At the first National Kids Yoga Conference on September 27, we learned about many wonderful recording artists, authors and others providing support for yoga with children and providing training.
Check out this list of Resources for Children’s Yoga taken from the conference exhibitors, sponsors and speakers and organizations mentioned by speakers and exhibitors.
Alleum Yoga – A studio in Crandon, NJ with kids and family classes
Ambassador Yoga – The Ambassador Yoga Teacher Training is a yoga teacher training set at a pace that works for students or adults.
Bambino Yoga – Carolyn Clarke founded Bambino Yoga to bring yoga to the millions of children who would benefit from learning to relax their mind and imagine new worlds.
Bari Koral (Family Rock Band) – Bari’s songs are a huge hit with children and adults. Her catchy, pop friendly tunes, interactive live shows & heavy rotation radio play have gained the band literally thousands of young (and not so young!) fans.
Belightful Yoga – a mobile studio serving Southeast Michigan
Brain Gym – A non-profit organization committed to the principle that moving with intention leads to optimal learning. Through our outstanding instructors and movement-based programs, we empower all ages to reclaim the joy of living.
Calming Kids – CALMING KIDS YOGA is a NON-PROFIT organization that trains educational professionals, health care providers, yoga teachers and parents how to teach non-violence through yoga in the school systems and clinics. They help to exercise the physical body, relax and calm the mind to control anger and manage stress for a happy, healthy, peaceful child.
Checka Yoga – Checka Antifonario (E-RYT, RCYT, RCY Teacher Trainer) is a full time adult yoga instructor and children’s yoga specialist based in the greater Boston area. She also runs Radiant Child Yoga Teacher Trainings both in the Boston area and throughout the U.S.
Chicago Kids Yoga – Events, marketing, education
Childlight Yoga – Provides numerous programs for babies, toddlers, families and children and adults, utilizing fun and innovative yoga play techniques, while providing take-home tools for managing stress and anxiety. They also offer Childlight Yoga Teacher Trainings.
The Children’s School of Yoga – Children’s yoga franchise program offering classes for children of of all ages directly in daycares and preschools, after school programs, community centers, health and fitness centers, yoga studios, camps and more (throughout NY, NJ, CT, PA and nationwide). Also offering teacher training.
Creative Kids Yoga – Teacher training program is designed for teachers, parents, therapists, yoga instructors, dance instructors, healthcare professionals, early intervention and child care providers.
DC Area Yoga – An online directory for yoga and wellness, focused on building a yoga community within the Greater DC Area. Find yoga studios, yoga teacher trainings, workshops, retreats and yoga events in Washington DC, Northern Virginia and Maryland.
Eat Breathe Thrive – A non-profit program that aims to prevent and help individuals fully recover from disordered eating and negative body image, by offering evidence-based programs that integrate yoga, mindfulness and community support.
Gail Silver Books – Gail Silver is the author of Anh’s Anger and Steps and Stones, picture books that teach children meditation and mindfulness skills through story. The third in the series, Peace, Bugs and Understanding: An Adventure in Sibling Harmony, is forthcoming.
Get Ready to Learn – Yoga Therapy in the Classroom – a researched classroom yoga curriculum that PREPARES students of all abilities for learning. Introduced in NYC classrooms of students with special needs in 2008, the program has spread throughout the US and abroad. It is now being used daily in mainstream, integrated and classrooms of students with special needs.
Give Back Yoga Foundation – A nonprofit organization that brings the transformational benefits of yoga and mindfulness to underserved and under resourced populations
GROUNDED – teaching kids to funnel their negative habitual pattern surges down through the nervous system and into the earth, and transform these surges into the higher energies of creativity, courage, compassion, strength,and connection. Offering training and yoga in schools
Holistic Life Foundation – a Baltimore-based nonprofit organization committed to nurturing the wellness of children and adults in underserved communities
Karma Kids – New York’s only yoga studio dedicated just to kids! Yoga for babies, toddlers, kids, teens, and families. Prenatal Yoga, CircusYoga, GLOGA Yoga, Free Yoga StoryTime, Yoga Birthday Parties and special Yoga events for kids of all ages! Children’s Yoga Teacher Training, too! Come Play Yoga!
K-12 Yoga: International Association for Yoga and Mindfulness in School
KidPowerment Yoga – Offering kids yoga and teacher training
Kids Holy Yoga – is part of the US-based, international ministry Holy Yoga, a pioneering style of yoga that honors the time-tested practice of yoga while firmly centering on the person of Christ and the teachings of the Bible.
Kids Yoga Stories – books to inspire little ones to move and learn with fun, interactive, and educational yoga stories.
Kids Yogaverse – making beautiful, easy-to-use iPad apps that introduce yoga to kids through rich storytelling, fun pose instruction, and simple relaxation techniques.
