Make yoga your nature
Yoga Beings
Yoga Beings has been developed for children aged 4 to 11 years old and can be used both inside and outside a school setting. Through story-telling, play and fantasy your child will learn traditional yoga postures, sequences, breathing, relaxation and meditation techniques. According to feedback gathered from parents and children you will begin to see your child using yoga as part of their play repertoire.
In a school setting I have used Yoga Beings as part of Healthy Schools Week, delivering Literacy programmes, Citizenship, History, Creative Writing, P.E. and raising Cultural Awareness. As you can see Yoga Beings can be used in a wide variety of settings and I am more than happy to work in partnership with Head Teachers, Teachers and schools generally to implement yoga within schools in a fun and interactive way.
Recently there has been a lot of press about the benefits of yoga for children. Please email me if you would like further info about this research. Briefly however, yoga appears to:
• Improve emotional and social skills;
• Increase ability to identify body parts and their location;
• Improve co-ordination and balance;
• Improve concentration and calmness;
• Increase flexibility and
• Improve general health.
Saturday Morning Kids Yoga
Saturday mornings 10:00am to 11:30am at The Light Room, Hagglers Corner, 586 Queens Road, S2 4DU
What to bring? Please bring a healthy snack and a bottle of water. Your child can also bring a toy but it is important to note that they cannot use the toy during the class if it disrupts their practice or other children’s practice. If this is the case I will take it off them until the yogic nap.
What to wear? Your child should wear clothing that does not inhibit movement and that covers them appropriately for when they are doing inverted postures. Ideally they should avoid wearing tights.
Watch our Yoga Beings video on YouTube!
Experience and qualifications
• I have a YogiYou certificate to teach yoga to kids and teens;
• I have been teaching yoga to children since 2006;
• I have an up to date enhanced CRB check, gained November 2010;
• I have an up to date First Aid certificate, gained 9 November 2008 and am renewing the certificate on 2 October 2011;
• I have an up to date Children’s Protection Policy;
• I have a certificate in Child Protection Awareness Training, gained 6 June 2008;
• I have taught yoga to children from a variety of different backgrounds, including children with special educational needs and children who have English as a second language;
If you would like to view copies of any of the above please do not hesitate to ask.
Classes in schools
I currently run morning or after-school clubs in the following schools:
• Children’s House Montessori
• Hunters Bar Junior School
• Nether Edge Primary School
• Carterknowle Junior School
• Sharrow Primary School
What to bring? A bottle of water and a healthy snack for after the class.
What to wear? Your child should follow the schools policy and wear their
P.E. kit. We do yoga barefoot but they will need their pumps for toilet breaks.
To Parents and Schools
If you are a parent and would like your child to attend the Saturday morning class or would like to see yoga in the school your child attends please get in touch with me to discuss options.
Equally if you are a school and you would like me to implement yoga throughout your school please get in touch with me to discuss options.
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Dru yoga reduces stress and increases wellbeing.
View these outstanding results from research
undertaken by Ned Hartfiel.
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Gluteus Maximus the Roman Emperor
Likes to call his empire Muscles
He’s the biggest, the fattest and the plumpest
And likes to sit on his bottom all day
Because that is what he is.
Megan Year 4
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