Welcome to the first post in our monthly Kids Love Yoga series!
We will feature a new yoga pose each month and includes pictures of children from around the world practicing the pose.
The most popular page on our site is the list of kids yoga poses, so I thought it would be fun to share pictures of children practicing the various poses every month.
It is inspiring to see that children are natural yogis and physical postures can be practiced anywhere without any preparation.
Once your children have tried Downward-Facing Dog, don’t be surprised if you see them practicing the pose in the most unlikely places!
Join us for this month’s focus on Downward-Facing Dog Pose:
Sanskrit: Adho Mukha Svanasana
Benefits:
- Strengthens the arms and legs.
- Increases flexibility.
- Changes perspective by taking you into an inversion.
- Tames tantrums.
- Invigorates the body.
You could pretend to be:
A dog, a bear, a roof, a mountain, a coyote, a sandcastle, or Mayan ruins
Description:
Start out on all fours. Spread your fingers and press your palms flat onto the floor. Lift your buttocks, straighten your legs, and make an upside-down V shape. Send your heels gently to the ground. Relax your head and neck and look down between your legs.
Pictures of children in Downward-Facing Dog Pose from our fellow yogi and blogger friends:
 Kids’ Play Space |
 Stir the Wonder |
 Ask a Nanny |
Cris |
 Milk and Cuddles |
 Jo O. |
 Capri + 3 |
Danya Banya |
 Crystal’s Tiny Treasures |
Crystal’s Tiny Treasures |
 Le Petit Yogi |
 Rene H. |
The Inspired Treehouse |
Jennifer T. |
 Kids Yoga Stories |
 Kids Yoga Stories |
Janice L. |
Mud Hut Mama |
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 I raise my kids |
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 Multilingual Mama |
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Melinda E. |
Check out this Downward-Facing Dog Pose video:
Find the Downward-Facing Dog Pose in all of our yoga stories for kids:
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I personally have been so happy to receive these stories. I don´t need to make my own ones any more. I run kid´s yoga games club but once a month we have parents taking part as well and in those times we have yoga with a story and every time the yoga have been different. So who ever makes up the stories, here over the seas in Finland at least we are so happy to have these stories. Thank you!
Regards from Eeva Beckford, Finland
Thank you, Eeva. How kind of you. I’m so glad that you are enjoying our yoga stories for kids! Do you have pictures of your students in Downward-Facing Dog Pose that you’d like to add to the collection above?!
Giselle