Though this fullness came from that fullnessĮvery Friday I’ll post ideas and inspiration for practicing yoga with kids and every Tuesday I’ll share a micropractice that helps busy moms (and dads and kids, and really anyone) to incorporate brief yoga practices into their day. Try it! Let me know how it goes.Īnd some Sanskrit mantra love on the full moon: Let it also be full of fun, yoga moments, and the stillness that feels so good after the storm of a good freeze dance. Life with little kids is full: full of noise, of messes to clean up, emotions to wade through, and dozens of tiny transitions from one activity to the next. It’s much easier for kids to sit or lie still after a good dance party. After a song (or two, or three, or more), take a moment to rest in a seated pose or savasana bring a moment of stillness and meditation to the session. Freeze dance activities are perfect for everyone Freeze dance brain break activities foster student engagement, listening, emotional health and brain. You can even let them make up their own poses now and then. Or you can let them choose the pose if they’re eager to decide for themselves.Īnd of course, no need to be super rigid about alignments, as long as no one is getting hurt. Maybe guide them through the way they hold the poses for instance, freezing when the music stops doesn’t mean that they have to hold their breath! Maybe you call out which pose to hold if your little one isn’t super familiar with different yoga postures. Put on any music that you and your kiddos enjoy - it doesn’t have to be yoga-related music. Of course, you don’t have to stick to standing poses but these are the easiest ones to get into quickly. Some good poses for this are: tree pose (vrksasana), mountain pose (tadasana), dancer pose (natarajasana), star pose, and goddess pose. The nice thing about good ol’ fashioned freeze dance is that probably every kid is familiar with it all you have to do is add a yogic twist by having them strike a yoga pose when the music stops and they freeze. Flowing sun salutations, stories told with yoga poses to represent some of the characters and objects in the plot, and freeze dances are always favorites with the little yogis I practice with. Since one of the tough things about traditional yoga is holding the poses without collecting tension, movement is a great way for kids to break the ice with yoga. It seems like every little kid loves to dance. Also, what better way to do yoga than play? When we do yoga with our young kids, it’s usually best done through play and in that way, kids yoga is always a celebration! Happy full moon! To me, full moon is a time of pause and celebration, and what better way to celebrate than to play. When the music stops, you will look at the screen and freeze like the yoga pose for 20 seconds.“Play is our brain’s favorite way of learning.” You can either dance along or come up with your own dance moves When the music starts, your students will start dancing or moving around Start by bringing up the video (which can be found below) or you can search for it on YouTube If you’re looking for more Yoga Freeze Dance videos you can use the search bar above, or you can find Yoga Freeze Dance #1 and Yoga Freeze Dance #2 here: These continue to be a class favorite especially with my K-2 students. These types of activities are fun interactive games that can be used as a warm-up for virtual students, in person learning, or as a classroom brain break! □ The last two I created were more Holiday themed, but I would consider this one to be more generic like #1 and #2 with a variety of different characters and dancing. I’m excited to have another addition to the Yoga Freeze Dance series! ❄️
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