Pajama Day Yoga – 3 Tips to Help Children Sleep

Pajama Day is a great way to break out of your routine and use the silliness to incorporate teaching moments into your lesson plan. It is a perfect tie in for bedtime yoga. Here are three of my favorites bedtime yoga activities:

How to Elevate Children as a Kids Yoga Teacher

One of my favorite pieces of spiritual advice came from Yogi Bhajan who said, “Be the forklift.” These three words can help solve some of the challenges of teaching kids yoga. Here is an example of a children’s yoga class plan that puts this advice to good use.

The Hunger Games Yoga For Teens & Tweens

Here are 9 Ways The Hunger Games can Make Yoga with Tweens and Teens Fun. Use the trends kids already love to get kids doing more yoga!

True Story Connects With Kids In Yoga

My family would recount this true Christmas Story about me for years. I was teased about it to the point where I never wanted to hear it again. So I laughed to myself when I decided to use it as a theme in yoga class with the kids this week. True stories can help you connect with kids and give you a theme for your yoga class. like this one where kids learn to calm themselves when they are over-excited.

Don’t Get Stuck in the Valley Teaching Kids Yoga

For me, being a teacher is a lot like climbing the Himalayas. There are many peaks and valleys on the path. I had a choice to make, either go forward or go back, but I couldn’t live in the valley.

Blog Party: Free Healthy Halloween Yoga Treats

Free Kids Yoga Activities for Halloween Young Yoga Masters is celebrating this October with free treats!  Our Four Year Blog-iversary passed and Halloween is just around the corner.  To thank you for staying connected we’ve got a free treat and Halloween fun for you and the children celebrating with you. Lets make this Halloween a [...]

5 Tips from Principals for Yoga in Schools

These 5 Tips about Yoga in Schools come from talking with Principals from all over the world at the International Principals Conference.

5 Ways to Beat the Heat in Kids Yoga Class

Here in Toronto, Canada there is an “Extreme Heat Advisory” today. The kids were tired after each exercise, a bunch of chilren kept saying they didn’t want to do yoga. When I asked them why, they said, “We’re tired.” in that monotone drawn out way that kids do.

This calls for a change of plans. Here are 5 Ways to Beat the Heat in Kids Yoga Class.

Music and Kids Yoga Summer Camps

These activities from the Master’s Play Book may become your kids favorites. Plus this yoga music album is playing over and over on my stereo, find out which one.

5 Ideas for End of School Year Yoga

Insightful yoga teachings about attachment help us let go and move on. The good news is they work equally well for children and teachers who are already missing each other. Here are 5 Ideas for end of the school year yoga classes, including yoga pose flows, activities, and lesson plan ideas.

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