30 MINUTE YOGA SEQUENCE FREE

Looking at all the trees around us, move into tree pose to be as strong and stable as the trees. Keeping your feet hip distance apart, sink into your chair and move your hands side to side as though driving. Upon landing we’ll drive into the heart of the Jungle!Ĭhair is a great pose to use as a car or truck.

30 MINUTE YOGA SEQUENCE FREE

Feel free to make airplane noises and repeat on other side. Our adventure will start with flying on an airplane to the Jungle or Rainforest!ĭrawing weight to one foot, extend your arms to the side, hinge forward from the hips, and extend your other leg back.

Warm up with Sun Salutationsįor these, depending on the age of the kids, I either do the typical sun salutation with chaturangas or skip them and instead step back into a low lunge and flow from Warrior 1 to Warrior 2, Side Angle, and Reverse Warrior. To settle into Lion’s Breath, sit comfortably on your heels with your hands on your knees, lean forward, draw a deep breath in through your nose, and exhale through your mouth with a loud roar. For this adventure, we’ll do Lion’s Breath. We’ll start with a deep breathing exercise to clear the mind and set the pace.

One of my favorite yoga classes with kids is a Jungle/Rainforest adventure. So, let’s explore the fun of doing yoga with kids! Remember that this is a voyage of discovery for your children, and they will have their own preferences. If they decide to create their own poses go with the flow. If they decide to get goofy in a pose, allow room to explore that. This could be a loft area, a corner of a bedroom, the basement, or even outside! Have Fun One of the most important aspects of creating a fun learning experience at home is to find an open space free from distractions, with room for everyone to move. In my experience, ages 2-5 work well with 20–30-minute classes and kids 6-12 work well with 45-60 minute classes.

Yoga with kids requires an awareness of the attention span of the age you are working with. It’s important to determine what your intentions are so the experience can be enjoyable for everyone involved. What is it that you want to offer to your children by introducing them to yoga?ĭo you want to help them find the calm within, increase focus, flexibility, and body awareness? Whether you are a parent, yoga instructor or both and decide to do yoga with your children or let them embark on their own yoga adventure, one thing I like to state upfront is that yoga for kids is different from a regular adult class.īy introducing children to age-appropriate breathing exercises, adding animal sounds to the poses, and playing fun games, they are able to explore a playful, creative world with limitless possibilities.īefore delving into a fun yoga class with kids, let’s set a few parameters for success and fun! Three Tips for Fun Kids' Yoga Set an Intention This is done playfully by weaving stories through the poses, focusing on breath and mindfulness, and working together in partner poses. The majority of kids’ classes share the theme of joining breath and body in order to increase calm and provide tools for better focus, body awareness, and building a sense of trust in their intuition.

Yoga provides a wonderful space to explore the mind-body connection and enable kids to tune into their emotional and mental state on a regular basis, which sets the stage for future well being. Over the past few years, the practice of yoga has started to open up for children as the positive effects of mindfulness and body awareness have become more widely recognized.

30 minute yoga sequence