Yoga Coloring Book

Color, breathe, move, from first breath to deep rest.

Yoga is a practice of gentle movement, breath and rest. This book follows one gentle yoga class in five parts (arrive, warm up, stand, floor and rest), ten pages for each, set by a quiet lake in wooded hills on one early-summer day, from the morning mist to a full moon over the water.

Inside you'll find 50 bold and easy designs:

• 25 beginner-friendly poses in the order a class moves through them, from Easy Seat and chair stretches to Tree, Warrior II, Supported Bridge and Deep Relaxation, several with a chair, a wall, a block or a strap
• Poses whose names become pictures: an eagle over the mountains behind Eagle Arms, a cat beside Cat Pose, a garden gate for Gate Pose, sailboats behind Triangle, butterflies around Butterfly
• Animal pages: swans on the lake, hares in the clover, deer in the forest, ducks and ducklings, and a fox asleep in the meadow
• Five mandalas, one for each part of the class: lotus, leaf, sun, butterfly and full moon
• Lakeside scenes: the morning lake, a wildflower meadow, the garden studio, rowing boats at the jetty and the deck at dusk

Every page has a short caption with the pose's name (and its Sanskrit name for the classic poses) and a gentle breath cue. You can simply color. Or, when you finish a page, try the pose slowly.

Made for comfortable coloring:

• Thick, even outlines and large open shapes. No hairline detail, no solid black areas
• Large 8.5 × 11 inch pages, every design inside a clean frame
• Printed on one side only, with a blank back behind every design. With heavy or alcohol markers, slip a spare sheet behind the page
• Two color test pages, organized by the five parts of the class

A thoughtful gift for yoga students, for parents and grandparents, and for anyone who wants a slower, quieter hour.

No experience needed. Pick a color and begin.