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THIS MOMENT IS YOUR LIFE (AND SO IS THIS ONE)

Libby VanderPloeg Mariam Gates

A FUN AND EASY GUIDE TO MINDFULNESS, MEDITATION AND YOGA

This lively, hands-on guide to meditation, mindfulness, and yoga is a perfect introduction for tweens and teens.
Don't just do something, be here.

The 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.

This 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.

With 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 being still with skill.

Mariam 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 Meditate with Me, Good Night Yoga, and Good Morning Yoga. She lives with her husband, Rolf Gates, and their two children in Santa Cruz, California.

Libby 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 New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and Design*Sponge, among others, and as well as a line of cards and prints that she sells via her Etsy shop and in stores.
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Published 2018-05-22 by Dial Books

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Published 2018-05-22 by Dial Books

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Brightly (418,000 UVPM) ran a feature on THIS MOMENT IS YOUR LIFE (AND SO IS THIS ONE) that highlights the benefits of mindfulness for tweens: "Gates's writing is simple and straightforward and never underestimates the smarts of her reader. She explains things like mindfulness and the mind/body connection in a way that not only makes sense, but that relates to feelings and urges her reader is sure to understand." Read more...

This book gives middle-graders effective mindfulness techniques geared toward helping them combat stress and make good life choices... Students' anecdotes on how certain mindfulness techniques help them cope are particularly helpful. With its appealing combination of physical exercises and journaling activities, this is a valuable addition to the topic for young people.

School Library Journal (154,194 UVPM) included THIS MOMENT IS YOUR LIFE (AND SO IS THIS ONE) in a roundup titled "Time to De-Stress and Take Charge": "Gates offers an extensive guide focusing on mindfulness, meditation, and yoga as weapons to combat the daily stress young people may endure. Gates's attention to detail has a way of making stress seem manageable." Read more...

HelloGiggles (11.5 million UVPM) included THIS MOMENT IS YOUR LIFE (AND SO IS THIS ONE) by Mariam Gates; illustrated by Libby VanderPloeg in a roundup of "14 Books That Will Help You Embrace Your Inner #Girlboss At Work And In Life": A good place to start with your spiritual quest. Read more...

[A] clear and instructive handbook.

Yoga Chicago included THIS MOMENT IS YOUR LIFE (AND SO IS THIS ONE) in a roundup of new releases: ...an engaging introduction to yoga, meditation, and mindfulness... With examples relevant to the modern teen and fun full-color illustrations, the book provides easy solutions for managing stressful situations, minimizing distracting thoughts, and incorporating mindfulness into daily routine. Chapters on meditation, yoga, and mindful breathing explain the benefits of each of these practices. The book culminates with a collection of satisfying five-day challenges that map out ways to pull all of the book's mindfulness techniques together in day-to-day life.... Read more...