Create a Yoga Practice for Kids: Fun, Flexibility, and FocusWhat allows kids to use a lot of energy, make funny noises, relax, and learn to focus all at the same time? Yoga! While many yoga books present individual poses, this book explains how to create a flowing yoga practice that will holds kids' interest while providing the benefits of yoga. Here is a handbook for anyone--including parents, teachers, and kids--who wants to develop a fun yoga practice. In addition, the book provides ideas for yoga games, yoga at a wall, more relaxation games, and five-minute classroom yoga. |
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Create a Yoga Practice for Kids: Fun, Flexibility, and Focus Yael Calhoun,Matthew R. Calhoun No preview available - 2006 |
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abdominal Adho Mukha Svanasana allows B.K.S. Iyengar bend your knees benefits of yoga Boat Pose body Bridge Pose Butterfly Pose calf muscles calm Chair Pose Child's Pose Close your eyes color Crescent Moon deep breath Downward Facing Dog Easy Pose energizing pose energy feel feet fingers Flatback floor flow focus front Game Gate Pose gently going grab your ankle hands and knees head heels imagine improves balance kick kids King Dancer left foot left leg look melt move Mudra Mukha Svanasana muscles nose notice opens the chest palms Pause Plank Pose Pose builds strength Pose helps Praying Mantis reach rest Reverse Warrior right arm right foot right hand right leg Rocket Pose Roll your shoulders Sanskrit Sarvangasana Seastar Seesaw sequence shoulders back someone Stand in Mountain straighten take a deep Theme toes Tree Poem Tree Pose Twist Upward Facing Dog Uttanasana wall yoga practice