Posted in yoga, kids, breathing, poses, training on Feb 22nd, 2008
sdyogakids Did an interesting post today on sdyogakids.wordpress.com
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Last month, I held a Taste of YogaKids Workshop at San Diego State University. There were a variety of people there including yoga teachers, nutritionists, therapists, and school teachers. It was such a great group of people with diverse experiences, but the thing we all had in common was the joy in sharing yoga with children.
The day started off with covering calming, quieting poses and breathing, and then moved into some more dynamic, energizing poses. We also talked about the YogaKids Elements, the part of the YogaKids program that truly sets it apart from other children’s yoga programs. After a lunch break we covered ways to integrate music, language arts, science, visual arts, storytelling, and affirmations into a yoga session. Throughout the day we covered more than fifty yoga poses specifically geared for kids!
After a guided visualization, participants were sent off relaxed and empowered to share yoga with children.
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Posted in yoga, kids, children, breathing on Jul 12th, 2007
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The other day I was in a hurry and didn’t have time to plan out a full, creative, and exciting lesson plan. As I ran out the door, I grabbed a bag of multi-colored pom-poms that I recently bought at the craft store. I pulled them out at class- and they created quite a hit! I had so many of them that each child got to pick out their favorite color (they don’t usually get to do this if I don’t have enough to make everyone happy, so getting to make this choice alone was quite a hit!). Then we put our pom-poms on the ground and blew on them to make them roll on the floor. They were so excited at how they could get their pom-pom to move. I sometimes get so wrapped up in lesson planning, that I forget how much kids enjoy the simple things: a […]
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Posted in yoga, kids, children, breathing on Jul 12th, 2007
sdyogakids Blogged something interesting today on sdyogakids.wordpress.com
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The other day I was in a hurry and didn’t have time to plan out a full, creative, and exciting lesson plan. As I ran out the door, I grabbed a bag of multi-colored pom-poms that I recently bought at the craft store. I pulled them out at class- and they created quite a hit! I had so many of them that each child got to pick out their favorite color (they don’t usually get to do this if I don’t have enough to make everyone happy, so getting to make this choice alone was quite a hit!). Then we put our pom-poms on the ground and blew on them to make them roll on the floor. They were so excited at how they could get their pom-pom to move. I sometimes get so wrapped up in lesson planning, that I forget how much kids enjoy the simple things: a […]
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