Breathe Like a Bear Mindfulness Cards: 50 Mindful Activities for Kids

Calling all parents and children! This colorful deck of fifty simple, effective mindfulness practices will teach kids to stay present and manage their emotions, based on Kira Willey’s bestselling book Breathe Like a Bear and including four brand-new activities.

Following a mindfulness practice has been proven to provide children with all kinds of benefits, but how do you teach them mindfulness? Pop open the box, grab a card, follow the instructions, and find yourself having fun, being in the moment, and building a mindfulness practice for the future. The fifty activities in the Breathe Like a Bear Mindfulness Deck emphasize focusing, becoming calm, imagination, getting energized, or relaxing. And the way you do it is fun and creative:

• Pretend to be a cloud
• Stretch like a kittycat
• Hiss your breath out like a snake
• And many more!

Kira Willey is an award-winning songwriter, kids’ yoga expert, and creator of Rockin’ Yoga School Programs. She has released three nationally acclaimed albums of children’s yoga songs that blend upbeat, danceable music with get-up-and-move yoga inspiration. Her fourth release, Mindful Moments for Kids, is the inspiration for Breathe Like a Bear. She lives in Pennsylvania with her husband and three children.

Anni Betts is a professional illustrator who creates vibrant, cheerful drawings for books, magazines, advertisements, greeting cards, and more. Originally from Illinois, she now lives in Durham, England, with her archaeologist husband, Kamal, new son, Emmett, and adorable dog, Logan. When not illustrating, she can be found exploring the historic sights and natural beauty of the United Kingdom and Europe, baking sweets, going for long walks, and sewing colorful clothes to wear.