by Jacquie Bullard | Oct 8, 2018 | Asanas, Benefits of Yoga, Books, Breathing, Meditation, Yoga at Home, Yoga in Schools, Yoga Stories
It seems like most young kids love making animal sounds; in fact, before my daughter could even talk, she was barking like a dog and mooing like a cow. She also loves to imitate me while I do yoga in the living room, so for her sake I repeated a cat-cow-downward dog...
by Jacquie Bullard | Sep 10, 2018 | Benefits of Yoga, Books, Yoga at Home
Have you ever read a book to a group of kids who couldn’t sit still? Fortunately there’s a growing genre of kids yoga books for all those young yogis who just want to participate in some action while the book is being read. Three of the books below can be read as the...
by Jacquie Bullard | Aug 30, 2018 | Asanas, Benefits of Yoga, Breathing, The Joy of Teaching, Yoga Activities
You may have heard the quote, “Yoga is 1% inspiration and 99 % perspiration.” I like to do a spin off that and say kids yoga is 10% inspiration, 40% perspiration, and 50% imagination! In looking for ways to stretch our conceptions of downward dog (literally and...
by Jacquie Bullard | May 31, 2018 | Asanas, Benefits of Yoga, craft, Meditation, Props, The Joy of Teaching
The transformational power of imagination Have you ever seen a kid play happily with a simple cardboard box for 30 minutes? What about kids who love to drum on anything from empty Quaker oats canisters to cookie tins? When it comes to props, so much can be done with...
by Jacquie Bullard | May 7, 2018 | Benefits of Yoga, Meditation, Yoga Activities
Back in the 90’s before I had even heard the term ‘mindfulness,’ my older brother came back from a trip abroad, full of stories. One of the things he found funny was a sign that read, “Mind your head.” As a practitioner of Buddhism, he automatically interpreted it as...
