Do you have kids or know anyone with kids and will be in the area of Loon Mountain Resort in Lincoln, NH next weekend? I will be offering three age appropriate kid’s yoga classes hosted by Viaggio Spa and Wellness Center in The Mountain Club on Loon.
Yoga Playshops for Kids
Sunday, February 17, 2019
.• 9:30am – 10:00am 7-11 years $10
• 10:30am – 11:00am – 3-6 years, Mommy or Daddy & Me $10
• 3:30pm – 4:15pm – 11-15 years $15
My Background in Kids Yoga:
My first experiences with yoga for kids was when I was a child myself. My mother would practice yoga with my sister and I while listening to Saturday Night Fever in front of sliding glass doors so we could see our own reflection. We would dance and laugh and copy her, learning to be agile, coordinated and comfortable in our bodies while playing. We experienced that moving our bodies gave us energy and was fun! That has stayed with me throughout my life.
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As I got older I began to do my own yoga practice, although I didn’t know to call it that. I enjoyed gymnastics but was not as interested in the competitive aspect so would dance and stretch and balance on my own. It was fun and it helped me find peace in myself and my body as I moved through the changes of adolescence. This has also grown with me throughout my life.
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When my son was little we had our own “circus tricks” routine where I would lie on my back and fly him through a variety of flips and tumbles. As he grew we experimented with videos like YogaKids “Silly to Calm” which helped him learn the joy of movement as play and as body meditation. He went on to become a black belt in Tae Kwon Do and brings this meditative awareness with him as a confident and capable park skier to this day. He is now 18.
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I have been teaching yoga since 2005 and have developed mixed level yoga classes for children at health clubs and yoga studios, age specific year long programs at elementary and middle schools, have had individual children private clients as well as spent quite a bit of time playing with yoga with my niece and nephew and the children of friends. I have led introductory yoga sessions for the seasonal program at Loon, teaching postures that complement both the physical and mental aspects of snowsports.
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In our sessions at The Mountain Club I will build upon this past experience to create age appropriate practices catered to the students present, utilizing yoga postures, movement, dance and storytelling to engage our minds and bodies through the art of conscious play.
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I look forward to seeing you there!
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For more information send me a message, follow the link to the event or look under the events section of my website listed in my bio. To register contact Viaggio Spa and Wellness Center at spa@mtnclub.com or call 800-229-7829.
mural and photography: Christopher Oktavec of Okto Ink
assisted by: Taniya Toomey
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