Ommie books aimed at teaching children yoga

Yoga is considered important to help decrease stress levels, keep calm and maintain a healthy fitness level.

Before the lockdown was imposed there were almost 30,000 yoga classes being held each week with nearly 500,000 adults enjoying the natural benefits.

But it isn't just adults it can help, research by Marsha Wenig, creator of the Gaiam YogaKids® DVD programs and president of YogaKids International, says that engaging children through the simple practice of yoga can help enhance concentration, body awareness and co-ordination.

Yoga teacher and author Sirkka Fisk has written two children books featuring a character called Ommie, who takes children through different yoga poses.

She said: “Yoga for kids should be about a journey and a voyage of discovery. One which takes children through magical gardens and sparkling seas to an oasis of calm. I want to help kids experience the Ommie moment themselves through our interactive storytelling and easy to learn yoga poses.”

"By bringing breathwork into their young lives we can help kids experience a positive, passive inner force which calms and relaxes them. A force so magical, so powerful yet so natural that yoga may become an essential daily moment in their lives.”

The books are called Ommie and the Magical Garden and Ommie's Journey into Calm and are aimed at kids aged three to eight. Each one combines an imaginative story with simple easy to follow yoga poses that children can do at home.

For further information about Ommie please visit www.ommie.co.uk or call Nicky Winch on 07976 817486

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