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7 Tips When Teaching Yoga to Children with Special Needs
Adaptive yoga for children with special needs is a fabulous resource for parents, aides, teachers, physical therapists, OTs and more. Yoga is available to everyone and is easy to adapt to meet...
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Yoga Games Galore Ideal for Kids, Teen and Family Yoga
Yoga Games Galore is packed with 112 yoga games for physical, mental, social and emotional development. Adding the element of play to your yoga practice and classes is a powerful and highly enjoyable...
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Religion and Kids Yoga in Schools: Expert Panel
Recently a family in Encinitas, CA launched a law suit to stop school district wide yoga classes stating that the 30 minute yoga classes are religious in nature. When this situation first hit the...
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Travel Down Under with Australian Animal Yoga {Review and GiveAway}
I love Australian and have always been intrigued by the many unique animals who live there. For years as a kid a platypus was my favorite animal with it’s wonderful combination of qualities. Luke,...
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Yoga for Children with Special Needs Manual
NEW RELEASE of Yoga for Special Needs Resource Discover how to effectively use yoga as a complementary therapy for children with special needs with YIMS Yoga for Children with Special Needs manual....
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Healing a Heart and an Outpouring of Love
Next week my 13 year old daughter Maddy will undergo heart surgery. We had no idea she a heart condition and you’d never have guessed it over the past 5 years she has played competitive basketball....
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Best Online Yoga Classes – Free or Subscription
I’m often asked how to start an at home yoga practice or how to incorporate yoga into busy schedules. Since I generally enjoy my personal practice in the early hours of the day and am always looking...
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Mandala Magic International Children’s Festival
This week is a magical week filled with mandalas and mindfulness for children. For 5 days, May 28 to June 1, I’ll be hosting Mandala Magic, one of the site activities at the International Children’s...
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Shari Vilchez-Blatt on Kids Yoga and Partner Poses
Shari Vilchez-Blatt loves kids! This is the first thing you notice when you walk into her yoga studio, Karma Kids Yoga in New York City, a studio which caters to young yogis. Shari’s enthusiasm and...
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Colored Rice Mandalas a Hit at Children’s Festival
What a week! Over 1000 people came through the Mandala Magic site activity over the 5 days of the International Children’s Festival. We used 45 gallons of rice to create hundreds of colorful mandalas....
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54 Fun Family Activities for Summer Yoga Style
Hooray! The long lazy days of summer have arrived. After having successfully completed another school year you can’t wait to spend time doing nothing. It is important to allow kids unstructured time...
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Kids Yoga Teacher Training Now Available Online
We are pleased to announce the launch of the YIMS Kids Yoga Online Training Course. Become a kids yoga instructor from the comfort and convenience of your own home. YIMS now brings our extensive...
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7 Tips for a Healthy Summer
Cultivate body mind balance while enjoying a healthy, productive and joy-filled summer with the YIMS 7 Tips for a Healthy Summer. #1. Hydrate The sun and heat of summer quickly deplete the body’s...
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My Favorite Kids Yoga Prop – Live Flowers
Guest post by Carolyn Clarke One of my favorite things to do in a spring or summer yoga class, is to bring in fresh flowers for my yoga students. Here’s why I love using fresh flowers in yoga: 1)...
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Kids Yoga Games – Body Chalk Board
Body Chalk Board is a great way to increase body awareness and sensory perception. Learning to rely on touch alone is a challenging skill and helps to focus attention and improve mindfulness. In the...
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Back to School Yoga ABCs
Yoga Skills For Your Backpack It’s back to school time and families everywhere are busy buying supplies, sharpening pencils and trying to resume something of a schedule after a summer filled with...
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Pranayama Benefits Athletes
Quest post by Barbara Tofel Pranayama is an essential component to yoga in athletes because it brings forward the ability to build stamina in sports, helps control breathing in stressful situations or...
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Spider Pose – a creative yoga pose
Spider Pose, isn’t technically a pose in yoga. However, when using an open suggestion format for a kids’ yoga class, the kids often suggest an animal or object for which there is no yoga pose. This is...
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Kids Yoga Teacher Training Now Available Online
We are pleased to announce the launch of the YIMS Kids Yoga Online Training Course. Become a kids yoga instructor from the comfort and convenience of your own home. YIMS now brings our extensive...
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The Joy of Breathing: Pranayama for Kids and Teens
Breathing to Focus Attention, Calm Anxiety and Improve Respiratory Function Help youth relax, increase vitality and improve self awareness with YIMS newest release Pranayama for Kids and Teens. This...
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