She has won two Independent Music Awards and two Children's Music Web Awards for her music and her songs include "Colors," which was featured in a worldwide Dell advertisement campaign. Her music has been described as joyful, upbeat and eminently danceable and she has won awards for best album and best song, and was used as the background for advertisements.
Her cousin produced the album and played drums, her brother sang bass, and her daughter and friends sang along in a few tracks. Her students enjoyed the songs she wrote which led her to write more songs with the intention of pleasing children and eventually to recording her first album. Upon gaining a certification to teach Yoga, she started bringing her guitar to classes to play for the children. The songs initially were written for her daughter, the first of her three children in an effort to sing her to sleep. Willey spent the late 1990s in New York City performing in nightclubs before working on material that would later be used for her debut album, Dance for the Sun. PBS TV affiliates nationwide air Breathe With ME and Fireflies Yoga, two yoga-for-children programs Willey created and hosts and her Music You Can Move To series with Laurie Berkner can be heard daily on Sirius XM Radio. In 2006, she opened a Yoga Studio, Fireflies Yoga in Pennsylvania. She grew up in Connecticut and Massachusetts.
Visit her online at Willey is an American children's music artist, author, children's yoga and mindfulness expert, speaker, and creator of Rockin’ Yoga school programs.Īt the age of five, Willey started playing the violin and continued performing through high school and taught herself how to play guitar and mandolin as a teenager. When not illustrating, she can be found exploring the historic sights and natural beauty of the United Kingdom and Europe, baking sweets, going for long walks, and sewing colorful clothes to wear. Originally from Illinois, she now lives in Durham, England, with her archaeologist husband, Kamal, new son, Emmett, and adorable dog, Logan. Learn more at !Īnni Betts is a professional illustrator who creates vibrant, cheerful drawings for books, magazines, advertisements, greeting cards, and more. Kira created and hosts several yoga-for-kids programs which air on PBS TV affiliates nationwide and her TEDx talk, “Bite-Sized Mindfulness,” can be viewed online. Her hits include “Colors,” which was featured in a worldwide Dell ad campaign. She has released five albums of kids’ yoga and mindfulness songs her work has won Parents’ Choice Gold, four Independent Music Awards, and the ASCAP Foundation Children’s Songwriting Award. Kira Willey, author of Breathe Like a Bear and the Mindfulness Moments for Kids series, is a children’s music artist, kids’ yoga and mindfulness expert, and creator of Rockin’ Yoga school programs.
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