Yoga for Children
Our classroom will practice yoga and mindfulness techniques as a way to focus and learn to be in tune with our bodies. Children's yoga and mindful breathing is also FUN! We will take any opportunity we can to explore what our bodies and our minds can do together.
Yoga for Kids Resources
Feel loving and loved
Get in touch with themselves and learn to trust their instincts
Learn about their bodies
Acknowledge and nurture their special gifts and strengths
Experience fun, playfulness and collaboration with others in the learning process
Open up to change, ask questions and find their own answers
Uncover their innate sense of joy
Know that there is a quiet and still place for them as they face the challenges of growing up
Fill up with vibrant and vital energy
Here are some great resources about the practice of yoga with children as well as the many benefits that yoga offers to children:
“Kids Yoga Bedtime Rhymes” by Jeff Maier
“Yoga for Youngster” by Kat Randall
“Imaginations – Fun Relaxation Stories and Meditations for Kids” by Carolyn Clarke
“Imaginations 2” (follow up to the above) by Carolyn Clarke
Instructional Cards, Meditations and Books:
“Creative Yoga Games for Kids” – a set of 48 cards by Edna Reinhardt
“Relax Kids – The Wishing Star” – 52 meditations for children; by Marneta Viegas
“Relax Kids – Aladdin’s Magic Carpet” – (follow up to above); by Marneta Viegas
“Yoga Games for Children” by Danielle Bersma & Marjoke Visscher
“Storytime Yoga” by Sydney Solis
“Little Yoga” – a Toddler’s First Book of Yoga; by Rebecca Whitford & Martina Selway
“The ABCs of Yoga for Kids” by Teresa Anne Power
“Babar’s Yoga for Elephants”; an original Laurent De Bruhoff book