Little Yogi Card Deck
A colorful card deck featuring 48 simple yoga and mindfulness practices to help kids work through big emotions on and off the mat.
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“Little Yogi Deck will be every parent’s best friend. A much-needed resource to help children cultivate emotional intelligence…”
—Tracee Stanley, author of Radiant Rest and Empowered Life Self-Inquiry Oracle
SIMPLE YOGA AND MINDFULNESS PRACTICES TO HELP KIDS WORK THROUGH BIG EMOTIONS ON AND OFF THE MAT
The deck makes important topics like strengthening attention, increasing self-awareness, and soothing the nervous system fun and easy to understand through poses like “The Wet Noodle,” “Toe-ga,” and “Grasshopper Flow.” The 48 cards are organized into eight color-coded categories—anger, worry, excitement, sadness, joy, jealousy, shame, and peace—to give kids specific practices for the variety of emotions they might be experiencing.
Along with a practice, each card also features a vibrant illustration to visually depict the pose or activity. To offer additional support to parents, teachers, and caregivers, the deck includes a booklet explaining the approach for developing emotional intelligence in children through the practices offered.
“I love, love, love the Little Yogi Deck. It is designed to support children in becoming mindful of their emotional states and teaches ways of expressing those emotions through movement practices. Becoming emotionally articulate is an invaluable life skill. The deck teaches self-regulation and self-soothing strategies that are fun, engage imagination, and support creativity. Even though this deck is intended for children, adults can benefit too. I, for one, plan to get a deck for myself.”
—Gail Parker, PhD, C-IAYT, E-RYT 500, psychologist, yoga therapist, author of Restorative Yoga for Ethnic and Race-Based Stress and Trauma
48 color coded cards to help kids understand feelings of:
anger, worry, excitement, sadness, joy jealousy, shame and peace.
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“As a mother to a four-year-old, former school teacher, yoga and meditation teacher, and author, I appreciate Crystal McCreary’s Little Yogi Deck on so many levels. This deck is thoughtful, culturally relevant, informed by depth practice and study of yoga, and contains practices that are accessible to little people. The names of the practices and poses are intentional, age appropriate, and still honor the traditional names and origin. The directions are easy to follow and clear. The accompanying images reflect the diversity that our children come in. My son saw the deck and said, ‘Mama I can see myself being a yoga person like that kid. That looks fun!’ while pointing to one of the images. This deck is a must for little people, parents, educators, and yoga teachers everywhere.”
—Octavia Raheem, author of Gather
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Crystal McCreary is a yoga, mindfulness, and health educator, actor, speaker, and writer. She consults for CUNY Hunter’s public health department research studies on the impact of mindfulness on health outcomes for youth.
She serves on the Yoga Alliance Diversity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Advisory Committee and is currently involved with organizations that aim to support youth with embodied contemplative practice including Mindful Schools and Bent on Learning. Crystal’s programs and continued collaboration with schools in New York City, organizations, and corporations emphasize self-care as the gateway to social justice and community healing.
Crystal graduated from Stanford University with a BA in African and African American studies and completed The American Conservatory Theater’s Master of Fine Arts program in Acting and works full-time as a health educator at an independent K-12 school in New York City.