Kids yoga, every sunday at 9am and monday at 2:30pm

Who is Sun Yoga?
Sun Yoga was founded in 2000 by Dr. Jacqueline Kaoy with the aim to bring yoga to children around the world. Dr Jacqueline Koay, Director of Sun Yoga Limited UK, received her Honors Degree in Chemistry from the University of Manchester, UK, and studied for a Doctorate in Nuclear Physics at Oxford University, UK . Sun Yoga now has over 200 teachers across the globe!

Why yoga for kids?
We now live in a fast past world of cell phones, computers, internet, tv, video games, etc. where children often interact more with these technologies than they do with other children or adults. Children’s activities are often limited to competitive sports and with classroom sizes growing larger children often receive very little personal attention. Yoga provides children a safe and non-competitive space to learn and interact.

Aim
The aim of Sun Yoga Kids is to provide a safe and happy place for children to discover the joy and benefits of yoga. We believe that a child’s development must focus on the whole person. Sun Yoga takes a holistic approach to child development by emphasizing physical, emotional, spiritual and mental well-being of the whole child. We teach children how to be beautiful, bountiful and blissful.

What is yoga?
Yoga is more than doing mat exercises, sports or sitting for long hours in meditation. While yoga does use breathe, posture and meditation, it is really about feeling good, being good and doing good. Through breath awareness and physical posture we focus on body-mind fitness. However, yoga isn’t something that is left behind along with the mat at the end of the class. It encompasses all aspects of daily life from what we eat to how we treat others. Our classes are fun and energetic and include music, art, and games.

Benefits of yoga for children
The benefits of yoga are too many to list however there are a few that stand out. Children who practice yoga:
• Develop a greater sense of self-awareness
• Develop respect and compassion for themselves and all living beings
• Gain confidence and self-esteem
• Develop strength, flexibility, coordination, and balance.
• Cultivate a lifelong foundation for mental, physical, emotional and spiritual health and well-being
• Develop creative expression and imagination
• Develop concentration and self-discipline
• Learn how to effectively manage stress
• Learn the importance of breath
• Text Box: Learn about anatomy and physiology