It's Time For Yoga - Softcover

Tara Rachel Jones received her B.A in Early Childhood Education in 1991 from Simmons College, Boston. She received her M.Ed. in both Early Childhood and Elementary Education in 2009 from Antioch New England Graduate University in Keene, NH. She was certified in Montessori Education in 1992 and taught for 7 years as a Montessori teacher. In 1997, Tara Rachel, RYT 500*,E-RYT 500*, RCYT*, RCYS* started her first formal children s yoga program at a Waldorf inspired nursery school in Bedford, MA where she also was a lead teacher for one of the nursery classes for several years. Since then, Tara Rachel has led yoga programs for children from nursery through high school and teacher education workshops in pre-schools, public, private schools and youth organizations all over the Boston area. She has maintained a stronghold in the field of education by bringing yoga workshops to teachers and parents in schools. In 2011, she started a Yoga Teacher Training course for those aspiring to teach yoga to children, youth, teens and families that is now a Registered Children's Yoga School 95hr, through The National Yoga Alliance. She is also a certified Zen Shiatsu Therapist. NATIONAL YOGA ALLIANCE *Registered Yoga Teacher 500 hour (RYT 500) *Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher 500hr (E-RYT 500) *Registered Children s Yoga Teacher (RCYT) *Registered Children s Yoga School (RCYS)

Thank you for the fabulous book! It is a wonderful introduction to yoga for anyone-kids and grown ups as well! It is so cleverly done with the poems and the cute animal illustrations. It makes a complex subject into something everyone can easily wrap their mind around. ---Suzanne T. Weiner, Exectutive Director of the North Carolina Textile Foundation-

Thank You, Thank You! Thank You for the copy of your book, IT'S TIME FOR YOGA! and congratulations! I have read it and I love it! It is profound, in every way beautiful, one of the most peaceful inspiring, enjoyable books I have ever read in my 87 years. If I ever had children (which of course I have not), I would have them read your book and enroll in your class. You deserve THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR AWARD! Aaron Livingston did the most magnificent and enjoyable illustrations I have ever seen in a book. And I mean every word of what I say about what you and he have given to every person in the world. I have taught philosophy for 40 years, and now going to my office at Marquette University 5 days a week. I am a counselor and advisor for hundreds of college students. For that reason, what you say to parents and teachers in the LITTLE APPENDIX D is very wise and caring. Especially, #7 about the connection of Yoga to having faith in ourselves and the mysteries of life. --Father John Naus, S.J. Jesuit Priest, Philosophy teacher and Student Couselor

Upon my very first glimpses into the book, I was deeply moved by it in many ways. The illustrations astoundingly have the exact feel of what I see when I look into myself in my yoga practice. Something about the quality and the way of seeing, it feels like being wrapped in a wonderful blanket. And the writing, the presentation of the poses in the context of the tradition, also really speaks to me. --Zoe Stewart, Iyengar Yoga Instructor for 30+ years in Arlington, Ma.