Description: Today's Gonna Be Awesomesauce is a daily mindfulness meditation book for youth, parents, and families (and educators too!) filled with practical wisdom, quirky wit. It was created with an edgy savviness through an educator's lens, a yogi mom's heart, and a superhero love for humanity.
Brief description: Athea Davis, CP, E-RYT, RYT 500, RCYT, is a health and wellness educator, youth mentor, and owner of Sol Sense Yoga. She writes, lectures, and consults youth, families, educators, and businesses on topics such as mindfulness, meditation, health and wellness, classroom management, family/conscious parenting, and a variety of social and emotional learning topics. Athea has a multi-faceted background of corporate and public law experience with health and wellness education. She brings an innovative and unique approach to the education/health and wellness sectors. She is committed to increasing social and emotional performance for youth, parents, and educators. In her spare time, Athea takes adventures of all kinds, relishing her most favorite adventures with her son. Together they love to create and spread the awesomesauce in each breath, step, and light and love dab along the way.
Review Quotes:
During my journey to achieve balance and equanimity in my life and share my practice with children, I have found numerous tools to help me at every step. Today's Gonna Be Awesomesauce is an absolute gem that I recommend for all families and educators, whether they are just beginning to dabble in mindfulness or have engaged in regular practice. Today's Gonna Be Awesomesauce provides readers with empirical research on the benefits of mindfulness/meditation on the brain and teaches families and educators how to utilize movement, art, meditation, nutrition, music, and more, in daily life to cultivate deeper family and student connections that will, in turn, foster a healthier, happier world. Cynthia Chasteen, Ph.D., RYT
Here in Today's Gonna Be Awesomesauce, Athea stands with us, but also with our children as she cheers us on through daily milestones whether joyous or like bumps in the road. Moms, dads, and kids are all invited to participate and learn to increase responsibility and love as a family unit. Athea presents tangible activities such as breathing techniques, and she also offers general guidance, all with grace, a sense of humor and contagious joy. She teaches us to get "jiggy" and shake off negativity, and how to weave essential qualities into our daily lives such as playfulness, spontaneity, presence, collaboration, reflection, responsiveness, proactivity, honesty, compassion, and, one that really struck me, reality. Beth Reese, Ph.D., E-RYT, RCYT, CEO and Founder of Yogiños: Yoga for Youth(R), Independent Scholar and Critic