This month my theme is Rainbow yoga. I love when I start a themed class at the beginning of a month and see how it evolves with all my classes. This sequence works great for a 20 or 30 min preschool class. 1) Breathing ball! I always love to start with the breathing ball– especially because it’s rainbow colored.2) Paint a rainbow – Glue your bottom to the mat. Raise one arm out to the side and reach it up over your head to paint a color of the rainbow over your head. Go back and forth from side to side. Let the kids call out the colors of course!Bringing arms behind you, hands on the floor, opening your heart, look up at your beautiful rainbow!3) Roly poly to your feet. What do we need in the sky to happen to make a rainbow? the sun and the rain of… Read More »
Partners Help us Grow
I love teaching partner poses. Partner work builds trust and promotes healthy and safe touch. Kids these days spend so much time alone playing their video games with little interaction it’s no wonder social skills are so different from when we were kids. They just don’t know how to play anymore. (doesn’t everyone who grew up in the 70’s say that?) Kids LOVE to do partner poses. I have kids who ask for it every time I teach them. It naturally builds communication and promotes a shared experience. “How does that feel?” or “Are you ok?” gets kids to feel empathetic and takes them out of their natural state of being egocentric. I usually start with the little ones and have them help each other do tree pose. With the older kids you can start playing with trust and poses that requires each partner to use each other like a wall.… Read More »
