14 Mar 2013
Partner and Group Poses for Kids
A great way to teach children about working together is by doing partner poses.
Partner yoga teaches kids to work together and be gentle with each other and kids love it too! Begin with a discussion on how you can help others and then introduce how we can also help each other with our yoga poses. Select a few poses that can be done with a partner or all together as a group and then start by doing each pose alone. Some great poses to try together are TREE, FLOWER, BOAT, PRETZEL, and DOWNWARD DOG. Then pair children up with a buddy for some poses and do others together as a group. For example, when you do Tree or Flower with everyone holding hands in a circle, you can make a Forest of Tress or a Garden of Flowers together.
A garden of flowers!
Downward Dog Tunnel is a great activity to teach kids about focus, body awareness and working together. Children line up and come up into down dog together as one child goes under them through the “tunnel”. They really enjoy watching their friends as they crawl under them and waiting their turn to go through the tunnel!
Downward Dog TunnelPartner poses are not only fun but can be a great platform for teaching children the importance of getting along, working together and being mindful when interacting with one another. Doing yoga together teaches kids valuable life skills that they can use at school and at home and carry with them throughout their lives.
March 14, 2013 @ 2:49 pm
I just learned about this in kids yoga teacher training! Thanks so the super cute idea!!
March 15, 2013 @ 1:50 am
I really want to include more yoga in my classroom– we create forests where they hold tree and the seasons change and their branches take on different shapes, (and they sway with storms), but I need more ideas! Loved this post!
March 19, 2013 @ 10:23 am
Thank you so much for this! I love doing kids yoga especial with rainbow downward dog. Thank for more thoughts on poses.
March 19, 2013 @ 11:47 am
Thanks Lori! The kids really enjoy working with a “yoga buddy” and it is lots of FUN!
March 19, 2013 @ 11:48 am
I am really happy that you liked these ideas Olivia! The idea of trees swaying in the wind is so cute, especially with Spring coming up!! Stay tuned for more…
March 19, 2013 @ 11:52 am
Noel, I never heard down dog tunnel called RAINBOW before, I really love that! perfect for a Nature themed class, now that April and rainy season is almost here. Thanks for sharing that! Be sure to stop back this Thursday for more kids yoga ideas…