Kids Wellness Alliance – (website coming soon) – producer of forthcoming Yoga Dog, kids health and wellness edutainment program.
Kira Willey – Founder of Fireflies Musical Yoga for Kids, award-winning children’s artist.
Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health – Nonprofit educational organization dedicated to empowering people and communities to realize their full potential through the transformative wisdom and practice of yoga. Programs at Kripalu are led by many of the world’s most accomplished teachers in yoga, self-discovery, and holistic health and are designed to provide people with tools they can apply in their daily lives. Program topics include wellness, Ayurveda, nutrition, fitness, personal growth, relationships, meditation, spiritual practice, professional training, and much more. The center held a Yoga In the Schools Symposium in April 2014 and will hold another February 17-19, 2015 and a Yoga in the Schools Teacher Training June 26-July 3, 2015.
lil omm yoga studio – A studio in Washington, DC offering kids and family yoga in addition to adult yoga and childcare
Little Flower Yoga and the School Yoga Project – a New York based organization dedicated to making the tools of yoga and mindfulness available to all children and teens serving over 700 children per week
The Little Yoga Mat – an eco-friendly mat that’s just the right size for children under four
Miss Fit Girls – a yoga-based program for girls grades 5 through 12
Mindful Practices – a Chicago-based organization that brings yoga into schools including Hip HopYoga TM.
Move with Me Action Adventures – A revolution in children’s viewing and online education, creating cost effective yoga-story-movement enrichment resources that transform indoor activity into joyful, active and creative play. Move With Me DVD series offer an affordable, accessible way to bring a movement specialist into your home or classroom everyday.
Next Generation Yoga – Offering training and yoga in schools. Founded by Jodi Komitor.
New Age Kids – Chitra Sukhu teaches yoga for kids and adults and has launched many music CDs for kids yoga and meditation.
Octaband – The Octaband® is a fun, interactive device which promotes individuality and group cohesion through movement for people of all ages and abilities. The stretchy material, bright colors, and innovative design stimulate self-expression, spontaneity, and awareness of others.
Peaceable Pathways – Creating the Peaceable Classroom is intended to assist the community of teachers, professionals, paraprofessionals, counselors, psychologists, school nurses, administrators, and parents, to create calm and useful energy within themselves and their environment.
Radiant Child Yoga – Offering training programs in Virginia and across the U.S. Founded by Shakta Kaur Kalsa
Sonima Foundation for Health and Wellness – bringing health and wellness best practices to schools and communities from coast to coast. Sonima Health and Wellness curriculum provides children with skills that can minimize stress, lower incidences of bullying and violence, and improve school attendance and academic performance.
Yoga Alliance – Yoga Alliance is the largest nonprofit association representing the yoga community. Yoga Alliance and Yoga Alliance Registry are related organizations that work together to support the yoga community providing credentialing, a comprehensive directory, educational Online Workshops, a conference and Member Perks.
Yoga Child – offering training and yoga in schools in Philadelphia, PA
Yoga Ed. – an educational company dedicated to changing education through the practice of yoga. Our mission is to empower school communities with yoga to cultivate health and wellness in children and teens. Through evidence-based Professional Institutes, Professional Development, and Educational Resources, Yoga Ed. equips educators with yoga tools to integrate yoga for children and teens into academic environments.
Yoga In Schools – a Pittsburgh-based organization bringing yoga to children in schools and offering training
YogaKids – The organization’s mission to to promote peace, understanding, health and education…one child at a time. Training programs, videos, and more.
Yoga Truly – offering kids yoga in Grimsby, Ontario
Yoga with Nitya – Nitya offers Family Yoga Workshops, YwN Teacher Training, YwN Summer Camp for Kids & Teens. She also has launched her own Kids Yoga DVD.
Yogiños: Yoga for Youth® – OHMazing®, international and interdisciplinary kids yoga curriculum in English, Spanish, and Sanskrit.
YoKid – a nonprofit organization that provides instruction in yoga for kids & teens. By participating in yoga, kids & teens are able to foster greater self-awareness and, in turn, realize their full potential physically, academically, socially, and emotionally.
Young Yoga Masters – Kids Yoga Teacher certification
Zensational Kids – provides teacher trainings and workshops for yoga teachers, parents, pediatric therapists, school teachers and anyone who is interested in learning how to help children relax, attend, build confidence and enjoy the present moment. They specialize in working with children with special needs and using yoga as a therapeutic tool.
For more on the National Kids Yoga Conference, see our recap of the conference or our pre-conference interview with the organizers, Pleasance Silicki of lil omm yoga studio in Tenleytown and Michelle Kelsey Mitchell, co-founder of the non-profit organization YoKid that brings yoga to children in schools and in the community in the DC Metro area. See the conference website at http://conference.yokid.org/ for a full list of speakers and sponsors.
