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Five Calming Holiday Poses Made Easy with Kids Yoga App

Last year, before our Sing Song Yoga App was available, I wrote a blog post about some great calming kids’ yoga poses for the Holidays, using poses from our DVD. Now our SSY App makes it easy to line up the poses, save, and push play to enjoy the sequence as its own little video. There are inevitably times during the holidays when life can be a bit stressful for our kids. So having this little tool in your pocket can be quite helpful in guiding your children back to feeling peaceful.

This quick video demonstrates using the Sing Song Yoga App to create this calming sequence.

Links for more info:

Our website, DVD, App, holiday blog post, App blog post

And a fun animation about why yoga can be a great thing for your kids 🙂

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This entry was posted on Saturday, December 7th, 2013.
Posted in Kid's Yoga Sequences, Sing Song Yoga.
Tagged: active, activities, apps for kids, brain friendly, calming yoga sequence christmas gift ideas, children yoga, childrens yoga, gift ideas, health, healthy, holidays, iphone app, ipod app, kid apps, kid gift ideas, kid music, kid songs, kids apps, kids music, kids yoga, kids yoga gifts, kids’yoga, lyrics, movement, music, music and movement, sing song yoga, singsongyoga, song lyrics, songs, yoga, yoga for children, yoga for kids, yoga poses, yoga sequence

Gift of Movement for Kids – Kids Yoga!

Here are some unique gift ideas for the kids in your life that will help keep them moving over the winter months — kids’ yoga is the gift that keeps on giving throughout the year!

Here’s a quick video of some ideas to gift Sing Song Yoga! Happy Holidays!

Gift Idea Number One:

If the children in your life have access to an iPhone, iPad, iPad mini or an iPod Touch, you could put together this simple gift package:

$25 iTunes Gift Card to attach to this printable Sing Song Yoga Gift Flyer which together allows your child to download the Sing Song Yoga App and own all poses and sequences
Yoga mat
could add in yoga clothing (comfortable t-shirt and pants)

Gift Idea Number Two:

Sing Song Yoga DVD (can order here)
Yoga mat
could add in yoga clothing (comfortable t-shirt and pants)

Gift Idea Number Three:

Sing Song Yoga DVD (can order here)
$25 iTunes Gift Card to attach to this printable Sing Song Yoga Gift Flyer which together allows your child to download the Sing Song Yoga App and own all poses and sequences
Yoga mat
Yoga clothing (comfortable t-shirt and pants)

Links mentioned in video:

Eco yoga mats, kids yoga mats, studio yoga mats or a local store
Sing Song Yoga DVD
Sing Song Yoga App
Eco-friendly bags or Fabric Reusable Gratitude Gift Bags

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This entry was posted on Tuesday, November 26th, 2013.
Posted in Parenting, Sing Song Yoga.
Tagged: app, app store, boys, children, childrens yoga, christmas, dvd, gifts, girls, gratitude, health, ipad app, iphone app, ipod touch app, joy, kids, kids christmas, kids yoga, kids yoga app, kids yoga benefits, mindfulness, music, parenting, physical activities for toddlers, sing song yoga, toddler, toddler yoga, yoga, yoga app, yoga benefits, yoga for kids

Can a Tablet Actually Get Kids Moving?

Tablets are typically a source of screen time for kids. During screen time the child is still, the eyes hold a fixed gaze, and the image on the screen is moving. So as a teacher and a mom, I’m thrilled to encourage your kids to use the Sing Song Yoga® kids yoga app to transform their screen time into some “music and movement” time.

This whiteboard animation and jingle are a fun way to say the same thing…

When kids move, play and sing they use their brains well.
Building their brains is naturally fun.
Paving the brain roads and making connections
A well-developed brain makes learning easy and fun!

But too often now kids sit with one of these.
Which at times can be a bit of a concern.
So let’s use tablets to get kids moving
So we can see the benefits of moving return

Experts find that yoga helps kids
With focus, awareness, coordination and more.
A kids’ yoga studio on your TV
Find the Sing Song Yoga® App in the App Store.

