Allows Time to Rest, Relax, and
Time to Reflect
YOGA FOR HAPPY KIDS IS IN SESSION
with relaxation & guided meditation
IS IN SESSION
Yoga with relaxation and guided meditation allows a perfect opportunity to bring Yoga closer to kids and teens in a way that broadens their thought patterns, imagination, and creativity, as well as self-reliance and compassion in a non-competitive environment. With the gained "lightness of being" they can better enjoy to learn, play, and relax.
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN
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YOGA FOR HAPPY KIDS INCLUDES: 
- Circle of friends - sharing
- Topic of the week
- Self-expression in Mandala drawing
- Yoga asanas (poses) for the week
- Yoga pranayama (breathing) to calm the mind
- Relaxation/ Guided Relaxation/ Meditation
- Lunch (full day camp only)
- Food Pyramid/ Food group songs/ Food group games
- Story - telling/ sharing/ reading
- Yoga Games
- Journaling
- Camp/Topic of the week songs
- Closing Activities
- Yoga asana of the day cards making
Anybody at any level can practice and benefit from Yoga for Happy Kids Sessions and Programs. The variety of levels in each exercise challenges every stage of physical and mental development while preparing for the next stage. Concentration and focus develops along with physical and mental strength, flexibility, and balance.
Yoga for Happy Kids gives children a strong sense of self through the dimensions of physical, mental, and spiritual equanimity and provides tools toward positive development as a foundation of a balanced lifestyle.
Kids will learn how to create a daily yoga journal, design their own mandalas and document their journal with pictures taken of them in each pose as they learn it and present it. Kids will make their own yoga-cards and will create a daily Yoga practice sheet to remind them of how, why, and what to practice at home.
Those, who sign up for multiple weeks will learn not only more poses and better precision in executing them, but also will gain strength, confidence, agility, and a variety of sequencing to experience the full Yoga benefit.
It is easy for children to engage in non-competitive Yoga practice relaxing and sharing together while having fun. It brings their active minds and bodies into union and harmony that allows them to learn how to calm both.
Yoga for Happy Kids allows a perfect opportunity to bring Yoga closer to kids and teens in a way that broadens their thought patterns, imagination, and creativity, as well as self-reliance and compassion in a non-competitive environment. With their gained lightness of being they can better enjoy the opportunity to practice, play, and relax.
Yoga for Happy Kids Classes provide excellent, joyful and nurturing ambiance for kids and teens to foster positive development toward their fullest physical and mental health and well-being.
Yoga for Happy Kids
was establish as a means to assist children, parents, teachers, and educators to instill healthy habits in young children as a foundation for positive development, putting stop to the rapidly spreading epidemic of obesity, type II diabetes, undesirable behaviors, and all other by-products thereof.
A critical analysis of existing theory and research related to components of children's positive development, Csikszentmihalyi's "Flow" model of optimal experience and Yoga practice paradigm revealed common key ingredients that set the foundation for Yoga-based programs. The goal of the programs is to onset positive children's development that enhances child's realistic sense of the Self, self-perception of abilities and competencies, induces intrinsic interest and motivation, and fosters self-knowledge and self-control.
As a life-span psychologist specializing in the study of the psychological and physiological effects Yoga practice has on child's development, my research, along with the support of vast scientific literature unequivocally shows that the benefits of implementing Yoga at the early age are real and should not be ignored. Findings show that even a short practice of this ancient art can induce poise and focus that can further stimulate cognitive awareness, information retention, and the overall ability to learn. It is therefore essential for parents and teachers working together in making Yoga practice a children's daily routine, which in turn will strengthen children's Yoga experience and its full benefits.
I would like to invite you to make each year your "Year Toward Children's Positive Development" - a time period in which you can make the changes that will make a real difference in your children's level of health, vitality, well-being as well as academic achievement. I would like to introduce you to a powerful Yoga for Happy Kids programs that can do just that.
The Yoga for Happy Kids programs were designed with respect to the whole child. Daily Yoga practice helps children to gain personal insight into their physical, emotional, and spiritual wellness. The programs offer guidance and tools necessary to transform this awareness into a personal compass guiding them in times of need as well as in their decision-making processes throughout their lives.
The next generation will be the result of our influence and work. To make this work enjoyable, to help our classrooms, homes, and communities the Yoga-based programs provide a wholistic approach to Yoga as a way of life rather than a once a week activity. Yoga asanas and meditation technique included in the programs is an excellent method to help children to relax, and enable them to find their quiet place within. When children engage in daily Yoga practice, they set a life-long foundation for their well being.
