Can you touch your toes? Or balance on one leg? Learn to calm your body and put your mind at ease alongside Flo the cat and Mack the monkey as they show you the different yoga poses. Known as asanas, these postures are fun to do on your own, at school or with family, and will help your body feel better and relax your mind! Yoga is a fun practice that offers an abundance of physical and mental benefits to all ages. Children especially find it useful to learn basic poses, which will help them through times of worry, anxiety, chaos and technology overload. With its roots in Ashtanga yoga practice, this guide contains bright, cheerful illustrations accompanied by easy-to-follow instructions for a variety of yoga poses. Designed for children aged 4+, these activities can be used at home or in the classroom, and will especially benefit children with low self-esteem, anxiety and ADHD.
Striker the cat is unstoppable! He thinks that there is too much fun to be had, and no matter what his mama tells him, he never slows down. One day, a bump to the head brings this busy cat to a standstill. Will Striker finally listen to his mama and learn to make time for a little calmness? This charmingly-illustrated picture book for ages 3-6 aims to teach busy children about the benefits of taking time to sit quietly and clear their mind. Touching on the principles of mindfulness, it provides the perfect introduction to the differing feelings of chaos and calm and encourages children to find balance in their increasingly busy lives.
The acclaimed writer's third volume of memoirs offers revealing portraits of Ted Hughes, Bruce Chatwin, Philip Roth, Andy Warhol, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Alberto Moravia, and many others.
Fictionalizes the turbulent relationship between twentieth-century poets Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes, including the role played by Sylvia's rival, Assia Wevill.
This book explores how power operates in workplace settings at local, national and transnational levels. It argues that how people are valued in and out of work is a political dynamic, which reflects and shapes how societies treat their citizens. Offering vital resources for activists and students on labour rights, employment issues and trade unions, this book argues that the influence workers can exert is changing dramatically and future challenges for change can be positive and progressive.
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THE BALLAD OF TED AND SYLVIA is a novel which tells the story of the early days and then the meeting, marriage and seperation of Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath. The three protagonists described here - Sylvia, the wounded, ambitious poet; Ted, the lover of freedom and nature; and Assia Wevill, the woman who came between them and suffered for her passion - are brought together in a scene of shifting perspectives.In intensely vivid prose, the author takes us beyond the familiar outlines of the pair's legend. From the scarlet lipstick and headband Sylvia wore on the night they first met, to the yards of red corduroy curtains left unfinished at her death, Tennant constructs a ballad from the images that tap into our very nerve endings. Through imaginative fiction, The Ballad of Ted and Sylvia animates the three talented yet tortured people whose tragic tale surely deserves its place as one othe twentieth century's most unforgettable literary love stories.
This novel tells of the marriage and separation of the poets Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath, and of Assia Wevill, the woman who came between them. The tale deserves its place as one of the 20th century's most unforgettable love stories.
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