Go Go Yoga for Kids: A Complete Guide to Yoga With Kids

by Sara J. Weis

Yoga is fun! Get kids fit, flexible and focused with Go Go Yoga for Kids. For anyone who enjoys kids and yoga and wants to make a positive difference in their lives, Go Go Yoga for A Complete Guide to Yoga With Kids is the book for you. It is a creative guide for introducing kids to yoga through movement, mindfulness, fun, and games. By introducing kids to yoga they will learn lifelong skills that will help them physically and mentally throughout life. Yoga can easily be incorporated in the home, school, extracurricular activities, camps, and clubs—anywhere you find kids who are ready to learn and have fun! Go Go Yoga for Kids · Over 150 fun and creative yoga games and physical education activities for all ages · Fifteen ready to use unique yoga lesson plans that will have kids engaged from the start · Ways to bring mindfulness and awareness to all children · Kid yoga photos and pose illustrations · Easy ways to incorporate yoga in the school setting for all types of learners and abilities · How to get your kids involved with yoga at home · Tips on working with teens and tweens · Partner poses, balance activities, group, and inversion teaching tips and ideas · Sample parent communication ideas · Examples of where and how to teach yoga for kids · Books, music, and other fun resources to help kids learn about yoga This book details everything you need in an easy to follow, step-by-step format that will help you successfully teach yoga to kids of all ages. Go Go Yoga Kids is the only resource you will need to inspire children in a healthy and lifelong way.

128 pages, Paperback

Published January 4, 2017

About the author

SARA J. WEIS is a creative and passionate teacher that has inspired children for over seventeen years. Through Go Go Yoga Kids: Empower Kids for Life through Yoga, she has combined her experience as an elementary and junior high teacher as well as a certified kid and adult yoga instructor to help introduce children to the lifelong benefits of yoga.

Sara holds a master’s degree in education as well as bachelor’s degrees in early childhood and elementary education. She has invested countless hours creating and leading yoga games, lessons, and movement ideas with thousands of kids. She knows which techniques work, and just as important, which don’t work. Sara feels strongly about having all of the ideas, strategies, and lessons in one place so that anyone who works with kids will be able to introduce yoga with confidence and success.

Sara leads kids yoga classes for a nationally known health and fitness club. She lives in West Des Moines, Iowa, with her three yogi children and her husband.
Learn more at GoGoYogaKids.com

Reviews

[Jenna]

Whether you’re a seasoned yogi or you’ve never held a pose in your life, Go Go Yoga for Kids: A Complete Guide to Yoga With Kids offers practical tools for enjoying the ancient art of yoga in the most fun and constructive way possible with the next generation. Children’s yoga instructor and teacher Sara J. Weis has written a comprehensive tome covering everything from breath work and class structure to sun salutations, thematic play and practical exercises. Along the way, Weis discusses the benefits of yoga for the kiddie set and how to make mindfulness accessible at every stage of the game. Pictures and resources add to the book’s appeal, such as Chapter 12 that discusses books and music to enhance children’s connection to yoga. In all, the compilation provides guidance for everyone from the expectant parent to the seasoned educator. Those who care for and work with preschool and elementary-age children would especially benefit from reading the book’s wisdom.

[Lyn]

This book encourages you to not only get your kids involved in yoga, but to teach it to them yourself. It provides countless tips on how best to teach yoga to kids of different age groups, and even has multiple lessons plans for those who aren't comfortable coming up with their own right away. These plans are creative, and include variations of common games like heads up seven up and Jenga, as well as new names for basic poses to make them more interesting to kids. It's also got pictures demonstrating some of these poses, of both kids and stick figures doing them, which is my favorite part of this great book, which isn't one that you can just sit still and read completely through - you'll want to get up and do some of the yoga Weis presents!
Note: I received this book for free through Goodreads Giveaways.

[Laura Jensen-Kimball]

This book is not just about yoga instructions but a yoga education. You can tell the author is a teacher and very knowledgeable. From fun position names like, Cupid's Bow to the little drawings helping you find your form, I found this book delightful. Kids will enjoy trying these relaxing exercises almost as much as they will saying them. This book would be helpful in a classroom or at home. Highly recommend.