How To Get Your Family Started With Yoga

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This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of American Heart Association for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine. Over the past several years, yoga has become increasingly popular among all age groups. It’s relatively easy to get started and offers numerous health benefits to its practitioners. In fact, for this mom, it’s become one of my home exercises of choice. Yoga has helped me not only with meeting my fitness goals, but also with my overall health and wellness goals by giving me another outlet to reduce my stress levels. Yoga is also something that families can do together. If you’re looking for some ideas to get your family started with yoga, check out some of these “Mommy and Me” poses from the American Heart…

Is Yoga Beneficial for Autistic Children?

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Sweet B’s social worker at school once told me that in her adapted PE class, they do a lot of free movement and play. Since Sweet B has not received physical therapy in quite some time, the main physical activity that she gets at school is through adapted PE. I’ll often get notes from her teacher through her notebook that she’s enjoyed a particular activity. Dancing, for example, is one of her favorites. They’ve also done yoga in the past. But is yoga beneficial for autistic children? Absolutely. Here are a few that you can try. 3 Fun Yoga Poses for Kids with Autism Written by Teresa Anne Power Illustrations by Kathleen Rietz April is National Autism Awareness Month, and yoga is proving to have…

Yoga for Kids (and adults, too!)

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I’ll have another post up soon about all of the components that we’re using for our afterschooling program, and today I wanted to share another part of it. Sweet B does receive adapted physical education time as a part of her IEP. They have a nice gym at her school with adaptive equipment available. She also goes bowling on the weekends and will soon start taking part in swimming lessons. One of the other ways we get our physical activity and gross motor play in, is by adding in a board game to our afterschooling routine. But this isn’t just your average board game- this one promotes yoga for kids (and adults, too!).