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How To Teach Children Yogic Breath
How To Teach Children Yogic BreathingProper breathingIn yoga, we breathe primarily through the nose (both inhalation and exhalation), and we try to use our abdome...
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Yoga Is The Cure-All For Schools, and Maybe Even The World.
Gopala Amir Yaffa - Rainbow Kids YogaI started my yoga journey of teaching yoga to children in 1995 and have taught in various schools and educational settings si...
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Be Inspired: Celebrities and Sports Stars Who Practice Yoga
In our post called “You Are Never Too Young, Or Too Old, To Do Yoga”, we highlighted all the reasons why yoga is such an effective, accessible type of exercise fo...
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10 Ways to Help Kids Do Yoga Poses Better
Yoga for kids is nothing like yoga for adults – it has to be fun! If you are all “Om Shanti” and “Namaste,” you most likely won’t be able to keep up with the kid...
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Meditation for Kids
Meditation is many things for many people… but the purpose of meditation is like the purpose of life. What is the purpose of life? Why do we do everything that we...
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The 8 Essentials of Guiding Children into Relaxation
There is a strong connection between our body and our mind. All of our mental and emotional tensions express themselves in our body. If we are not happy, if we ar...
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You Are Never Too Young, Or Too Old, To Do Yoga
by Gopala Amir Yaffa Gymnastics, swimming, dance, martial arts, basketball, soccer… There are many choices available to parents for physical, movement-based extra...
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4 Essential Ways to Help Young Children Breathe More
Now more than ever, we need to teach ourselves and our young ones more ways to self-regulate and cope.It’s a crazy world out there, and sometimes a few deep breat...
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The 10 Commandments of Teaching Kids Yoga
Photo by Artem Kniaz on Unsplash 1. FUN! Yoga has to be fun! Children learn through fun! Veggies are good for you, but if you don’t have teeth to chew them you ne...
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We Are Nature & Nature Is The Solution
Did you know that we are nature?Humans are not separated from nature. And the more we feel this connection with nature, the more balanced, peaceful and happy we f...
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5 Things You Teach Kids When You Teach Them Yoga
Yoga has long been a popular form of exercise that adults use to improve their flexibility and ease anxiety. Over the past several years, kids have also begun to ...
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Rainbow Kids Yoga Birth & Growth
Gopala Amir YaffaMy first insight into yoga was through my music practice. I went to a music high school, and at the age of 13 my guitar teacher was the first to ...
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