{"id":5384,"date":"2026-01-14T10:14:50","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T10:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/?p=5384"},"modified":"2026-01-14T10:14:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T10:14:50","slug":"you-yoga-by-maria-castellucci-moore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/?p=5384","title":{"rendered":"You Yoga by Mar\u00eda Castellucci Moore"},"content":{"rendered":"

An adventurous, inspirational journey through the pleasures and benefits of yoga<\/strong><\/h2>\n

You are one step\u2014or maybe one pose\u2014away from meeting your true self. You Yoga: Finding Your Inner Shine <\/em>celebrates all that yoga has to offer in this spiritually inspiring picture book about a squirrel finding himself and sharing his shine with the creatures around him.<\/p>\n

The unnamed squirrel in You Yoga <\/em>is an adventurous, sweetly illustrated critter who\u2019s always got a mat on their back and is always ready to unfurl it, whether they\u2019re setting off through the woods or flying through the sky on an owl. The illustrations of this little squirrel doing yoga in their various natural surroundings, like inside a shelter of sticks under a dark gray sky, are among the book\u2019s most affecting attributes. Your little yogi will love watching this little friend venture through the habitat and make time and space for something that\u2019s clearly so important to them\u2014yoga.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u201cOn or off your mat, you\u2019re a star! May YOU carry your peace wherever you are.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The text on the page is filled with inspiration. It celebrates the joy and impact of practicing yoga and praises the great light hiding inside each and every one of us, no matter how small we are. This book could be a great companion for parents, guardians, and teachers who want to pair reading with the activity of yoga itself. One thing\u2019s for sure: this will definitely get little ones excited to try.<\/p>\n

\u201cYoga is magic, a gift just for YOU\u2014<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

It helps YOU feel calm, strong, and true.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s not necessarily a book that educates so much as it inspires. It might drop a few hints as to the types of movements kids can take to start doing yoga\u2014like standing tall like a mountain or bending to touch your toes\u2014but it might lack the application you\u2019re looking for if you\u2019re hoping for something a little more informational. The language can get advanced in some spaces too, and the rhyming can reach a bit too far, leaving littler readers too far on the outside of deep understanding.<\/p>\n

The book doesn\u2019t need to educate exactly\u2014that\u2019s not really the goal here\u2014but the inspiration does get a touch repetitive over time. We know pretty quickly that yoga is about using your body, breathing, stretching, and letting your inner light shine, but we continue discussing these things after already covering them pretty early on. Without story or further information, You Yoga<\/em> pulls up short in its applicability and fits most neatly in kids\u2019 books on spirituality.<\/p>\n

You Yoga <\/em>is a loving ode to the transformative power of yoga. As a companion piece to go along with the practice itself, this book will motivate little ones to move their bodies, breathe their way to calmness, and find their spiritual center. \u00a0<\/p>\n

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An adventurous, inspirational journey through the pleasures and benefits of yoga You are one step\u2014or maybe one pose\u2014away from meeting your true self. You Yoga: Finding Your Inner Shine celebrates all that yoga has to offer in this spiritually inspiring picture book about a squirrel finding himself and sharing his shine with the creatures around […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bookreviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5384"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5384\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}