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By: marcela

marcela — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:00:07 +0000

Hi, maybe you could bring a teddy bear with you to classes, when everybody is feeling good you could present him and tell the children that whenever they feel tired or sad or mad at classes they can embrace him to feel better because he represents the hug of a friend. So whenever somebody is misbeheaving or feeling sad or angry at your classes you could lend them the teddy bear.
Marcela

By: Pam

Pam — Tue, 04 May 2010 01:17:22 +0000

I have not done yoga with my children but it looks like something that could help them relax. Stopping by from the twitter comment club. Hope you will stop by my blog also!

By: Aruna

Aruna — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:37:29 +0000

yesterday I had a child, who just turned 6, have a complete meltdown in an adult and child class I teach. He was not willing to do any type of breathing exercise. He was really attached to the tantrum behavior.

It was really stressful for all of us there – so the yogic breathing actually helped me and the other participants stay calm.

I tried ignoring the screaming and not giving it any energy, but it just felt weird pretending it wasn’t happening. His nanny was trying to deal with him.

Luckily it was close to the end of the class so we finished up. As the class dispersed he began to quiet down and almost fell asleep on the mat. His nanny said he was having sleeping problems and had been very tired lately. Eventually he got up quietly and left.

The energy of the tantrum stayed with me for a while and I had to remind myself to not take it personally. I plan to talk with him before the next class to work out a strategy.

But I’d love to hear other’s suggestions about full blown tantrums where there is no reasoning with a demanding child.

By: Lisa Flynn/ChildLight Yoga

Lisa Flynn/ChildLight Yoga — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 14:46:51 +0000

One of favorite breaths here at ChildLight Yoga as there is nothing more powerful than deep, conscious breathing to calm the parasympathic nervous system for calm.

Funny story – I asked the kids once what it meant to ‘take 5′. One 5 year boy got right on the floor and started doing push ups. Ha! His dad was in the military – very cute.

A couple of related posts at The Kids Yoga Resource:
Bumble Bee Breath for Kids: http://www.thekidsyogaresource.com/2010/01/bumblebee-breath-for-kids.html
Breathing the Tears Away: http://www.thekidsyogaresource.com/2009/12/breathing-the-tears-away-1.html

Thanks for another great post Donna. Always inspiring!

Lisa