This is super fun for them and lets them create yoga sequences based on poses they want to do. Older students, once they know more poses can create their own mini yoga sequences to teach to each other. There are lots more additions you can do for older or more experienced kids too, of course. Star pose (spread your feet apart and reach your arms up and out).Puppy (like child’s pose but with your hips over your knees, not on your feet).Shark pose (on your tummy and grab your hands behind you like a fin).Cobra (we hide in the grass and then push up to cobra on the count of 3).Cow pose (repeat those two a few times).Monkey Dragon Baby Cobra Baby Shark A shorter yoga sequence for younger kids that works well is: We do a few more poses on our tummies for littler kids (baby shark is super popular, of course!). You become more peer-focused, so what your friends think starts to matter to you. Dragon and Monkey are great for prepping for the splits (they like to know that fact!). Why is yoga important for Tweens Being a tween (8-12) can be tough. I often add in trickier poses like Boat and Bridge when I know that they are ready for it. There is some repetition in there and switching sides. Here’s an example of a yoga sequence I do with my students every day: I include most of the poses in a traditional Sun Salutation B, and then I add more according to their age, abilities, and attention. It’s super fun, and they always feel so proud! So what poses can you use in a yoga flow sequence for kids? Once we get really good at the Flow as a whole class, I start to let other kids lead too.
I add in some balance poses, and some trickier poses that need explaining, and I often give kids a chance to add in what they would like to do as well. We move fast, breathing the whole time, and then we start to slow down. When I teach kids using a Yoga Flow, I go through the whole sequence a couple of times pretty quickly. I have since fine-tuned the yoga sequence and practice quite a bit, but I am super happy with how it has evolved, and also stayed quite the same over time. That’s what got me moving when I was having trouble staying focused, I figured I’d try it out with my students. Finally, I realized I needed to create that same sense of rhythm, flow, and movement of energy that I loved in my yoga classes. 10 ways in which themes can be really effective in your kids yoga session: 1 Children can build meaningful connections between what they are learning or their surrounding environment to the concepts of the yoga practice that you are introducing. When I started teaching kids yoga in a charter school 5 years ago, I had the hardest time getting kids to stop talking, stop wandering, stop worrying and feeling anxious, and just start moving. Use them as a mindfulness tool, for classroom brain breaks or to encourage your children. When I do vinyasa yoga as an adult attending class, I notice that I think less about things that are worrying me, and focus more on my movement and breath. A Yoga Flow is sometimes referred to as a vinyasa style of yoga (vinyasa means flow in Sanskrit).
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