is passionate about opening up children's eyes to the transformative power of yoga. Her heartwarming series showcases easy poses that we can all try in our playgrounds, classrooms and even libraries. Watch the videos below to join in. When I saw the first book in this series I thought it would be pretty self-contained, a gentle little story that shows an animal starting out on their path to being a yoga fan, and potentially (with the right teachers, for it wasn't perfect in and of itself) making other fans as it went along ( https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...). Well, with not one but two sequels, we have a choice between them – either seeing Mula the tiger doing her poses, and getting scorn from a monkey. There's no way this bragging little primate will be persuaded to join in too, surely? Or we can find an elephant down in the dumps as they haven't been told they're wonderful for hours, and need a bit of a breathing exercise to refocus, and some positivity from within.

I loved the focus on the breath and it’s importance in yoga and at the end of the book there is a step by step of how ito achieve the yoga poses Mula tries out in the story and this leads to a great activity with your child. What a lovely, interactive story! A must-have for any child’s bookshelf, I know it will soon be finding a space on ours at my setting! I appreciate that Mula struggles to get the breathing and positions down instead of just getting them right away because that's what children experience when starting out in Yoga. The I book I read to day is Mula and the Fly a fun yoga story by Lauren Hoffmeier. I loved the illustrations by Ela Smietanka. Now, for all the theatre buffs out there this became a classic moment right out of the comedy of commedia dell’arte.But this was not the theatre. This was supposed to be a peaceful moment in a peaceful yoga studio. Still, rather than ignore the fly I turned this disjointed moment of fly-swatting into what is now the Mula and the Fly series. What positive impacts have you seen yoga have for children?

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This is the second book that I have read in this series of Mula and similar to the other one this one is finding a way to teach kids about the mental health benefits of Yoga. In this book we are following Mula and Mani the Elephant. Mani is having a sad morning as he hasn't gotten his morning compliment for another person. A compliment that proves to him that he matters and is special. Well, here’s something exciting about my book series. Every book comes with fun and easy yoga tutorials at the end, so readers of all ages can give yoga a try with Mula and the Fly wherever they are in the world. A library is a perfect atmosphere to give those poses a try! How can teachers make their library or learning space yoga-ready? The book is an introduction to yoga, with a selection of poses at the end of the book that children and their adults can try together. But, for me, the main learning came from the idea that you do not have to rely on the constant affirmation and compliments of others, you need to have confidence in and pay attention to yourself.

I’ve had my neighbors kids over recently to babysit and decided to try some different books to keep them occupied. I thought the yoga aspect of this would be fun as well as the self affirmations. And they’re great. We had fun trying the poses together and repeating the affirmations which I believe is great for children. In this book, yoga is being use to help finding your own confidence from your self. That you don't need others giving you affirmation to feel special and strong.Mula and the Fly’ is a fun, expressive yoga story that fantastically portrays how slowing down, breathing and focusing can help you achieve your goals better!” NetGalley reviewer

The Fly is a character that represents the inner-teacher. Mula learns a lot from the Fly because the Fly reminds her that everything she needs to know is in her heart … as long as she takes the time to listen. The Fly simply gives her a little nudge. I think this would be a cute way to introduce yoga to a toddler. The illustrations are bright and lively. Mula and the Fly is a perfect addition to any little ones library.” - Barnes and Noble reviewer Thank you to NetGalley and Sweet Cherry Publshing for this advanced reader copy. My review is voluntarily my own. But when she takes some big deep breaths and listens to her heart, Mani discovers that she knows exactly who she is – no compliments needed.

Mula the tiger is very sleepy, but a fly won’t let Mula sleep, and keeps waking up Mula who gets very angry, with the fly not letting Mula sleep, and growls at the fly. Absolutely! This book was written to be fun and educational for all readers. These books introduce readers to the basic practice of yoga and mindfulness through humour and fun, and teachers and parents will enjoy that as well because the benefits of mindfulness and yoga extend to the following: The fly jumps all over a Mula until he stands up to chase the fly, by getting Mula to chase him the Fly is actually teaching Mula how to stop sleeping and become more active.