Yoga Classes for Children and Families in Eastern Massachusetts

Yoga teachers like to say that children are natural yogis.

If you closely watch your children when they are playing and being silly, you too will notice some basic yoga postures, or asanas that babies, toddlers and children do naturally. The most obvious is the child's pose. Another pose you may see a toddler take is the Downward facing dog, or to squat very low to the ground.

Because children are naturally flexible and open-minded yoga is an ideal form of physical activity that will suit them. The following yoga studios in Massachusetts offer yoga classes for babies, toddlers and children.

Absolute Yoga
(www.absoluteyoga.net)
info@absoluteyoga.net
77 West Main Street
Suite #212
Hopkinton, Massachusetts 01748
(508)435-3366

Absolute Yoga offers a Yoga schedule for children that should be a benchmark for other yoga studios. The classes for babies and children at Absolute Yoga are as follows:

3 weeks to almost crawling: Itsy Bitsy Yoga for Babies who are accompanied and a parent.
Almost crawling up to 22 months old: Itsy Bitsy Yoga for Tots who are accompanied and a parent.
Age 22 months to 4 and a half years old: Itsy Bitsy Yoga for Tykes and Little Families with a Parent, younger siblings welcome.
Ages 5-8: Children's yoga
Ages 8-12, there are six-week Youth Yoga classes.

The Arlington Center
(www.arlingtoncenter.org)
mail@arlingtoncenter.org
368 Massachusetts Avenue
Arlington, Massachusetts 02474
(781)316-0282

The Arlington Center offers Yoga for children ages 3 and up (with parent), and for ages 8-12. Because children in these age groups tend to move fast, this yoga class for kids is intended to help slow down their movement, and and help them balance their energy. Child students will revel in their yogic exploration of flexibility and concentration.

They also offer Relative for Kids, intended for children 3-4 and 5-7. While it is not a yoga class, students will learn to explore movement, and incorporate balance, coordination and cooperation skills. The class also seeks to help kids with lengthening their attention span, and building their self-esteem.