Are you looking for yoga therapy ideas? You might have already discovered the benefits of integrating yoga into your therapy sessions. Integrating yoga into therapy sessions has been shown to increase: strength and flexibility body awareness, balance, and coordination attention and behavioral regulation cognitive skills and language development social skills As Claire and Lauren from […]
Bring the healthy benefits of yoga into your home schooling curriculum with these twenty-five kids yoga ideas. Also, check out the printable poster for forty ways to practice classroom yoga. How to Do Yoga in your Home School Take yoga breaks to either bring calm or help energize (ex. tree pose, breathing technique, downward-facing dog […]
Our winter wonderland life here in New England has been a learning adventure! I love that the local libraries are stacked with winter-themed books, most of which were completely new to me. After gathering a bunch of books on Arctic animals, my daughter and I learned about the animals by acting them out through simple […]
I am excited to introduce you to our guest writer, Shelley Arthur, of Radiant Child Yoga and co-author of Holiday Yoga: Celebrating History and Holidays throughout the Year. Today Shelley shares with us her New Year Yoga lesson plan. Yoga for kids is a fun and active way to introduce children to making New Year’s […]
Looking for yoga gifts for 5-year-olds? Check out these yoga gifts for kindergarteners. It’s important to me that my daughter grows up understanding that yoga goes beyond yoga postures—it’s about living a yoga lifestyle that includes being a responsible, mindful, kind, and compassion person. So, each Christmas, we include yoga gifts among her present list […]
Enter the Kids Yoga Starter Kit giveaway below. “How do I get started with kids yoga?” I hear this question all the time. If you’re looking to introduce your children to yoga this holiday season, I would love to share with you a few resources to get you started on your own kids yoga journey. […]
Yoga for kids is a great way to celebrate the various seasons throughout the year. Seasonal yoga gets children learning, moving, and having fun! The following kids yoga lesson plans are designed for children ages three to eight, but they could be adapted for younger or older children. Each session can be between fifteen to […]
In today’s world, where my daughter has such an abundant life, I’m mindful of teaching her about gratitude. We honestly have so much to be grateful for. So I was thrilled when kids yoga teacher, Joie Scott, recommended this darling book, The Secret of Saying Thanks by Douglas Wood and Greg Shed. We picked it […]
Please enjoy this Halloween poem for your young yogis, written by kids yoga and mindfulness teacher from the United Kingdom, Victoria Rietdyk. Victoria is passionate about incorporating her love of poetry into her kids yoga lesson plans. See her four Rhyming Poems for Kids Yoga here. Here’s a spooky yoga poem to help you and […]
Boston’s ‘Kids Yoga Stories’ Announces New Fall Yoga Book: Trish’s Fall Photography Kids Yoga Stories, an all-encompassing kid’s yoga book platform with an array of interactive, fun, and educational books for children aged three to eight, announced this week they will be releasing a new book this fall designed to motivate kids through yoga and […]
My daughter only watches TV in the winter. (We started our screen-free practice after reading Mitten Strings for God: Reflections for Mothers in a Hurry by Katrina Kenison.) With the Summer Olympics coming up, I’m thinking of ways to teach my daughter about the Olympics without actually watching them on television. Luckily, her summer camp […]
Please enjoy these yoga poems for kids, written by kids yoga and mindfulness teacher from the United Kingdom, Victoria Rietdyk. Victoria is passionate about incorporating her love of poetry into her kids yoga lesson plans. Do you write your own rhyming poems for your kids yoga sessions? We’d love to hear from you, too! […]
Are you looking for fun kids yoga class ideas? You’ve checked out our seasonal yoga, holiday yoga, or monthly theme yoga ideas, but you’re looking for something a bit more fun that will also integrate well into your school curriculum? We’ve got you covered! Below is a collection of kids yoga ideas for your home, […]
How do you inspire, educate, and engage children in your kids yoga class? Behavior management in the kids yoga class is a topic I get asked about often, so I asked the lovely Tara Rachel Jones from Flower Yoga to share some tips. Below, you’ll find ten ways that Tara Rachel works hard to create […]
Happy Independence Day! We have been living in our adopted country of United States for over seven years now and finally getting into the groove of the July 4th Cookout. Given that my hubby is Australian, we love the idea of an all-day barbecue. I’d love to share some Independence Day for kids yoga sequences, […]