* Kidding Around Yoga teaches Yoga to children of all cultures, races, faiths and backgrounds. Yoga Yeladim is Kidding Around Yoga with a Jewish twist and provides Yoga methods for people who work with children in the Jewish community.* Deep breathing exercises can...
Breathing. It seems so easy. Breathe in. Breathe out. We’ve been breathing every moment of every day since birth. How hard can it be? We may call that instinctual movement of air “breathing”, but true breathing, conscious breathing does more than keep us alive....
All kids love snow (especially those here in sunny Florida who wish it would snow all winter long, even if they go on a winter vacation!) to take Advantage of their enthusiasm for snow, I like to do a wintertime yoga class each winter. I went online to find images of...
Teaching Yoga to Children Through the Lessons of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a leader of peace and social justice. Monday, January 19, 2015 is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The following are a few meaningful ways you can include his...
Lotus flowers are simply beautiful. I have always liked them, even as a child. Whenever I come across any type of floating flower I get enchanted by them. When I started practicing Yoga, I loved the fact that everything was embellished with lotus flower, and that was...
In Kidding Around Yoga we are moving and exercising all parts of our bodies: arms, back, legs, hips, mind, spirit, and all the way down to our little piggies with Toe-ga! It’s so important to work on balance and stability in every aspect of our lives as yogis. Could...
Soccer is huge in Argentina. When I started working with kids, the first thing the three-year-olds asked me, even before my name, was, “What’s your team, teacher?” Soccer is so huge in my country that usually the first toy for a boy is a soccer ball. And the second...
A parachute can be a great way to get young yogis excited and engaged in an activity. The challenge is found in collecting that wonderful energy and directing it into a meaningful yoga activity. Introducing the Parachute Sitting in a circle, ask everyone to sit in...
Yoga class is a collective experience, and like any group activity, an opportunity for kids to learn social skills, including the idea of personal space. Kids have a different conception of personal space and boundaries than adults do. In my first regular class, we...
Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year and there are many wonderful ways to include holiday traditions in your Children's Yoga practice. Most Jewish holidays include rituals and traditional food. Children enjoy eating challah (braided egg bread), drinking grape juice,...
Anxiety and stress are very genuine and present dangers to our children. Learning to listen to their bodies and relax are important life skills. Many families are back to school and picking up their routines again. This can mean over-scheduled, over-caffeinated...
I have always gotten a kick out of pom-poms. But I had never thought they could help toes! Toe-ga is the best exercise/game/activity/whatever you want to call it. Is it better than all the rest, really? YES! All you gotta do is get a bag of pom-poms of varying colors...
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