Posts Tagged ‘children’

Sing Song Yoga Kids Yoga App – Dad Testimonial

Thank you Bill Badran for sharing your family’s experiences with the Sing Song Yoga kids’ yoga app! We really appreciate you taking the time!

Here’s what Bill has to say…

“I’m a proud parent of a six-year-old daughter who really loves Sing Song Yoga… She loves it. She is able to follow along with ease and she’s really focused with the song format to each move… Now she’s created her own profile and she’s organized it the way she wants it (the poses within the app)…We ended up getting her her own yoga mat and now my wife and daughter are doing yoga side by side…Even my two-year-old is following along… it’s great for all ages…” ~ Bill Badron

Thanks a million Bill!

This entry was posted on Wednesday, November 20th, 2013.
Posted in Benefits of Yoga, Parenting, Sing Song Yoga.
Tagged: app, boys, children, childrens yoga, chilren's app, christmas, dad, dvd, girls, ipad, iphone, ipod touch, kids, kids yoga app, loving guidance, sing song yoga, testimonial, yoga app

Sing Song Yoga Kids Yoga App – Teacher Testimonial

Thank you Kathy for sharing your experiences with using the Sing Song Yoga Kids Yoga App with your students! We so appreciate you taking time out of your busy life to do so!

Click on the video below to hear what Kathy has to say about her experiences:

“I’m a reading specialist in an elementary school. I service developing readers grades K-5th. I started using the Sing Song Yoga app this year as a way to transition my students from their regular classroom into the more intense instruction that I give them. For the first few minutes of our thirty minutes together we [do one of the poses]. The students are completely relaxed and very quiet. Then we go into our instruction and I can tell as a result of the Sing Song Yoga that they are much focused and calm and centered. My students enjoy it so much that when we walk… to my classroom… they ask me… what pose are we going to do today? I highly recommend the Sing Song Yoga [Kids Yoga] App to any age elementary student”

Thanks again Kathy!

This entry was posted on Tuesday, November 19th, 2013.
Posted in Benefits of Yoga, Education, Sing Song Yoga.
Tagged: app, app store, boys, children, childrens yoga, christmas, dvd, gifts, girls, gratitude, health, ipad app, iphone app, ipod touch app, kids, kids app, kids christmas, physical activities for toddlers, physical education, sing song yoga, studies, teacher, testimonial, 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

Gratitude Before the Storm

I could barely utter the word seizure ever since a decade ago when my 30-something-year-old brother had an unexpected seizure, never having had one before. So recently when my 20-month-old little man had a febrile seizure it was scary to say the least. A febrile seizure is one brought on by a fever in very young children and are typically benign. It helped immensely that I was aware of this type of seizure and felt assured that he would be fine while going through the challenge. Frightening but manageable.

My husband and I, over the week or so prior to the seizure, had been increasingly forgetting to stay in the moments of gratitude with our quite active twin toddlers. We were tending to get wrapped up in the moments of chaos with things being knocked over, pulled down, dumped out, torn up and thrown over our deck. The chasing, redirecting, reminding and repeating were dominating our thought process as well as our conversations.

After the seizure that day we were more than grateful to see our little man coming around to being himself again. We were thrilled to say “yep, our little dude is back to himself” when he chucked a stuffed animal across the room to initiate a game of catch. I’d never been so grateful for the flinging of a toy!

As a whole we do strive to stay in the moments and enjoy this stage of life. We do stop and simply take in the moments much of the time. But often times we allow our mindfulness to dwindle, getting caught up in the busyness of life, until something forces us to remember to do so.

Not only is life precious, but it’s the tiny moments that make it so. Striving to live in gratitude and fully experience these little moments, in the absence of a storm, is fully worth striving for!

This entry was posted on Wednesday, September 4th, 2013.
Posted in Parenting.
Tagged: boys, children, childrens yoga, gratitude, kids, kids christmas, kids yoga, kids yoga app, mindfulness, parenting

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