We all know how wonderful yoga is for adults – but kids yoga is just as transformative, and the earlier children discover it, the better. Promote mobility, body awareness, and breath awareness at a formative age, while also guiding children towards emotional regulation through simple, playful mindfulness practices. Encouraging little ones to find those calm, centred spaces within themselves – and actually enjoy doing it.
Got a 5–10 year old? Here’s why yoga might be exactly what they need.
Benefits of Kids Yoga
These classes offer a whole range of developmental benefits, including enhanced mobility, strength and coordination, improved concentration and early mindfulness, a healthy sense of body awareness, tools for managing stress and anxiety – and most importantly, it’s fun and inclusive.
What Happens in a Class?
Classes typically begin with a warm-up game or song, move into a story-based yoga sequence, and close with a gentle wind-down, some breathing, and a moment to thank our bodies. Teachers use a wonderful range of engaging tools – stories, songs, music, books, breathing balls, visual aids, and props (yes, including bubbles).
Take It Further: Kids Yoga Teacher Training
Passionate about bringing yoga to the next generation? Yogarise offers a 50-hour accredited CPD Kids Yoga and Mindfulness Teacher Training, led by senior teacher and yoga therapist Ayala Homossany. Designed for yoga teachers, educators, healthcare professionals, and anyone working with children, this course equips you with trauma-sensitive, developmentally responsive tools to nurture emotional resilience and wellbeing in children aged 2–12 – including specialist modules on supporting neurodiverse children and those with anxiety, ADHD, and ASD.
