Yoga for Kids

Our Family's Doing Yoga—a new kids book by SonJoria Sydnor—helps to expand what yoga looks and feels like. Here, why it belongs on every child's bookshelf.

This quick and fun practice is a great introduction to the physical and mental benefits of meditation. Plus, tips for how to help your kids build a meditation routine.

These colorful and interactive games, books, props, and more will keep your little ones entertained while learning yoga.

How can kids cultivate resilience and emotional health? Here, Mallika Chopra breaks it down with a simple guide and breathing practice excerpted from her new book on meditation for children.

As a girl, Mallika Chopra—daughter of the legendary teacher, Deepak—learned the transformative power of meditation. Here, she shares a one-minute breath practice for kids that can help ease anxiety immediately.

This sequence, created by Yoga Foster founder Nicole Cardoza, encourages kids to be brave, own their bodies, and speak up for what they need.

Take cues from your practice to help children handle social exclusion with yoga’s inclusive, compassionate, and community-centered spirit.

Adulting is hard, but so is kid-ing. In fact, kids are more stressed than ever. Meditation can give them perspective on their thoughts and feelings the same way it does for us. Try this practice from yoga teacher and author Susan Verde with your child.

Children have a natural proclivity for letting go of distractions and being in the moment. Teaching them how to harness it offers them access to their own resiliency, which they can use throughout their lives.

You can count on animals to make yoga fun.

Wild Awakening founder Michael Jaidev DeNicola shares how reconnecting our children with nature could actually save the planet.

Separation anxiety is common at different turning points in a child’s life. Try preempting it with yoga to help them cope and transition to the next phase with ease.

Nike Yoga Camps for Kids, the first national kids’ yoga camps program, is entering its third season this summer, offering more locations than ever before, new studio partners, and SUP Yoga!

Teaching kids’ yoga classes is different from teaching adults’. Try these five strategies to prepare yourself for a successful, fun-filled class.

The trending vibe in youth athleisure wear is energetic, playful and expressive. Pick up some style tips for your kiddos from the experts.

While anxiety is natural, yoga and breathing techniques can help students handle the pressures associated with peers, workload and making the grade. Try these 9 yoga tools with your kids for a stress-free start to the semester.

One size does not fit all when it comes to yoga mats. Here, our top five picks for the best mini mats on the market.

In honor of Father’s Day, our writer shares the insight and clarity she found on the mat alongside her father as she was coming of age.

RIna Jakubowicz's kids yoga teacher training is coming to YJ LIVE! San Diego to help parents, yoga teachers, and school teachers connect more authentically with kids. Watch Scarlett's story, and find out how to get involved.

Teen yoga teacher-turned-entrepreneur Jaysea Devoe offers insight into how her family’s free-flowing lifestyle and follow-your-passion ethic have allowed her to achieve so much by age 14.

Hint: Telling them to will have the opposite effect! Rina Jakubowicz from Superyogis' Schoolhouse Training offers up ways to introduce kids to yoga.

When a yoga instructor who normally teaches adults tries to teach kids, hilarious, heart-warming comments ensue in this video from Buzzfeed.

Visualization is playing with the imagination, a powerful resource. Use a glitter jar to illustrate to kids how mindfulness—the cultivation of stillness in the face of swirling chaos of life—affects us.

Want to cultivate better communication, focus, and coping skills in your students? We turned to Rina Jakubowicz from Superyogis' Schoolhouse for her tips.

Breathe For Change, an organization launched last year by teachers for teachers, is on a mission to save our schools, one teacher at a time, by reducing burnout through yoga and mindfulness training.

If our kids are any indication, we at Two Fit Moms think it’s likely that your kids want to practice yoga with you. So this week, in honor of Mother's Day, we are offering our best tips for making it work.

Athleisure wear companies are fast recognizing and responding to the outfitting needs of the growing numbers of kids and teens who practice too. Here, some of the season's fashion-forward looks.

Master Baptiste Yoga teacher Leah Cullis, who leads the White House Yoga Garden teachers, shares 9 family-friendly poses to try in your own backyard.

After a long day at school, there's always more to do. Before hitting the homework, take a yoga break to reset mind and body for better focus.

