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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:

gift card package 1

 

  • $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:

 

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Screen Shot video

This entry was posted on Tuesday, November 26th, 2013.
Posted in Parenting, Sing Song Yoga.
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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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Sing Song Yoga Kids Yoga App video animation

This entry was posted on Saturday, November 23rd, 2013.
Posted in Benefits of Yoga, Parenting, Sing Song Yoga, Yoga Research.
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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.
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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.
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Kids Holidays and Yoga: Five calming yoga poses for the holidays.

 

With the excitement of the holidays, combined with travel, visitors, schedule changes and a greater focus on material things, kids can sometimes find themselves overwhelmed and out of sorts.

Parents can encourage their children to enjoy some quiet focused time such as reading a book, listening to calming music or doing some yoga.  Yoga has a special way of bringing our focus to our bodies and breath without necessarily trying.  When this happens, even for a moment, calmness replaces our thinking minds and our stress.

So if you find that your children need a few moments to recuperate during the holidays, encourage them to try these 5 yoga poses for kids to help return them to a lovely calm!

 

Butterfly Pose

For Butterfly sit and touch your left and right feet together with your knees wide. Sit up tall, lift your chest and put your hands on your ankles.  Relax your face and head while lifting your chest up, up, up!

 

Cow Pose

For Cow Pose sit with your legs outstretched. Bend your knees and have your legs apart with your feet flat on the floor.  Slide one leg under the other, then line your top knee up with the lower knee (as in the photo).  Now meet your arms behind your back with one elbow high and the other low.  Sit as tall as you can!  Hold the pose for a bit of time and then switch to the other side.

 

Turtle Pose

For Turtle Pose sit with your legs outstretched.  Bend your knees, legs apart with your feet flat on the floor.  Bend forward at the waist and slide your arms under your legs.  You can either put your hands on your feet or back toward your hips (as in the photo). Relax your head toward your feet.

 

Child’s Pose

For Child’s Pose sit on your feet then bend and place your forehead on the floor.  Relax your tummy between your thighs and your arms by your side.  Try to relax your whole body.

 

Savasana

For Savasana (relaxation pose) lie down on your back with your palms facing up. Close your eyes.  Relax your body from the top of your head to the bottom of you feet.  Imagine your whole body melting into the floor.  Relax in Savasana for a few minutes.  Then sit up slowly and enjoy the rest of your day!

Namaste!  (“The light in me honors the light in you!”)

 

For more information go to www.singsongyoga.com

This entry was posted on Monday, December 24th, 2012.
Posted in Kid's Yoga Sequences.
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