Your Yogalore Yoga Pose Cards can be used so many ways. You can encourage both movement and learning, all while the children receive the benefits of yoga, which include the following:

• Increase in body awareness, balance and muscle tone
• Improved self-esteem and self-confidence
• Ability to better focus and retain information
• Ability to self-regulate and calm; ease stress and anxiety themselves
• Improved overall strength and flexibility

To simplify, yoga is movement and movement fosters learning in children. Could it possibly be that simple? Yes, it really can.

According to the Literacy and Language Center’s website, scientists “have provided a significant amount of evidence that the average learner, regardless of age, needs to briefly move their bodies every 20–30 minutes, and many other students learn the most effectively with movement breaks in 15-minute increments.”

Movement also helps to maintain focus, retain and recall information and avoid feeling overstimulated or struggle with information overload.

So many believe they “can’t do yoga” because they aren’t flexible. This is one of the biggest obstacles I tackle with teachers and parents. You don’t have to be flexible to do yoga. That’s the reason you PRACTICE yoga. The best part is that children don’t care what you look like while you’re doing yoga — they just enjoy being able to move and change the pace of their day.

Our yoga pose cards are perfect for the earliest of beginners or someone who has been practicing yoga for many years. You can print the cards out and cut and make into a flip book or use them on any mobile device.

All you need is our yoga pose cards — there is a picture of the yoga pose on each card and most of our cards include clipart to help early learners with visual cues. Some pose card sets have further instruction tips (like our Intro to Yogalore basic pose card set) or even factoids that relate to the yoga pose or the theme of the lesson plan.

It’s also important to note that it’s not just the children practicing yoga that receive the benefits — the adults who are guiding/teaching them are also benefiting too.

This is our Intro to Yogalore basic pose card deck. It includes some basic poses, partner poses and tips and factoids. The Yogalore basic yoga card deck is a great introduction to bring yoga into your classroom.