Why Bring Yoga Into the Classroom?

Teaching yoga in the classroom offers so many benefits. Not only does it provide a valuable sensory or movement break, but it can also be especially helpful for students who struggle with concentration or experience anxiety. Many of the benefits of yoga for children mirror those of mindfulness, making it a fantastic addition to any classroom wellbeing toolkit. While yoga is often thought of as a quiet, inward-focused practice, it’s important to remember that for students who are new to yoga, sessions should be engaging and enjoyable.

There are plenty of simple ways to add fun and energy to your yoga sessions using this resource. For example, provide small groups with a set of yoga pose cards and have students take turns teaching a pose to their group. You could also attach the cards to the sides of a large die and invite students to roll it, then lead the class in the pose that appears.

Your students can also follow some really awesome kids’ yoga videos on YouTube. Cosmic Kids Yoga is one of our favourites!

Printable Yoga Cards for Kids!

Print this set of yoga posters to have on hand for class fitness, brain breaks, or gross motor activities.

Choose one or more of the yoga cards to display and focus on during class yoga sessions to improve students’ gross motor skills, concentration levels and general fitness.

A black-and-white version of this resource is also available for download. Use the dropdown arrow located on the Download button to choose the version that works best for you and your students.

The yoga poses in this set include:

• frog
• ragdoll
• mountain
• relaxation
• tree
• warrior
• down dog
• up dog
• bridge
• cat
• rainbow
• moon
• butterfly
• star
• dancer
• child’s pose