Kids Yoga

My gym started offering kids yoga class once a month so we decided to try it. It's an hour one Saturday a month and the girls loved it! There is a yoga tv show on right before Sesame Street so if they are ever up (too) early, they are stuck watching the last few minutes of it. A few times I've come out and caught them attempting some of the yoga moves along with the show. When I told them there was a kids class they were so excited. The teacher was awesome and made the class like they were telling a Christmas story. Each part of the story they were acting out was actually a yoga pose. It was so cute to watch all these kids really concentrate on each pose. They also played musical mats where they had to stop on a mat when the music stopped and do whatever pose was printed on a card. Then they got to do partner poses which amazingly most of the kids had no problems with. I was really impressed with the whole thing and most importantly the girls had a blast and can't wait until the next class in January. So glad we're getting them active early. Hopefully we can avoid the sedentary life of so many people these days by setting a good example for them ourselves and encouraging activities like this.