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SPARKLE UP YOUR CLASSES AND CREATE SOME FUN WITH THE KIDS
Our top tips for your children's yoga classes are here . . .

Love is in the air

3/2/2020

 
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With Valentine’s day approaching you may begin to feel that love is in the air.  Being able to guide children to love each and every part of themselves is paramount to their well being for me!  It my hope that when they can accept all the changes and transformations they experience with gentleness it can enable them to cultivate greater kindness for themselves and others around them.   

I see children almost like butterflies who go through the delicate but powerful process of emerging and continue their ongoing process of growth and transformation.  Most importantly for me I hold a deep desire and commitment to remind them of their unique beauty, true nature and just how amazing they really are!

In my first class this term with new students we travelled into the garden to see what we could discover which is always fun!  I asked them to describe what colour they would be if they were a butterfly which is always delightful.  Milla pictured here with her butterfly was a newbie to class and I was reminded of how special it is when you have new students who fall in love with the newness of the experience they are having and remind you of that special quality.

We finished our class with a fun creative activity where you provide one side of the butterfly and ask them to mirror and draw the design on the other side.  This is a great way to relax, build concentration and also offers the challenge to be able to replicate the design as a mirror image.  Of course you can also give  another option of creating your butterfly from scratch too!

What you need:
  • Some medium weight drawing paper A4 size blank. 
  • Or a photocopy of a design prepared by you where they will complete the design on the remaining half.
  • Pencil and eraser to sketch your idea if sketching.
  • Textas to colour the design.
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Children are almost like butterflies of differing types -  size, shape, colour and marks, some are heavier and others are lighter.... the thing they seem to have most in common is a willingness to transform moment to moment, demonstrate courage as they fly and giggle as they attempt it.........What an inspiration they truly are !!!! Karen.

Have fun!


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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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