What is family yoga? Family yoga is a yoga class for children and their grown up(s). Here are our 5 principles of a family yoga class.

Before you teach children’s yoga, it’s important to have a clear understanding of the developmental milestones of the age group you are serving. In this series, we explore common developmental milestones and how they guide the content, format, and flow of yoga classes.

Before you teach children’s yoga, it’s important to have a clear understanding of the developmental milestones of the age group you are serving. In this series, we explore common developmental milestones and how they guide the content, format, and flow of yoga classes.

As infants move from immobility to crawling, toddling, walking, running, and climbing they experience simultaneous a shift in how their body mediates the physical world. The feet become the primary sensory receptors, signaling information to the brain that formerly came from the belly or back, thighs, arms, and even face. Try these 10 ideas to encourage neuromuscular and sensory connections between the feet and the physical world.

A national advisory committee, in partnership with Harvard professor Ron Ferguson and his colleagues at Seeding Success, examined the literature about the role of adults in early childhood development. Their findings inform the following five strategies to support early childhood development in yoga classes. These strategies are also known as the “Boston Basics.”

Mindfulness doesn’t need to be complicated. Bring an object to your classroom — it can be anything such as a plant, a photograph, or even a paperclip. Then, put up a chart paper in your classroom and ask these 30 questions to build presence, focus, and new awareness.

Singing is an essential part of yoga classes for babies and toddlers. It doesn’t matter how well you sing, what you sing, or why you sing — singing teaches young children important lessons. Here are 10 skills little ones learn when we sing to them!

While there is nothing that can make a teacher or child truly safe during an active shooter event, yoga offers some important tools that can improve students’ adherence to safety procedures and enhance self-regulation.

Yoga nidra is a style of meditation that delivers the practitioner to the space between waking and sleeping. This article explores the history of yoga nidra and how to teach it to kids, from age 0 to 18 years.

This lesson plan for ages 5-11 unlocks joy by exploring ten facets of the emotion (as inspired by the book Joyful, by Ingrid Fetell Lee).

This lesson plan for ages 5-10 focuses on the principle of non-attachment (aparigraha) by exploring the concept of seasonality.

In the United States, yoga in schools is a fraught topic. In this article, we unpack four myths that motivate parents, lawmakers, and other stakeholders to prohibit the practice of yoga in public schools.

The multi-faceted practice of yoga provides youth athletes with the perfect toolset to balance both intense emotional pressure and intense physical demands. Read on for 6 specific ways yoga benefits youth athletes.

What teachers see as “behavior” (often perceived as conscious choices, with malice aforethought) is usually just communication. Here’s a guide on how to decode those communications and help kids get on track.

For many new children’s yoga teachers, drop-in events are the easiest first gigs to land. They are prolific (practically every family on earth is looking for something to do on the weekend), they are usually free (who doesn’t love free?), and they teem with potential clients (make sure you have plenty of fliers!) That being said, you’ll need to keep these five things in mind.

Our best advice? Go where the kids are. This article lists the best places to teach children’s yoga, by age.

Here’s a heads up: teaching kids yoga online is very different than teaching in person! Youth Alliance Yoga’s team of online teachers offer up these five tips for teaching in a way that engages kids and builds positive connections.

This lesson plan for ages 5-10 focuses on the principle of svadhyaya (self-study) by equipping children to turn their focus inward and decode the body’s cues.

YAY’s Children’s Yoga Teacher Training offers an unparalleled education that’s delivered in a 90% asynchronous format.

Ayurveda — often translated as the science of life — is yoga’s sister science. It looks to nature for insight on how to achieve radiant holistic health. If you are interested in teaching Ayurveda to kids, there’s three things you need to remember.