Category: Family Yoga

Toega Fun

19/12/2018

As you may have noticed we are crazy about toes in Yoga as we see this to be our connection to the earth. So why not have some fun with your toes and celebrate just how awesome they are!

Pom poms – I have to be honest I am a fan, I love the colours, texture and the endless simple fun you can have with them. On the theme of connection why not have some family fun using your toes.

What you need and how to do it

A bag of multicoloured pom poms and a basket.
Throw them on the floor
Place the basket in the middle of the floor
You might want to choose a colour for each person
Then see if you can pick them up with your toes and put them in the basket.
After that fun why not sit on the floor, feet inner width apart and fingers spread, put a pom pom in between your toes.
Lift up into a crab pose and give each other a high five raising one leg in the air.
After that why not give each other a gentle foot massage to finish your quality time and say thank you to your amazing feet.

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Grandads can do Yoga too!

12/12/2018

I found this photo recently and it reminded me of the wonderful holiday I had with my family in the Maldives a few years ago, and where a daily yoga practice for Mum and Dad became a must.

Adjusting to the heat meant that ‘legs up the wall – or Viparita Karani’ was a great accompaniment to an after lunch nap ☺.

A pose that calms the nervous system, reduces swelling in the legs and gives the heart a gentle massage. And as we get closer to the end of the year we may even travel to see family and when we arrive we may just want to ‘put our feet up to relax’ at the other end.

So why not share the love and teach this to Dad’s and Grandparents – just make sure if they have tight hamstrings that they bend their knees a little and get them nice and comfy.

Make sure you remind them to relax and breathe, and most importantly, enjoy the pose.

Wishing you a relaxing and enjoyable holiday season with your family.

Karen x

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Karen Wightman is the founder of Creative Yogis. She is an experienced, local and international children’s yoga instructor, yoga teacher trainer, and children’s art teacher.

She currently facilitates teacher trainings and workshops in Australia, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Shanghai and Taiwan.

She has 15 years experience teaching yoga to children of all ages, from pre-school to high school, and has been a children’s art teacher for 30 years.

Karen is passionate about offering a variety of unique educational yoga resources to stimulate the imagination and capture the hearts of children.

She has illustrated and published children's yoga colouring ebooks in English and Japanese. A free sample is available here.

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