{"id":6293,"date":"2017-12-03T08:00:12","date_gmt":"2017-12-03T15:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manyvoices.soundstrue.com\/?p=3565"},"modified":"2020-04-07T18:00:59","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T18:00:59","slug":"breathe-and-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/blog\/breathe-and-be\/","title":{"rendered":"Breathe and Be"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Need more “Breathe and Be<\/a>” Moments?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Excerpted from Breathe and Be: A Book of Mindfulness Poems<\/a>.  <\/em>Written by Kate Coombs<\/a> and illustrated by Anna Emilia Laitinen.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Kate Coombs<\/a> is the author of numerous books, including picture books, novels, and books of poetry. Her collection of ocean poems, Water Sings Blue,<\/em> won the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award for 2012. She\u2019s a former teacher, and has taught both K-12 and college. Her favorite color is the blue-green at the top of an ocean wave, and she goes out of her way to step on dry leaves just to hear them crunch. For more, see katecoombs.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Anna Emilia Laitinen<\/a> studied graphic design and illustration in Finland and Iceland. She has illustrated books, stationary, tableware, and textiles. In 2015, she received the Kaiku Award for illustration from The Association of Illustrators in Finland. Her favorite color is the Northern winter sky during sunset and her favorite sound is waking up in a tent in a forest full of birds singing. For more, see annaemilia.com.<\/p>\n

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  Need more “Breathe and Be” Moments?     Excerpted from Breathe and Be: A Book of Mindfulness Poems.  Written by Kate Coombs and illustrated by Anna Emilia Laitinen. Kate Coombs is the author of numerous books, including picture books, novels, and books of poetry. Her collection of ocean poems, Water Sings Blue, won the Lee Bennett […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":5485,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_expiration-date-status":"","_expiration-date":0,"_expiration-date-type":"","_expiration-date-categories":[],"_expiration-date-options":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[382],"tags":[],"contributor":[840],"class_list":["post-6293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mindfulness","contributor-kate-coombs"],"yoast_head":"\nBreathe And Be | Sounds True<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn about breathe and be with insights from Sounds True teachers. 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