Ninja Rai and Drakai

Hello and Welcome!
Thank you for visiting my crowdfunding page for my first children's book!

Please take a look around and I hope you will be inspired to support my project!

My MISSION: World Needs more yoga for Kids!
I truly believe that investing in helping our young generation to build self-awareness, to find moments of silence & inner balance and to learn kindness & appreciation of life will greatly benefit humanity and save the world!
All of these things are an integral part of practicing yoga with children.
My intent with my first book is to provide attractive material for children to become interested in yoga, and the side benefits will follow.

While there is a growing number of kids' yoga & mindfulness offerings, there is need for much more. This project will be a great addition to the mix.

The BOOK: Ninja Rai and Drakai
This is a dymanic story about perseverance and friendship. Its suitable for the children of about 3-9 years of age.

What makes this book unique is that each of the characters has a yoga pose that represents them. At the early part of the book the characters and the yoga poses are introduced one by one, so that they become familiar to the children.
While the story develops and describes the adventures of ninja Rai, children participate in the story by doing the yoga poses.

The book can also be used without doing the yoga. It has a dynamic plot and it is beautifully illustrated.

The final book will be of around 40 pages in A4 horizontal format, printed on thick high-quality paper in full colour (prototype version in the video has no coloured pages yet).

The PLOT
The book tells a story of Ninja Rai and his friends, who help Rai fight his enemy dragon Drakai. Rai and Drakai are both in love with princess Lily. At the crucial fight when Drakai is almost defeated, the story gets an unexpected turn...

How will Your Donation be used?
The donations for this project will be used to finance the printing of the book.
The target amount is enough for 400 copies. The more money collected, the more copies will be printed in the first edition.
The book is expected to be available for sale on yogamarina.nl and on selected online stores from August 2024. More information will be shared in Updates.

Author
I have practiced yoga for over 20 years and taught (both adults and children) for the last 5.
I've experienced the great benefits of yoga during a difficult personal time and am passionate to share the wisdom underlying this ancient practice.

Examples characters and yoga poses
Please have a look at few examples of how the characters will be visually linked to the yoga poses.
There will be many more characters and other beatiful illustrations in the final book.