Category Archives: Kids Yoga

What Yoga with Children Really Looks Like

I’m excited to introduce Olga Mecking who writes about her experience practicing yoga with her children.  Olga is a Polish woman living in the Netherlands with her German husband and three trilingual children.  She is a trainer in intercultural communication and translator and she also blogs at The European Mama to share her experiences and stories about read more »

Why Do You Love Teaching Yoga to Children?

This “passion” post is part of our monthly theme at Kids Yoga Stories.  I have been reflecting on the love of teaching yoga to children. Our family is creating a yoga practice together, making it up as we go along.  At home.  In the park.  At the airport.  Wherever we go, there’s our yoga practice.  read more »

20 Reasons to Love Teaching Kids Yoga

This “passion” post is part of our monthly theme at Kids Yoga Stories.  I asked Carolyn Clarke, a kids yoga teacher and author of Imaginations: Fun Relaxation Stories and Meditations for Kids, about her passion for teaching yoga to children.   What I love about teaching yoga to kids: Feeling the frenetic energy of a read more »

Quack Like a Duck and Moo Like a Cow: Farm Kids Yoga

This “passion” post is part of our monthly theme at Kids Yoga Stories.  My passion is introducing yoga to our daughter in a fun and playful way, in hopes of teaching her lifelong healthy habits.   “Moo, moo.  Bow, wow.” Our daughter loves animals. Who knows if it started with our family’s love of Sandra read more »

Butterflies, buttercups and blossoms … Spring is here!

Spring has arrived in San Francisco! This month, I’m teaming up with other Multicultural Kids Bloggers to share what Spring is like in our part of the world.  Here are some things that we like to do to celebrate the start of Spring: We can never get enough of the Golden Gate Park.  So much read more »

Bring the United Kingdom to you!

This month, I had fun with the monthly theme of the United Kingdom. I have fond memories of staying with our grandparents in the south of England and visiting other relatives.  Also, traveling to different places, I find myself naturally gravitating to the other travelers from the UK. Picture of me on Worthing beach in read more »

Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, and the Tower of London: London Kids Yoga

I’m excited to introduce our guest this month, Nicola Preskett.  She is a primary school teacher, children’s yoga teacher and children’s author from London, England.  Nicola’s first book, Hudson and Me, will be released in April and features the adventures of her small and cheeky sausage dog.   Fifteen years ago, Nicola and I taught read more »

6 Ways to Ease Stress of School Transition

I’m honored to present our guest, Katie Manitsas, who is my teacher, mentor and dear friend.  She is the Director of Jivamukti Yoga Sydney and is a mom to two gorgeous boys.  Katie also wrote the Foreword for Anna and her Rainbow-Colored Yoga Mats. This month’s focus is on one of the niyamas, Svadhyaya which read more »

10 Ways to Have Fun and Be Active With Your Toddler

Danya Banya is a momma blogger from Sydney Australia who has two young girls.  She writes about a variety of creative projects that inspire her family. Here is an article that I wrote for Danya’s readers about ways to have fun and be active with your toddler: 10 Ways To Have Fun and Be Active read more »

14 Ways Why Yoga for Children is a Great Idea

Becky is a educator, speaker, and mom who writes her Kid World Citizen blog filled with activities to do with your children, inspiring them to be global citizens.  Here’s how she describes the purpose of her website “I developed Kid World Citizen to be able to share the educational activities that I have used in read more »