{"product_id":"this-moment-is-your-life-and-so-is-this-one-a-fun-and-easy-guide-to-mindfulness-meditation-and-yoga-9780399186622","title":"This Moment Is Your Life (and So Is This One): A Fun and Easy Guide to Mindfulness, Meditation, and Yoga","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis lively, hands-on guide to meditation, mindfulness, and yoga is a perfect introduction for tweens and teens.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDon't just do something, be here.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe key to happiness is being able to find comfort in this moment, here and now. When you are completely present and not distracted by regrets, worries, and plans, even for a little while, you begin to feel more confident and can deal more easily with everything you experience. This is mindfulness: paying attention to this very moment, on purpose and without judgment--simply being present with curiosity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis engaging guide, packed with simple exercises and endearing full-color artwork, provides a handy starting point for bringing mindfulness into your daily life. Chapters on meditation, yoga, and mindful breathing explain the benefits of these practices, and you are free to pick and choose what to try. There are quick exercises throughout, and a more extensive tool kit at the end of each chapter. The final chapter offers satisfying five-day challenges that map out ways to pull all of the book's mindfulness techniques together in your day-to-day life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith the appeal of a workbook or guided journal, and full of examples relevant to tweens and teens today, this book will be your trusted companion as you begin the valuable, stress-relieving work of \u003ci\u003ebeing still with skill\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMariam Gates has a master's degree in education from Harvard University and has been teaching children for more than twenty years. The founder of Kid Power Yoga, she now devotes herself to training children and adults in yoga and mindfulness. She is the author of the picture books \u003ci\u003eMeditate with Me\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGood Night Yoga\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGood Morning Yoga\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives with her husband, Rolf Gates, and their two children in Santa Cruz, California. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLibby VanderPloeg is an illustrator and designer living in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. She grew up in Grand Haven, Michigan, on the edge of the Great Lakes, and since then, she has lived in Grand Rapids, Chicago, New York, and Stockholm. She's created book covers and editorial illustrations for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDesign*Sponge\u003c\/i\u003e, among others, and as well as a line of cards and prints that she sells via her Etsy shop and in stores.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dial Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50655406391570,"sku":"9780399186622","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4d23a59f-e9ee-467f-b8b8-632a733b5fe7.jpg?v=1733380669","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/this-moment-is-your-life-and-so-is-this-one-a-fun-and-easy-guide-to-mindfulness-meditation-and-yoga-9780399186622","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}