Sunday Story Time and Yoga with Anna Housley Juster and Caro Clark
Join us for Sunday Story Time with Anna Housley Juster. She will read her book “How To Train Your Amygdala.”
Stick around for a yoga class with Caro Clark!
About How To Train Your Amygdala:
Your amygdala works hard to protect you from danger, but what about when it gets things wrong? This amusing character-driven narrative helps children learn to calm their amygdala and control their fight-flight-freeze impulses.
The amygdala is the brain's alarm system that alerts for danger, but sometimes it gets things wrong and needs help calming down. In this picture book, young readers receive kid-friendly information about the amygdala from the amygdala, how it can sometimes get confused, and simple ideas to calm and train it.
About Anna Housley Juster
Anna Housley Juster, PhD, LICSW (she/her) is an award-winning author, child and adolescent mental health clinician, education consultant, and mom. She began her career as a Head Start teacher and has over two decades of experience supporting children and families across a variety of contexts. During several years in children's media, she served as director of content for Sesame Street across the series, publishing, product development, and interactive technology. Her first picture book, How to Train Your Amygdala (2024 NYC Big Book Award Distinguished Favorite), has been translated into French via Éditions Midi Trente as Mon Amie Amygdale, and has been licensed for translation, print, and distribution by the Ministry of Education for Indonesia. Her second picture book, The Best Good Thing, is forthcoming (Free Spirit Publishing). Anna grew up in mud, sand, and snow, surrounded by stories, and is a firm believer in the power of play. Her favorite number is 3, and she lives with her husband, two daughters, and one very soft dog near Boston, Massachusetts.
About Caro Clark:
Caro has been teaching yoga, somatic therapy, breathwork, and meditation for over twenty years. She has worked with young children, adolescents, and adults to cultivate lifelong wellness practices, especially managing the complex symptoms of anxiety and depression. Caro is also a social worker, serving children and families in Boston. She studied Yoga Therapeutics and Integrative Yoga Therapy with Bo Forbes and The New England School of Yoga Therapeutics, and she is a member of The Yoga Alliance and The International Association of Yoga Therapists.