by Amanda James | Dec 6, 2018 | Benefits of Yoga, Breathing, KAY Music, Meditation, Props, Yoga Activities, Yoga at Home, Yoga in Schools
Pompoms might just be the perfect kids’ Yoga prop. They are inexpensive, colorful, lightweight, and have innumerable creative uses. I always bring a big baggie filled with pompoms to my kids’ Yoga classes to use in many ways: Pompom Poppers: Cup your two hands...
by Heather Horrell | Nov 19, 2018 | Meditation, Yoga at Home
Food is a way for people to connect, for humanity to celebrate! The holidays involve so many food fests that it’s a little too easy to lose count and get bored by the end. What fun is that though? The flavors of the holidays are amazing, especially when we get to...
by Sarah Dennehy | Oct 25, 2018 | Asanas, Benefits of Yoga, Breathing, Meditation, Props, The Joy of Teaching, Yoga Activities, Yoga at Home, Yoga in Schools
Hey you, with the pumpkin latte! Looking for some new ideas for your kids’ yoga class? With a few props and lots of imagination, you can turn your everyday class into a Scary (but mostly fun and silly) Halloween Adventure. Grab a witch’s hat and some black and orange...
by Heather Ruggieri | Oct 22, 2018 | Asanas, Benefits of Yoga, Breathing, craft, KAY Music, Meditation, Philosophy, The Joy of Teaching, Yoga Activities
The yoga ideal of non-attachment… Can you even fathom how you would approach this concept in a kids’ yoga class? Non-attachment is called aparigraha in The Yoga Sutras (say that 3 times fast). It’s the fifth Yama, aka code of self-restraint. This code includes...
by Amanda James | Oct 18, 2018 | Asanas, Benefits of Yoga, Breathing, KAY Music, Meditation, Props, The Joy of Teaching, Yoga Activities, Yoga at Home, Yoga in Schools
Halloween is often a very exciting time of year for children . Between the spooky decorations, the piles of candy, and the pressure of choosing the perfect costume, kids can get pretty wound up. These yoga activities do not just settle the excess energy, but also add...
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...
