Getting to the Podium: Try a little Partner Yoga for Valentine’s Day A Gold Medal Week for Kids Yoga Themes Those who work with kids know it can be a challenge coming up with themes for kids yoga classes. Often we turn to current events for ideas and this week we’ve hit the jackpot! Not [...]
What Else Kid’s Want – A Get Acquainted Game
December 27, 2009 By 7 Comments
A Yoga Game: What Do You Want Under the Tree? I’m extending Christmas just a little longer to play a game with you. Imagine if for Christmas we could ask for presents, but we could also ask for other things, things that are less tangible. What if we could ask for a virtue or a [...]
Kids Need a Place to be Creative
April 16, 2009 By 2 Comments
Creative Movement in Yoga Class This week’s story is from a 30 minute daycare class I teach to a junior school-age group (ages 5 – 7 years old). There is a pretty even mix of boys and girls in this class, a few who do other sports and are pretty active and a few who [...]
March Break Kids Yoga
March 5, 2009 By 1 Comment
The Dead Body Test in Corpse Pose Take Yoga From March Break To Summer In Toronto, Canada, where I live, we’re getting close to March break where kids and teachers get the week off school. It’s a one week break and then everyone comes back for another ten or twelve weeks until summer holidays when [...]
Great Games for a New Kids Yoga Class
February 18, 2009 By 2 Comments
This question came in from a reader: Any advice on teaching a group of kids, 21 to be exact, with ages ranging from pre-school to 5th grade? Any feedback is greatly appreciated! Unfortunately I’ve lost track of who sent in this question so please leave a comment if it was you – especially with an [...]
Winner of the DVD – Yoga Trance Dance
October 15, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Thanks to everyone who posted a comment in the DVD contest from Acacia Lifestyles. The winner of the DVD is Yoga with Gayleee (aka – Gail Pickens) who wrote: Not teaching kids at the moment, except my toddler. And for some reason, she likes to crawl right underneath me when I do Down Dog, and [...]
The Top Marketing Plan Tip and A Kids Yoga Game that Shows Why This Tip Is So Important
October 8, 2008 By 2 Comments
Thanks to everyone who has signed up for the Kids Yoga Teacher Training. The feedback has been very positive and it will be a very inspiring weekend for everyone who wants to teach kids yoga. Space is still available, you can find the details here. Today I have the most important tip for your marketing [...]
One Question We All Ask
September 29, 2008 By 2 Comments
Who am I? I’ve been encouraging everyone to do some market research before preparing your marketing plan, especially if you want to get more classes teaching kids yoga. If you have a good idea of WHO your customer is it will help you with your copy for your website and your posters. Last Day of [...]
A Game for Kids to Strengthen their Networking Skills
September 5, 2008 By 2 Comments
Networking: Don’t Drop the Ball! I’ve been talking about the importance of networking for finding new kids classes. I know there are some of you who are already teaching classes or doing yoga with your kids at home. You may want to try this simple yoga game to help kids learn about networking and collaboration. [...]
Games that Build Concentration and Focus
August 19, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Beyond Meditation – Concentration in Action This week has been great having the Olympics on TV. The kids are really interested in them. In one daycare I did three half hour classes doing the Archer and the Rowing exercises. One with kids around kindergarten age (4-6 years), one with the junior school age group (7 [...]
