You may have heard about the benefits of yoga for us adults, but did you know that practicing yoga has been proven to benefit kids both in the classroom and developmentally!

Here are 6 reasons why you should introduce kids yoga into your classroom if you want to help your students to better understand their bodies, manage their emotions, find focus, and perform as their best self!

Kids Yoga Is Good For Their Body!

Whether they intend to or not, kids intuitively use yoga practices to guide them through key developmental stages. (hello, it’s called the Happy Baby Pose for a reason!)Through movement, they make connections between their bodies and their brains

guide children through movements to connect the brain and body.

As a growing child (and adult), yoga brings you balance, creates strength, flexibility, and body awareness. Yoga poses can also be playful, fun, and challenging!

2. Kids Yoga Provides a Non-Competitive Environment to Learn and Grow

Competitive sports, dance, and gymnastics are introduced at a very young age and most of us probably grew up doing some type of organized activity.

Yoga is unique in that you use your body in a space where you aren’t compared to anyone else and there is no end goal, but to better yourself.

The only thing to do is to be present. What a great lesson for our kids to learn at an early age.

3. Kids Yoga Encourages a Healthy Lifestyle

One of the only rules we have in our class is to listen and be safe with your body. This translates to taking care of your body and mind in everything you do from playing to eating and even in how you communicate and connect with others.

4. Kids Yoga Builds Confidence

Anyone who has learned a skill knows that repetition brings growth. Just by practicing yoga consistently, you gain confidence in your strengths and learn how to be patient when you stumble or fall.

5. Kids Yoga Teaches Breathwork and Mindfulness

We live in a very fast-paced world. Kids are exposed to a lot of screen time and distractions. Think of how many times you have been stressed, frustrated, or anxious, and have not had the tools to deal with these emotions. In yoga, we learn how to calm our body, how to breathe deeply, and how to listen to what we are feeling.

6. Kids at Yoga Means More Me-Time for Mom!

Whether you use this time to sit back and observe or relax and have a coffee and read, enjoy some time to yourself knowing your kids are being engaged in a positive way.

Hear what the kids say about their experience using Mindful Classroom

“My girls (3 1/2 and 23 months) LOVE doing yoga. My eldest would love to come every day to work out with Maggie if she could. Some days she requests to do yoga at home just like Maggie does.”
-Sivan O.

“Charlotte loved her time in yoga with you - and she actually retained what you taught her. She still practices her tree pose every night before bed, and she’s so proud of her improving balance! Thank you for your continued love and support of our kids - you create such a fun and safe environment for them to grow.”
-Sara Egide

“Maggie has an amazing demeanor that marries a calming nature with a wonderful sense of fun that both my kids responded incredibly well too and just loved taking classes from her.
Maggie does a great job of tailoring her classes to different ages and also gets the parents involved so we all were able to get a great yoga session in!
My preschooler loves practicing his yoga positions at home and it has helped "ground him" when he starts getting really wound up!
My daughter had some mobility delays, including a tight neck and head tilt, and sessions with Maggie got her back on track and flourishing.”
-Brooke Price