Thematic yoga stories about friendship and farm animals for your mini yogis (2 - 4)? for your little yogis (5 - 10) for your teens and pre-teens (10+) Find below nice little scripts to plan some family yoga or kids yoga and grab your animal poses and respirations here.

Home-made kids yoga props are wonderful tools to: boost up your yoga class, use your creativity, integrate as a mindful activity, practice recycling and use what you have at home, … Below some nice ideas for breathing, mindfulness and yoga props …

How to explain mindfulness to kids, preteens and teens?

Having a mindfulness practice is about helping your brain see the moment more fully, not identifying yourself with your thoughts (hello little voice) and being able to act rather than react to life’s events. It will not transform you into a full smiling blissfully happy being, but it will allow you to be fully there, manage your emotional and mental states better, in particular your stress levels, to be more resilient and even, with regular, practice help you with focus and memory, which is very good for these pesky school tests! Activities examples …

Toddlers (2 - 3 years) are already quite mindful beings: curious about everything, exploring the world with their whole sensations and voicing loudly their emotions. Mindfulness for toddlers aim at helping them identify and name feelings and emotions, and engaging their 5 senses. Mindfulness activities usually last a few minutes, and it is fully okay (and already great) as they have a very short attention span.

Taking 4 deep breaths can bring many benefits to kids and help them regulate better and decrease their stress level. Yet, at home or at school, we barely kids how to breathe. Saying "calm down and breathe" is not enough if kids are not taught how to do it. Breathing techniques should be adapted to kids age and capabilities.

Almost everyone gets now that it is very important to warm up the body before doing any sport; a bedtime routine can be seen as very similar: the necessary calming down of body and mind before sleep, to get them ready and have a better sleep quality.

Be a kids yoga class or a family yoga practice, you most probably have already learned a lot in your own practice, teaching course and/or as a parent. You’ve got it: ground yourself, trust yourself and meet the kids where they’re at.

During yoga, kids might become disengaged. How not to lose their attention for the rest of your class? Below a few ideas to move on depending on the mood and the class part …

How to practice yoga with kids? Tip#3: have a structure and be consistent.

Structure means here having a consistent routine and clear rules. They know what to expect and how to behave, giving them power and responsibility over it. It teaches them about boundaries.

Tip #2: use props. Kids can be a very demanding and brutally honest group. Props are a big help to engage them and get some direct feedback on how they are performing.

How to do yoga with your kids ? 5 tips to practice yoga with kids at home or on the road. Tip 1: make it fun. Family yoga ideas based on age and ability.

I truly believe yoga for kids can help them build their physical, social and emotional skills and prepare them to become more balanced and resilient people, as well as kinder and happier adults.