Children’s yoga poses don’t have to be difficult to introduce. You may be surprised at how easy it is to introduce your children or students to yoga, which can help instill a lifelong love of yoga. Yoga is an excellent way to introduce children of all ages, including toddlers preschoolers,
Movement and learning aren’t often associated together. We’ve learned about the benefits of outdoor play, but what about moving and learning? Is there a link? Not surprisingly, there is! Many early childhood teachers will tell you there is, and in my experience teaching yoga, these kiddos remember every pose, every
guest post by Tricia Brill, Next Step Multimedia Kids Yoga Brings Out The Inner-Child I found myself on my belly squirming around the gymnasium floor like an infant. I felt like a child again, wanting so desperately to put my hands in the bin of water beads. I was working with
Yoga for two people may not be the first thing you think of when you think about yoga, but partner yoga poses are so much fun! Everything is better with a friend, right? Our class last week focused on partner poses. We tried several different yoga poses paired up with
Many of the students I have previously worked with have hypotonia (a state of low muscle tone) which means the muscles may seem loose or floppy. When relaxed, those with hypotonia can easily move their limbs and are very flexible. While it does seem like an advantage to be more
We all could use a savasana every day…I could probably use a couple! Savasana is Sanskrit and literally means “corpse pose”. While it may sound a little creepy when translated that way, savasana is simply a small period of time to rest your mind, body and spirit. Lying in corpse pose
Yoga and the Special Child by Sande Rutstein, OTR Last year, I began to see a seven-year-old girl, whom I will call Lisa. She had been diagnosed with ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) several years earlier. Lisa was a kind and anxious child who moved constantly. She was receiving occupational
Yoga seems to be the “in” thing as of late. While that might be true, there are proven scientific benefits to doing yoga. We already know it helps adults focus, relax, alleviate stress, become more physically fit and flexible, but most people don’t know it can also help children –