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Kids’ Yoga App Debuts in App Store
The first of its kind, the Sing Song Yoga® App for kids goes live today in the Apple App Store. The iOS app, based off our popular DVD program by the same name, takes the yoga video concept to the next level. Instead of playing the same sequences repeatedly, the Sing Song Yoga App allows the user to choose individual poses, virtually creating a new yoga video each time.
Sing Song Yoga is a kids’ musical yoga program in which song lyrics instruct children how to get into the poses. The App features the beautifully produced, full HD video of the DVD yet is perfectly customizable. There are two avenues to take within the app. The user can either choose one of 39 preprogrammed SSY Sequences or allows parents, along with their kids, to choose individual poses by simply dragging and dropping poses into the Sequence Canvas to play as a seamless video.
In the above screen shot of the app, the arrows show the standing poses tab, the color coding of the poses (red for energizing, blue for cooling, and yellow for neutral) and dragging the poses to the Sequence Canvas.
These pics above show the SSY Sequences tab, from which the user drags one of the preprogrammed SSY Sequences to the Sequence Canvas and the poses fill in. From the Canvas you can customize further, by adding, deleting or moving poses around and change the speed of the transition.
Once the poses are set perfectly for your use, push play and enjoy your customized kids’ yoga video.
Save your custom sequences with personalized names for later use.
Transform your TV into a virtual yoga studio. The Sing Song Yoga app is AirPlay enabled for use with Apple TV and is compatible with HDMI adapters for mirroring on TV’s and projectors.
Check out the other features within this free app, which includes one SSY Sequence and six poses. This allows families and schools to play with it and see that it’s a good fit for them. Additional poses and sequence are available as in-app purchases starting at $0.99 and $3.99 respectively. And Sequence Packages start at $14.99 unlocking all the poses and 16 SSY Sequences.
The Sing Song Yoga® App is compatible on any iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad Mini that support iOS 6.0 and above.
We would love to hear your feedback on the app on our facebook page or below!
This entry was posted on Tuesday, May 28th, 2013.
Posted in Sing Song Yoga.
Tagged: app store, children, childrens yoga, dvd, health, kids, kids yoga, kids yoga app, kids yoga benefits, music, sing song yoga, video, yoga, yoga app, yoga benefits, yoga for kids, yoga poses
Kids’ Yoga Helps With Body Awareness
I love witnessing my one-year-old twins discovering something brand new. The other day I watched one of them pick up a small ball with one hand, hold it in the air, open his hand and joyfully watch the ball roll off the edge of his hand and fall to the floor – only to pick it up and do it a dozen more times.
Like my son, when something is new to us we pay attention to the most minute details. We take in the information and time can sometimes seem to slow. On the other hand, when we are doing something we have done an endless number of times, like robots we complete the task and often think to ourselves, “Wow I don’t even remember driving home,” for instance.
As adults do, children often speed through their experiences, moving from one task to the next, paying no attention to what their bodies are doing – where their bodies end and another’s begins.
Kids’ yoga can replicate the mindfulness or attention necessary to complete a brand new task, which stimulates the brain in a positive way for learning. Due to the focus needed to get into each pose, it can help children slow down to notice what they would not typically notice. For instance, in “Dead Bug Pose,” a child might think, “now if I hold my foot on the side I can get the bottom of my foot more flat like I’m walking on the ceiling like a real bug. If I pull my knees toward my armpits I feel more of a stretch in my back.” This mindfulness can help them become more aware of their bodies on and off the mat. Children can then better relate with the world around them and more thoroughly be present and more aware of their experiences. And in turn, they may be more aware of the results of each of their decisions. Just another one of the kids’ yoga benefits that we love!
For more information about kids’ yoga benefits check out this kids’ yoga DVD. Sing Song Yoga® includes the added benefits of music for your child’s brain!
This entry was posted on Friday, February 1st, 2013.
Posted in Benefits of Yoga.
Tagged: children, childrens yoga, kids yoga, kids yoga benefits, music, sing song yoga, yoga, yoga benefits
Yoga in Schools Proven Effective
The #1 question for school-based yoga programs is “Does it really work?” The International Association for School Yoga and Mindfulness (IASYM) responds with a resounding “Yes!”
Discover how yoga is impacting kids, teachers and administrators through innovative programs proven effective by University research. (more…)
This entry was posted on Saturday, July 7th, 2012.
Posted in Yoga Research.
Tagged: research, schools, yoga
The Benefits of Yoga in U.S. Schools
Yoga classes for kids are taking off, as advocates say it’s especially helpful for those with focusing problems
A 2003 study by California State University, Los Angeles found that yoga improved students’ behavior, physical health and academic performance, as well as attitudes toward themselves. That same year, Leipzig University reported that yoga reduces feelings of helplessness and aggression, and in the long term helps emotional balance. The benefits of yoga are particularly strong among children with special needs, research shows. (more…)
This entry was posted on Friday, July 6th, 2012.
Posted in Yoga Research.
Tagged: health, research, schools, studies, yoga
Yoga May Help Prevent Adolescent Mental Problems
High school students who do yoga may derive psychological benefits, researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School reported in the April issue of Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics. Leading author, Jessica Noggle, PhD of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston said that since mental health disorders usually develops in teenage years: “Yoga may serve a preventive role in adolescent mental health.” (more…)
This entry was posted on Thursday, July 5th, 2012.
Posted in Yoga Research.
Tagged: health, research, yoga