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Kundalini Yoga for Children





http://www.childrensyoga.com
Shakta Kaur Khalsa has been practicing and teaching yoga for over three decades, having had the great fortune to study directly with Yogi Bhajan, Master of Kundalini Yoga. Shakta began teaching children yoga in 1976 when she lived in a spiritual community in Baltimore, MD.
She loved making up yoga stories, and the children seemed to love it too. In time she became a Montessori teacher. From there, she began teaching yoga in schools and daycare centers and realized that she could not personally meet the demand for children’s yoga. Thus was born the Radiant Child Yoga Program (RCYP), a comprehensive system for training children’s yoga teachers. Shakta travels to around 40 cities each year teaching RCYP. Tens of thousands of people all over the world have benefited from this training, and RCYP has been recognized as CEU credits in public schools and therapy institutions as well as with Yoga Alliance.
http://www.childrensyoga.com/About/ShaktaKhalsa.htm

excerpt:
Recently I was teaching yoga to a group of children between the ages of four and seven. They flexed their spines in cat and cow, mooing and meowing enthusiastically; stretched into cobra, hissing all the while; balanced on their bottoms, holding their legs up in lotus flower pose; and focused as fierce warriors in archer pose.
http://www.yogamovement.com/resources/kidyoga.html

Yoga 4 Kids

photos of kids doing yoga
Lotus Roots Yogashows children doing pose

spiritvoyageThe Children’s Corner

CDs listed below



Yoga In Motion
by Shakta Kaur Khalsa

Is a joyful blend of music, meditation, dance, and yoga that anyone can do and works in the classroom, riding the car.
-All songs demonstrated by children and parents in real time 22 songs and movements.

Cozy by Shakta Kaur Khalsa

Happy by Shakta Kaur Khalsa
Happy and Cozy are her first children?s albums.

Fly Like a Butterfly by Shakta Kaur Khalsa

- Over 150 duo-tone photos of children ages 3-9 enjoying yoga exercises
- Clear and engaging instructions that children themselves can read or be read to
- Yoga stories - imaginative stories interwoven with yoga exercises
- Instructions for teachers and parents, including tips on yoga for children of all ages Fun breathing exercises, yoga songs, and quiet time meditations
- An appendix of each yoga posture and its benefits, written in language that children can understand

Five Fingered Family by Shakta Kaur Khalsa

This is an old tale of India, passed down from generation to generation as are our folk tales. The main characters are the Angulee family, which means ?finger? in Punjabi. The idea is that they are like five fingers of a hand that knows how to work together, creating strength in unity. When a troll (ugly but not too scary for little ones!) realizes the united power of this family, he offers them a treasure in exchange for his life. The plot thickens when a greedy neighbor and his family try their luck with the troll, and learn a priceless lesson beyond jewels!

Children's Yoga Songs and Meditations
by Shakta Kaur Khalsa

Children's Yoga Songs and Meditation Music is the CD that is one of the course materials of the Radiant Child Yoga Program. This CD has songs that co-ordinate with some of the yoga exercises in "Fly Like A Butterfly", as well as great inspiring songs about doing yoga, building self-esteem with affirmations, and more.


Child's Play by WAH!


Yoga for People from Whacky Families by Deva Singh Khalsa