Spark creativity & focus with fun and easy children's yoga poses! Explore the benefits & discover easy yoga routines for happy & healthy children.
Published: 16/04/2024
Did you know that yoga can help your child build strength, and focus, and even improve their mood?
In this blog, we’ll explore the amazing benefits of yoga for children, and introduce you to a world of fun with animal yoga poses, superhero yoga poses, and nursery rhyme yoga.
Unleash your child’s inner yogi! Beyond the fun and games (which we’ll get to!), is that children’s yoga offers a treasure trove of benefits for your little one’s growing mind and body.
To name just a few of the benefits of children’s yoga:
We’ve worked together with a qualified yoga teacher to develop a range of easy yoga poses to try with your child. So, let’s get started with your child’s yoga adventure!
Butterfly Pose: Flutter like a colourful butterfly! Start by sitting nice and tall like a mountain. Now, gently bend your knees, bringing the soles of your feet together. Can you make your legs look like a beautiful butterfly's wings?
Let's stand tall like a strong tree. Now, hop your way down to the floor, placing your hands flat in front of you. Feel free to bend your knees as much as you need! Can you wiggle your nose like a playful bunny searching for carrots?
In our bunny pose, let's push the ground with our strong hands and jump our legs up high in the air! Imagine kicking juicy clouds in the sky! (Modification: For little bunnies who are still learning to jump, hop while sitting on your lap!)
Stand tall like a proud rooster and spread your feet a little wider than your hips. Now, let's squat down to the ground like we're hiding in a cosy hen house. Tuck your arms inside your elbows, making cosy wings to keep you warm! Can you cluck like a happy hen?
Super Soar! Time to take flight! Lie flat on your tummy like a superhero in disguise. Inhale deeply and lift your arms and legs high, feeling like you're soaring through the sky. Exhale and gently lower yourself back to the ground.
Shh! It's time to become invisible! Squat low to the ground like a stealthy spy hiding from villains. Wrap your arms around your knees for extra secrecy. Can you stay completely silent for a super stealthy hold?
Get ready to build muscles like the strongest superhero! Start in a push-up position with your hands flat on the floor. Walk your feet back one at a time until your body forms a straight line. Hold this powerful pose for as long as you can!
Can you stand strong and steady like a legendary ninja? Stand tall with your feet hip-width apart. Now, lift one leg straight out in front of you, keeping your core engaged. Challenge yourself to hold this balancing act for as long as you can!
Let's pretend we're astronauts on a mission to the moon! We can use our bodies to make a rocket ship and blast off together. Here's how:
Action: Stand tall with your legs hip-width apart. Reach your arms high above your head, like building a tall rocket ship! Can you imagine the sparkling stars up there?
Action: Staying in our rocket pose, let's tiptoe as high as we can! Feel those powerful engines lifting us off the ground!
Action: Time to launch! Step your right leg forward like you're climbing into the rocket. Lift your left leg off the ground behind you, almost parallel to the floor. Can you feel the wind rushing past?
Action: Back to our rocket pose with both feet on the ground. We're almost there!
Action: With each number, reach your arms even higher and point upwards! Feel the rocket launch and blast through the sky!
There are so many benefits of yoga for children. From building strength and coordination to promoting mindfulness and relaxation.
Ready to see your child blossom through the magic of yoga? At Busy Bees, many of our nurseries incorporate easy and fun yoga practices into the curriculum.
Explore our website to find your nearest Busy Bees nursery to learn more about how we can nurture your child’s physical and emotional wellbeing!