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Good morning yoga

Mariam Gates - Author

A lively morning routine in story form: readers move through yoga poses, with rhymes, playful imagery and a repeated focus on breathing. The book also offers instructions, affirmations and a guided visualisation.

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Yoga helps children learn how to focus, relax, and both self-monitor and self-soothe. "Good Morning Yoga" instills these four skills and more, enabling children to jumpstart the day with excitement and meet the adventures that come with mindfulness and perspective. Gates presents both a wake-up story and a series of simple poses for welcoming the natural world as day begins. It's practice for kids and parents to begin the day in a calming, mindful way. Turn the page and rise like a volcano, stretch like a dog, and get ready to start your day.

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Yoga· ExplainedBreathing· ExplainedMindfulness· Explained

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Beyond the Cover

yogabreathingmindfulness

Non-fictionPicture book

Themes in Context

Movement and breathing

The sequence presents yoga poses with breathing cues and affirmations as a morning practice.Exploratory / explanatory

How the book presents it: The instructional text explains how to approach the poses and brings attention to breathing; it is framed as practice, alongside the wake-up story.

Talk about: Would your child prefer to follow the movements, listen to the story, or combine the two?

Why It May Be Worth Reading

Its two text styles give you options: enjoy the short rhyming story, add the pose directions, or use the recap and visualisation. The illustrations show children embodying the movements.

What Deserves Attention

The pose directions and breathing cues invite children to move along, rather than only listen. An adult can choose to read the story without turning each page into an instruction to participate.

A Conversation Worth Having

Would your child enjoy trying a pose as it appears, or would they rather follow the story and pictures first?

Reading Approach

Try one pass as a read-aloud, then return to the pose directions or recap if your child wants to move. The visualisation can be saved for a quieter finish.

Confidence & Basis

Theme indicators describe how the book presents a topic; they are not a verdict on the whole book or your family's values. Confidence reflects how much book-specific material was checked. Only part of the book information was available, so some details remain unconfirmed.

What remains unconfirmed

Movement and breathing: How the directions work for different children, or whether a child is expected to complete every pose, is not established.

Good morning yoga by Mariam Gates | Open Library

Limited information

Checked: 1 October 2026.

Relevant to: General book context

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Checked: 1 October 2026.

Relevant to: Movement and breathing

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Limited information

Checked: 1 October 2026.

Relevant to: Movement and breathing

Benefits, discussion questions and reading approaches are suggestions. Your knowledge of your child remains part of the decision.

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Good morning yoga

At a Glance

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Personalised Fit

Beyond the Cover

Themes in Context

Movement and breathing

Why It May Be Worth Reading

What Deserves Attention

A Conversation Worth Having

Reading Approach

What remains unconfirmed