The Power of Music with Kira Willey

Kira Willey, author of Breathe Like a Bear, Peaceful Like a Panda and the Mindfulness Moments for Kids board book series, is also a children’s music artist, kids’ yoga and mindfulness expert, and creator of Rockin’ Yoga school programs. She has released five albums of kids’ yoga and mindfulness songs; her work has won Parents’ Choice Gold, Independent Music and International Songwriting Awards. Her hits include “Colors,” which was featured in a worldwide Dell ad campaign, and “Just Be,” which has been streamed more than 2.5 million times. Kira created and hosts several yoga-for-kids programs which air on PBS TV affiliates nationwide; and her TEDx talk, “Bite-Sized Mindfulness,” can be viewed online. Rockin’ Yoga, Kira’s membership, is a thriving community of open-hearted kids yoga educators bringing mindful practices to our next generation. In this episode Kira shares how and why she began sharing yoga for children, how her first kids yoga music album came to be, the inspiration behind her books, and her hopes and dreams for kids yoga and mindfulness in the next ten years. A powerful and inspirational conversation, the perfect listen for every kids yoga professional. Tune in NOW! Some FREE resources provided by Kira can be found for all KYP listeners here: Here is a page with some of Kira’s most loved yoga resources for your listeners.