Try this simple flow in the morning or anytime with your kids to jumpstart their day. It only takes 3 minutes!

21-year-old author and nonprofit founder Emily-Anne Rigal says she knows what it is to bully, be bullied, and to overcome both by looking within.

A regular yoga practice can boost your youngsters’ immune systems for cold season. Learn how to lead them through a practice to fend off the flu.

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We’ve scouted the perfect tokens of affection for the little yogi on your holiday gift list. Honor their loving spirit with these adorably thoughtful finds.

Author Susan Verde’s new book sends kids the message that imagination makes anything possible—and the yoga mat is a perfect place to explore it.

Check out Erika Prafder's author page.

I AM Yogi Twist™ Flash Cards, a new game from yoga-teacher-to-the-stars Alanna Zabel, is a fun and silly way to teach kids yoga postures.

While anxiety is natural, experts say certain yoga postures can relieve students’ first-day nerves. Start school stress-free.

Looking for a token of your affection? These yoga-themed gifts can reinforce the values you’re looking to instill in your child.

It's as easy as ABC. The Letter Sound Yoga app makes learning the sounds of the alphabet active.

Mothers sacrifice sleep, diet, love life to care for their kids. Take a moment to pause and recalibrate yourself for better balance.

Readers share photos of their kids practicing yoga.

Yoga teacher Maggie DiPasquale say music is essential for setting the tone in teen yoga classes and offers tips for choosing songs that move teens.

Deepak Chopra empowers children to find positive ways in which they would like to change the world through mindfulness exercises.

When life gives you lemons, start a lemonade stand for a good cause.

Meet three young yoga teachers using Instagram as an outlet to share their passion for the practice.

Zoe Mantarakis of the Austin, Texas, studio Yoga Illumined has six reasons why every child would love Yoga Camp—and a new camp for Austin kids.

Grab your kiddos for this sequence from yoga teacher to the stars and author Alanna Zabel's latest children's book, Asana's First Yoga Class.

Take a cue from the White House's Yoga Garden at the annual Easter Egg Roll and strike a few yoga poses in the backyard with your family.

Take the beloved bedtime story ritual a step further with Mariam Gates's sequence that will soothe little ones to sleep.

Your whole life changes the minute you get pregnant, but it is still important to take care of your mind and body–before, during, and after pregnancy.

A unique one-day event is helping the yoga-in-schools movement reach a tipping point.

Check out YJ Editors's author page.

A New Age yogi dad shares his tales about fatherhood with YJ and in his new book.

For Shea Mowry, mastering the yoga poses was the easy part. Learning to listen deeply to herself has been the real education.

Toddler through school age, kids are natural yogis. Here are modified poses that you can share with your little ones today.

Yoga helped them, and now three California teens want to share the practice with their peers.

Prenatal yoga can prepare your mind, body, and spirit for motherhood.

Yoga helps kids manage pressure and cultivate strength, ultimately setting the stage for happiness and success.

Neal Pollack is doing his best to inject some yogic wisdom into his parenting.

Yoga for kids has many benefits to their growth and development. A regular yoga practice with your children can help them calm down before going to sleep.

A teacher at an elementary school in Georgia has decided to get her students out from behind the desk and onto a mat to help them learn about Greek mythology.

Having a hard time getting your little ones interested in yoga? Check out www.aikido-reading.co.uk/micro_site/stretching/15_stretches.htm. You'll find Kermit the Frog demonstrating 15 "stretches," including Child's Pose and a Spinal Twist. Fun for kids of all ages....

These 6 kid-friendly yoga retreats and camps welcome yogis of all ages.

Yoga for children can help counter the stress experienced by little ones living in a hurry-up world. Learn the benefits of teaching yoga for kids.

Practice yoga together and create a deeper bond with your kids.

Breathing specialist and yoga therapist Leslie Kaminoff offers advice for asthmatic kids.

Present your knowledge of yoga in a fun and creative way through meditation and children.

Gurmukh offers advice for getting your little ones started on the mat.

Teaching yoga to kids can be difficult - but if you can restart your imagination, you'll learn as much from them as they learn from you.

Teaching meditation in public schools could have positive benefits, but does it cross the line?