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Winter Yoga

Giselle · January 14, 2015 ·

Winter yoga ideas for kids | Kids Yoga Stories

Are you looking for easy yoga poses for kids?

One of the challenges readers have shared over the years is how to add yoga into their curriculum, classes, or home life with ease and simplicity. There are tons of ways to integrate yoga, but teachers and parents with limited time are finding it difficult to focus on quick ideas.

That’s why I’m excited to partner with Spanish Playground on a new monthly theme project that will focus on a single breathing technique, yoga pose, and yoga book. It will also include a 3-pose flow sequence, a Spanish-integration idea, and links to other theme resources. This way, I hope it will give you one thing to focus on each month and make it easier to bring the benefits of yoga to your children.

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December’s Theme: Winter

Our third theme is “winter.” This is a perfect opportunity to bring the fun of winter activities indoors, where it’s warm. Also, yoga for kids is another great way to get active indoors during the cold winter months.

After years living in San Francisco and Sydney, we are slowly adjusting to our new life here in New England with its four distinct seasons. Our daughter was used to playing outside all-year round in San Francisco, and she has been learning about snow and cold weather here in Boston. We have found some great winter-themed books in the library, and she’s getting into the local winter activities like sledding and skating.

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My daughter on her first time ice skating.

Learning about winter can come from discussions, reading books, doing related kids’ activities, art projects, and science experiments. It can also come from doing breathing techniques and practicing yoga poses.

Winter Yoga Practices

The “WINTER” FOCUS BREATH is power breath.

Choose a standing or comfortable upright position (such as sitting in a chair, sitting cross-legged, or sitting on your heels). Take a deep breath in through your nostrils for three counts while raising both of your arms straight up above your head. Then exhale vigorously through your mouth and say, “Ha!” At the same time, take your clenched fists quickly to your chest. You could also practice this technique doing one arm at a time. Think of taking the power of the winter sun into your body through your chest. Repeat this breathing technique a few times to bring warmth to your body.

Find this Power Breath technique in the Yoga4Classrooms Card Pack.

The “WINTER” FOCUS YOGA POSE is Warrior 2 Pose.

From standing position, step one foot back, placing the foot so that it is facing slightly outwards. Take your arms up, parallel to the ground, in the same direction as your legs. Roll your shoulders back, open your chest, bend your front knee (so that your knee is over your ankle), and look forward. Pretend that you are a snowboarder cruising over the powdery snow.

Warrior 2 Pose - Snowboarder | Kids Yoga Stories

My niece in Warrior 2 Pose

The “WINTER” YOGA POSE FLOW is Warrior 2 Pose, Warrior 3 Pose, and Downhill Skier Pose.

  1. Warrior 2 Pose (Snowboarder): From standing position, step one foot back, placing the foot so that it is facing slightly outwards. Take your arms up until they are parallel to the ground, bend your front knee, and look forward. Pretend that you are a snowboarder cruising down the mountain.
  2. Warrior 3 Pose (Ice Skater): Stand on one leg. Extend the other leg behind you, flexing your foot. Bend your torso forward and take your arms out back alongside your body to pretend that you are gliding on the ice like a skater.
  3. Downhill Skier Pose (Downhill Skier): Stand tall in Mountain Pose with your feet hip-width apart and then bend your knees. Rest your elbows slightly above your knees, clasp your hands together, keep a straight spine, and look forward, pretending you are skiing down the mountain.

You can flow gently over and over through the three poses. Talk to your children about various winter activities and ways to stay warm over the winter months.

Winter Yoga theme with a 3-yoga pose flow | Kids Yoga Stories

The “WINTER” FOCUS YOGA BOOK is Jenny’s Winter Walk.

Experience the benefits of yoga with your children or students by acting out what you see and hear in winter with this interactive yoga book. Join Jenny as she meets various animals on a winter walk with her mom. Be a squirrel, a fox, and a bunny. Discover winter, explore movement, and learn the five senses.

Jenny's Winter Walk yoga book by Giselle Shardlow of Kids Yoga Stories
Jenny's Winter Walk yoga book by Giselle Shardlow of Kids Yoga Stories

Images from Jenny’s Winter Walk, our winter yoga book


Check out our Winter Yoga Cards for Kids

Learn about winter animals and snowy activities through simple yoga poses!

Stand tall like an Eastern moose, glide like a downhill skier and have fun doing snow angels.

Download these 53 winter digital yoga cards to learn through movement in your home, classroom, or studio. Includes an Index Card, Pose Instructions, 20 Yoga Pose cards, and 20 matching Winter cards. The yoga kids are multicultural from seven countries.

Ages 3 to 8.

Winter Yoga Cards for Children | Kids Yoga Stories

Download Monthly Kids Yoga Themes

Quick and easy monthly kids yoga ideas!

To spark your imagination, each monthly theme includes one breathing technique, one focus yoga pose, a three-pose flow sequence, and one focus yoga book. This 55-page eBook is for teachers, parents, kids yoga teachers, caregivers, and health practitioners looking for simple, convenient ways to add yoga into your curriculum, classes, or home life. Age group: Toddlers to Early Primary, ages 3 to 8.

“Great resource for children’s yoga teachers, preschool teachers, classroom teachers, and parents.” – Anita

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Purchase your Monthly Kids Yoga Themes 55-page eBook here


Download a 5-Pose Winter Sports Yoga Poster

winter sports yoga for kids | Kids Yoga Stories

Spanish and Yoga Winter Activities

Check out these links below for easy Spanish-easy yoga ideas for your studies of winter:

Winter Activities Yoga by Kids Yoga StoriesWinter Activities YogaWinter Olympics Yoga by Kids Yoga StoriesWinter Olympics Yoga
Arctic Animals Books and Yoga by Kids Yoga StoriesArctic Animals YogaSpanish Winter Words: Activities for Kids | Spanish PlaygroundSpanish Winter Words

Other Winter Links

Snowga! Wintertime Yoga for Kids, The Inspired Treehouse

Winter Activities for Kids, The Educators’ Spin On It

Winter Animals Yoga Lesson Plan, Next Generation Yoga

“Winter” relaxation story in Imaginations 2 book, Bambino Yoga

Active Indoor Play Ideas, ALLterNATIVElearning

25 Winter Books and Crafts for Kids, Reading Confetti

Books About Snow, No Time for Flashcards

20 Books about Arctic Animals for Kids, Gift of Curiosity

10 Vintage Winter Books for Kids, KC Edventures

Other Easy Spanish-Easy Yoga Themes

November: Gratitude Yoga
December: Kindness Yoga


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