How to Speak to Children in Yoga When teaching children yoga one of the best tools you can use is to speak to the soul of the student. I found this out in a class of older children, around 9 – 12 years old, the senior group in the daycare. Many of them were just […]
Classroom Management
Yoga means Fun, Health and Laughter for Kids
Wanna hear a joke? Jokes are fun for kids and adults yoga – even when they are groaners. The point of joking? Don’t take life so seriously. In fact one of the best ways to feel Unity is to just have fun. Laughing Yoga for Kids Whenever I want to have fun with […]
The Reality of Classroom Management
Finding the Light When I first started teaching over 10 years ago, I was surprised to realize that one of the most challenging things about children’s classes is managing the group. Now I know that this is a key skill required to work with kids. My teacher always quotes a great Roman, Cicero, “The price […]
Standing in the Hallway
Why We Meditate My favorite moments working with children come when students tell me the different ways they have used what they learn in class. One day a seven year old girl told me how she got in trouble at school for talking too much in class. Her teacher, probably frustrated, sent the girl out […]
How to Build Rapport with Kids in Class
Another funny story happened recently in a class of kindergarden’s this summer at a daycare. It shows a couple of important points for teaching children’s yoga: 1. Don’t swear in front of kids I’m sure this sounds obvious, but I’ve found out that each daycare has their own version of swear words. Once when I […]
Funny Kids Yoga Story
Accidents Happen You may have noticed that my old blog post asks, “Have you ever had someone pee on your yoga mat?” Well, you guessed it – that question comes from personal experience. It happened with a group of toddlers I teach in a Montessori School. For half an hour each week we have our […]