by Amanda James | Jul 5, 2021 | Asanas, Benefits of Yoga, Books, The Joy of Teaching, Yoga Activities, Yoga at Home, Yoga in Schools, Yoga Stories
We all know that a yoga practice builds strength, flexibility, and co-ordination. Did you know you can also use the ancient practice to build literacy skills for even our youngest yogis? Yoga teaches sequential thinking and planning: Listening to and following...
by Amanda James | Apr 8, 2021 | Asanas, Benefits of Yoga, Breathing, Meditation, The Joy of Teaching, Yoga Activities, Yoga Stories
The image of a butterfly is the PERFECT symbol for a children’s yoga class. Think about it for a second. Our little ones start out as little eggs (infants), begin to crawl and explore (caterpillars), then continue to change and grow into beautiful butterflies...
by Aarti Sanan | Feb 4, 2021 | Asanas, Yoga Stories
Chinese New Year 2021 is on Friday, February 12. It is the Year of the Ox this year. Traditionally, the celebration honors deities and ancestors. But in a Kids Yoga class, we can celebrate the Chinese New Year with a story! One day 12 animals were having an argument....
by Jacquie Bullard | Jan 14, 2021 | 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 Leslie Gossett | Dec 28, 2020 | Asanas, Benefits of Yoga, Philosophy, The Joy of Teaching, Yoga Stories
Near the end of each yoga class I teach, whether to children or adults, we all bow to each other. I was taught that the bow has three parts, each of which aligns our hearts and minds with our bodies, and my favorite bow instruction is this: “Sit Like a Mountain...
by Amanda James | Oct 22, 2020 | Asanas, Books, KAY Music, Props, Yoga Activities, Yoga at Home, Yoga in Schools, Yoga Stories
Have you heard the story There Was an Old Monster by Rebecca Emberly? It’s written in the same pattern as the old classic, There Was an Old Woman Who Swallowed a Fly, but in this version, the monster swallows a tick which starts a cascade of problems for him....
