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New Year, New Brain Cells
Humans have been observing the cycles of nature for millennia now and have built into them countless ceremonies and opportunities to reset and have a fresh start. We mess up, life gets messy… But we...
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Rainbow Yoga – We Believe
Rainbow Yoga – We Believe 1. We believe in happiness Happiness and pleasure are a compass to show us where the good and juicy stuff in life is. Pain tells us that something needs to change. Photo by...
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Rainbow Kids Yoga Birth & Growth
Gopala Amir Yaffa My first insight into yoga was through my music practice. I went to a music high school, and at the age of 13 my guitar teacher was the first to introduce me to meditation as a way to...
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5 Things You Teach Kids When You Teach Them Yoga
Yoga has long been a popular form of exercise that adults use to improve their flexibility and ease anxiety. Over the past several years, kids have also begun to discover the many benefits that come...
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We Are Nature & Nature Is The Solution
Did you know that we are nature? Humans are not separated from nature. And the more we feel this connection with nature, the more balanced, peaceful and happy we feel and also it makes us want to...
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The 10 Commandments of Teaching Kids Yoga
Photo by Artem Kniaz on Unsplash 1. FUN! Yoga has to be fun! Children learn through fun! Veggies are good for you, but if you don’t have teeth to chew them you need to blend/ soup/juice them. Yoga is...
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4 Essential Ways to Help Young Children Breathe More
Now more than ever, we need to teach ourselves and our young ones more ways to self-regulate and cope. It’s a crazy world out there, and sometimes a few deep breaths can make a big difference in our...
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You Are Never Too Young, Or Too Old, To Do Yoga
by Gopala Amir Yaffa Gymnastics, swimming, dance, martial arts, basketball, soccer… There are many choices available to parents for physical, movement-based extracurricular classes for their...
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The 8 Essentials of Guiding Children into Relaxation
There is a strong connection between our body and our mind. All of our mental and emotional tensions express themselves in our body. If we are not happy, if we are worried or anxious, we will feel it...
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Meditation for Kids
Meditation is many things for many people… but the purpose of meditation is like the purpose of life. What is the purpose of life? Why do we do everything that we do? Why did you start reading this...
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10 Ways to Help Kids Do Yoga Poses Better
Yoga for kids is nothing like yoga for adults – it has to be fun! If you are all “Om Shanti” and “Namaste,” you most likely won’t be able to keep up with the kids in your class. Kids classes are, and...
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Be Inspired: Celebrities and Sports Stars Who Practice Yoga
In our post called “You Are Never Too Young, Or Too Old, To Do Yoga”, we highlighted all the reasons why yoga is such an effective, accessible type of exercise for all ages. Yoga allows practitioners...
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Yoga Is The Cure-All For Schools, and Maybe Even The World.
Gopala Amir Yaffa - Rainbow Kids Yoga I started my yoga journey of teaching yoga to children in 1995 and have taught in various schools and educational settings since 2000. In 2007 I began training...
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How To Teach Children Yogic Breath
How To Teach Children Yogic Breathing Proper breathing In yoga, we breathe primarily through the nose (both inhalation and exhalation), and we try to use our abdomen as much as we can. If you observe...
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Finding Your Teacher's Inner Voice
"The way we talk to our children becomes their inner voice." –Peggy O’Mara So how important do you think it is to communicate with love, patience, acceptance, hope and a positive attitude? Your...
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Yoga Obstacle Course
This is one of the most fun ways to do yoga! A Yoga obstacle course is made up of different stations the students do in a particular order. Each station consists of a yoga assignment, breathing...
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Teaching A Language With Yoga
Gopala Amir Yaffa - Rainbow Yoga Do you speak a second language? Spanish? English? Japanese? Chinese? Italian? French? Here is your chance to share it with your community and provide them with the gift...
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Rainbow Kids Yoga Teacher Success Story: This Could Be You!
Banner image by Cathy Fitz Photography We would like to feature one of our students, Liz Hut, teaching yoga in Cambodia. Liz is a student in our Level 2, Rainbow Kids Yoga Online training and...
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3 Ways to Help Children Understand Relaxation
It is not easy to explain to children what is relaxation… maybe because we don’t do it often enough or because our grownup role models are such stress balls. Here are a couple of easy ways to truly...
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7 Ways To Make The Sun Salute Fun For Kids
Sun Salutation – Surya Namaskar in Sanskrit – is the traditional yogic way to warm up. Almost every joint and major muscle group participates in these movements. They are called Sun Salutations...
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Mandala Coloring For Inner Peace & Focus
I’m pretty sure you have coloured a Mandala before as it gained a lot of popularity in the last 2 decades. So must know how absorbing and calming this practice can be! Mandalas are sacred geometrical...
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Self Nurturing For The Whole Family
The only constant person in all of our relationships is yourself. If I’m not in a good place, nothing is. My relationship with my partner, my children, my work, and my school environment will all...
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How To Be A Human In A Not-So-Human World
I have always considered myself to be a very happy person, and that’s what I also teach when I teach yoga… Isn’t enlightenment just “big happiness”? But in the last couple of years sometimes that happy...
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Why is yoga good for Kids?
Yoga and mindfulness are wonderful and well-tested tools to help young people, from toddlers to teens, improve their physical and mental abilities and increase their feeling of well-being. These can...
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Why Kids Don't Listen?
In Praise Of Not Listening It is challenging when our kids or students don’t listen to us… How easy life as a parent or a teacher would be if every child would graciously simply do what they are told?...
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What’s Eye Yoga, & Can Kids Do It?
Practicing yoga offers many health benefits for us, but a hidden health benefit of yoga that is often overlooked is its impact on our eye health. In a recent study, researchers found that eye yoga and...
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7 Insights to Making Yoga Cool For Teens
Movement, and therefore yoga, is essential for teenagers' fast-growing bodies. Through yoga, we can also help them make their own essential life skills such as self-esteem and confidence, inner and...
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In the kaleidoscope of wellness, Rainbow Kids Yoga is not just a platform; it's a vibrant spectrum of healing that touches every hue of our existence. Mental health challenges are like stormy clouds...
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Yoga - The Cure-All
Yoga is more than yoga poses, and in its holistic approach towards the human, it beautifully cares for our bodies, minds and hearts. Through movement, breathing, mindfulness, playfulness, creativity,...
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Embracing AI for Yoga
Artificial intelligence (AI) tools exploded onto the scene in the last school year. From textbots like ChatGPT to image-generating platforms like Stable Diffusion, and the dozens of AI products...
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