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Kids Yoga Guide Creator shares tip ~ Modeling ~ (Video)

Kids Yoga Guide Creator shares tip ~ Modeling ~ Be the Change you want to see in the world. Ghandi How are you modeling the behaviors you want your children to cultivate? We would love to hear how you do … Continue reading

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Kids Yoga Guide Shares “Why Recess Matters, How to Defend it”

Kids Yoga Guide found this great resource “Why Recess Matters, How to Defend it” NAESP Executive Director Gail Connelly discusses the link between recess and academic achievement with her guest Rae Pica, international expert on children’s physical activity. Click on the picture … Continue reading

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Raising a generation of Kids on Yoga

By Vicky Hallett from the Washington Post There’s nothing zen about a room full of 5- to 8-year-olds. Or so I thought until I visited Budding Yogis, a kid-centric studio in Chevy Chase D.C. All it took for instructor Linda … Continue reading

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Once Upon a Pose ~ Kids Yoga ~

To read my review of Donna’s Book click here! Once Upon a Pose: A Guide to Yoga Adventure Stories for Children Once Upon a Pose will provide parents and teachers with all they need to know to practice yoga with … Continue reading

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Mom Uses Kids Yoga to Treat Son’s Autism (Video)

Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) will benefit from yoga since it addresses both the physical and emotional symptoms of the disorder. The typical gross motor delay, low muscle tone and impaired coordination of ASD often result in low self-esteem and lack … Continue reading

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5 Benefits of Prenatal Yoga ~ Thanks Babble ~

1: Yoga builds strength Yoga builds strength”One of the best things about yoga is it makes you stronger all over,” says Santa Monica YogaWorks instructor Julie Jacobs. You’ll need that strength in your lower body to carry the added pregnancy … Continue reading

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Kids Yoga Love this ~ Be Like a Kid: Making Exercise Fun Again

If you’re trying to add more activity and movement to your life, one place to look for inspiration is your children. When we were kids, we never said, “I have to go exercise.” We just wanted to play and move. … Continue reading

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Kids Yoga shares ~ Personal Trainers for Toddlers?

Exercise is good, but do little kids really need to join gyms and hire personal trainers? According to the Contra Costa Times, around the Bay Area, kids as young as 3 are “learning some of the same exercises — modified … Continue reading

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Does Your 3-Year-Old Really Need to Take Yoga Classes?

At Bliss Body Yoga Studio in Collingswood, NJ, Maureen Heil teaches 4-year-olds yoga using illustrations from Eric Carle’s book, 10 Little Rubber Ducks.  The children pretend to be whales and dolphins and “imitate the wind to practice deep breathing.”  Heil is just one … Continue reading

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Yoga helps even Kids channel energy, emotion

Decatur, Georgia (CNN) — Gigi reaches up into her sun salutation. She steps back into her high lunge and kicks her legs straight into plank pose, a push-up she holds without wobbling for 10 seconds before looking up impatiently at … Continue reading

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