Guest guest Posted March 22, 2004 Report Share Posted March 22, 2004 Sat Nam, I am teaching my first Yoga Class to a Group of Children in a weeks time. Has anyone got any tips on how the class should run? Much Love Debbie Find local movie times and trailers on Movies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 23, 2004 Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 Hi Debbie. One suggestion I have is to have them make the sounds of the animals to keep them focused in the moment. Like down{Dog} Camel frog etc. --- Bye, Namaste, peace from within, Gary C. --------- DATE: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 14:17:50 Debbie Robinson <drkundalini kundaliniyoga Cc: Sat Nam, I am teaching my first Yoga Class to a Group of Children in a weeks time. Has anyone got any tips on how the class should run? Much Love Debbie Find local movie times and trailers on Movies. Kundalini Yoga - for the best online selection of Books, Videos and DVDs on Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan. Also a great range of beautiful Meditation and Mantra CDs, all with RealAudio sound clips. - visit Kundaliniyoga/ Kundaliniyoga __________ Find what you are looking for with the Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC\ =lycos10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 23, 2004 Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 Hi, Debbie. I have some experience with kidyoga. My wife is the real expert, as she has taught kidyoga to toddler/preschool kids (ages 1.5-4). I'll try to do her proud Like I said, this is coming from a little kid perspective. First of all, with kids this age attention span is a major concern. You can't ask too much of them in regard to actually doing "real" asanas, but they can surprise you. What I've seen is a "story sequence" where the kids are taken on a journey through some poses. The poses are renamed with kid-friendly names like "the frog", "the lion", "big tall mountain", "kitty cat and doggie", etc.. get creative. The story sequence consists of leading the kids through a series of poses and narrating all the while. For example: The lion was sleeping in the jungle (kids in kneeling position with heads down on knees). He woke up and had to streeeettch, yawn a big yawn, and open his eyes real big (lion position: kneeling, hands on thighs, head tilted back slightly, mouth wide with tongue sticking out and eyes wide). the lion looked around, up and down (neck rolls). He saw a little frog and watched it jump! (kids jump around like frogs . The frog was chasing a fly (kids stand up and flap their arms like wings). The fly went higher and higher up to the big tall mountain (kids bring feet together and put their hands way up in a Y). Up on the mountain, it was raining (kids bring hands back down and put palms on ground, knees on ground.. crawl position). When the rain stopped, the lion came back out to streeetch again (cat-back arch).. etc etc.. I made most of that up off the top of my head, so I'm sure you can get creative and come up with something good too. My wife has a good sequence that I can maybe get for you (if you're interested). I think the important thing is to not pressure the kids and to just have fun. It's not really about getting them to do real asanas, it's about helping them get to know their bodies better. Kids like to move, remember that. Any age after walking is good. My 15 month old daughter can do a downward dog that makes me totally jealose.. those limber babies are too much (too cute, too). I'll stop ranting now good luck, and let me know how it goes, ok? Love=light marz ------------------ Sat Nam, I am teaching my first Yoga Class to a Group of Children in a weeks time. Has anyone got any tips on how the class should run? Much Love Debbie __________ Find what you are looking for with the Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC\ =lycos10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 23, 2004 Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 Sat Nam Debbie http://www.childrensyoga.com/ Shakta Kaur Kalsa's website has lots of info on childrens yoga. Blessings Carol xx _______________ Express yourself with cool emoticons - download MSN Messenger today! http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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