8 Easy Yoga Poses for Kids

Grab your yoga mat, water bottle, and your mini yogis and try out these 8 yoga poses for kids!

Materials

• Yoga Mat
• Water Bottle
• Yourself!

The Poses

Unicorn Pose

Start in tabletop position with both hands and knees on the ground. Once you have your balance lift up one arm and put your hand to your forehead with your pointer finger pointed out make a unicorn horn!

Butterfly Pose

Start by sitting up very straight. Bring your heels together and form a diamond position with your legs to make two butterfly wings. Start fluttering your “wings” just like a butterfly!

Candlestick Pose

Start by laying flat on your back. Put your arms down by your side and lift your legs straight into the air to make a candlestick shape!

Warrior Pose

Start by standing straight up with your legs a little bit wider than your hips. Turn your right foot all of the way out, bend into your right leg, and stretch your arms out wide. Repeat this pose on the other side!

Cat Pose

Start in tabletop position with both hands and knees on the ground. Once you have your balance exhale and round your back all of the way up for a big cat stretch!

Cobra Pose

Start by laying flat on your belly. Place each hand next to your shoulders and slowly push your shoulders off the ground. Feel a nice stretch in your back and look like a slithering snake!

Down Dog Pose

Start standing straight up on your mat. Touch your hands to your toes and slowly walk out your hands 4-5 steps. Feel this stretch in the backs of your legs!

Shark Pose

Start by laying flat on your belly. Put your arms between your back and lace your fingers together. Slowly lift your chest off the ground and feel this stretch in your shoulders!

Bonus Pose: Show Some Love to Your Yoga Buddy Pose!

After you finish your 8 easy yoga poses for kids grab your yoga buddy and give them a BIG GIANT HUG!

We hope you enjoyed these 8 Easy Yoga Poses for Kids! Be share to tag us @plumnyc if you try them at home!

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About the Creator!

Hi, I’m Shannon (Mama to the Johnson girls)! I live in Bettendorf, Iowa. I’ve recently transitioned from a working woman in the corporate world to a full-time mama to my three little girlies, Kennedy (5), Cameron (3), & Emerson (1). My passions are Jesus, my girls, their matching wardrobes, and being anywhere with sand, sun, & water. 

You can find me chasing my wild warriors all day long from our playhouse tea parties to backyard yoga sessions all while eating way too much sugar, being way too loud, and praying my girls always view the world with rose-colored glasses (with sparkling glitter frames, of course)! 

I hope you enjoy these 8 easy yoga poses for kids with your mini yogis. You can follow me on Instagram at @shanjohnson85!

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