So have fun encouraging your kids to use their tablets to keep moving! And thanks in advance for sharing this post!

The Sing Song Yoga® App is available in the Apple App Store and is explained in detail in this former blog post.

For more information about our program check out www.singsongyoga.com

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This entry was posted on Saturday, November 23rd, 2013.
Posted in Benefits of Yoga, Parenting, Sing Song Yoga, Yoga Research.
Tagged: app, app store, boys, children, childrens yoga, christmas, daughters, dvd, gifts, girls, health, joy, kids, kids christmas, kids yoga, kids yoga app, kids yoga benefits, music, parenting, physical activities for toddlers, raising kids, research, schools, sing song yoga, studies, toddler yoga, video, yoga, yoga app, yoga benefits, yoga for kids, yoga poses

New Parent & Child Kids Yoga Class

Spinning Spider

Young children and loving adults make for a perfect kids’ yoga combination! We had our inaugural Parent and Child Sing Song Yoga class today. It was such a blast! The parents were fabulously good sports!

Turtle Partners

Our traditional live Sing Song Yoga kids’ yoga class invites kids whose ages range from about 5 to 11. And over the past year or so we have continued to have parents inquire about their toddlers and preschoolers being able to join.

Under Dog

So we have finally answered the call. For this kids’ yoga class we have changed things up a bit designing it to be specifically for the youngest yogi! We shortened the class to 30 minutes, have added some movement and parents, and now happily accommodate children ages 2-6.

Snug as a Bug

We enjoyed some traditional poses today but also added in heaps of movement! Thanks so much to our young yogis and parents alike who made for a really fun first class!

savasana

For more information on this and other Sing Song Yoga classes see our website. To do more Kids’ Yoga at home or in school, check out our new Sing Song Yoga Kid’s Yoga App in the Apple App Store as well as www.singsongyoga.com for general information about our program.

This entry was posted on Monday, October 21st, 2013.
Posted in Parenting, Sing Song Yoga, Toddlers.
Tagged: boys, children, childrens yoga, gifts, girls, health, kids, kids yoga, kids yoga app, kids yoga benefits, mom and me yoga, music, parenting, physical activities for toddlers, raising kids, sing song yoga, toddler, toddler yoga, yoga app, yoga poses

Top 6 Yoga Poses for Toddlers

Recently my 17-month old said “mo doda” which means more dog. So I looked outside and informed him that the neighbor’s dog had gone inside. He loves watching their dog. But he continued to repeat “mo doda, mo doda” while continuing to do the sign language for more. I finally realized he wanted me to sing our Sing Song Yoga song for Downward Dog!! So I started to sing it. He was elated and joyfully got into the pose. My heart melted!

A few months ago a parent asked me how she could best do yoga with her one-year-old daughter. After thinking about it I realized that I could simply share with her what I do. When my twin toddlers are playing and it seems like a good time, I get down on the floor with them, sing a song for a pose and do the pose. Some days they are more into it than others but they love it!

Of course, I already know the Sing Song Yoga songs, but for other parents I recommended this. Learn one of our songs and how to do the pose by watching the Sing Song Yoga DVD or your chosen pose on the Sing Song Yoga App. Then, once you’ve learned a song or two and your child is playing and seems open to it, get down on the floor with them and begin singing and doing the pose. Your child might not do the pose right away but it shouldn’t take too long before they catch on. Also, whenever you see your child in what looks like that pose, begin singing the song and do the pose right next to them. Soon you will have a little one who pops in and out of yoga poses all day long! It is such a blast when they do their first yoga pose on purpose! And so heart warming to witness them continue to love it!

To start doing yoga today with your toddler I recommend the following six poses. Remember – take this very lightly and simply have fun. Your toddlers might join in right away, but if they do not they are learning nonetheless and will move forward in their own time. So give it a try and I’d love to hear about your experiences on our facebook page!

Downward Dog