YogaKids, Vol. 3: Silly to Calm

My 4yr old grandson enjoyed this but does not have the attention span to complete it. As a yoga teacher myself I like how the poses are presented. She makes the poses fun by having the kids act like various animals. Everything is based on real poses and techniques. And as described, it starts out active (wiggle like jelly was a hit) and winds down to more relaxing poses. I did the “class” myself first and it was a nice gentle workout. So I’d advise parents to do it along with the child at least till the child has full attention span. Maybe 7 but that’s an individual thing. I recommend because it is a beginning to learn the real poses on a level small kids can have fun with. No strict work on form. Just fun. (As a certified kids teacher I don’t recommend worrying about form till age 7- let em have fun). I’d also suggest parents watch the whole beginning and bring kids in at the start of the “class”.

I purchased this DVD to use with my friend and her very energetic toddler. It was adorable to see her attempt several of the poses, shake her sillies out, and gradually become calm. The breaks in the video make it kind of hard for a younger toddler to maintain attention, however, as there were pauses for up to 30 seconds with no good visuals to keep her attention. We had to continuously try to refocus her energy back on the video before she ran off, which meant that we both had to do the entire video along with her. Even though she had difficulty staying focused, with the little that she did do and brief focus on her breathing, she actually did calm down very rapidly at end of the video and immediately went to sleep without a book or a bottle (which per mom was a first ever, and left dad in shock!) I'm sure with repeat efforts and a bit of aging (she is currently 2.5 years old) she will learn to love it even more. Give it a shot!

My boys love this, and it is calming. Poses aren't so hard they get discouraged, but challenging enough they stay focused. Use it in a bedtime routine, first thing, 7:30pm. It uses mimicking animals for getting the wiggles out, and talks about choosing peace towards animals and others when calming down. The setting is outside in the sun on a beach. My 7yr old is really engaged, my 9yr old is easily distracted, but still likes it.

I bought this for my 4 year old son. He picked up some yoga moves from certain programs, including Seasame Street. I bought this because I thought it would be a good transition into naptime. It features kids of various ages, in an outdoor setting. Some of the initial silliness was different ways to stick out your tongue. My son was over it once he saw that. It's a great idea, but not well executed.

It wasn't quite what I expected. I thought there would be some animation throughout the video to make it more playful. But it is really a straight forward exercise video for children to learn deep breathing and yoga. With that said my 5 year old actually liked doing the animal poses in the video and stayed for the majority of the film.

I thought this would teach my five year old granddaughter basic yoga moves suitable for children, but it is just silliness. It would be good for a daycare or classroom activity, but not for learning positions. My daughter did this with her child and once was enough. I gave it to a day care to use.

I bought this for my 3-year-old, and she loves it! She really likes that there are other kids to watch, and she has really started to pick up the yoga poses very well. I bought this for her as an intro to yoga, as well as to help her with her gross motor skills (she's been quite a bit delayed in reaching each of her gross-motor milestones). She also loves saying "peace" and "shanti" during other times when she needs a calming moment. My only complaint about this is that Marsha (the instructor) can be a little too wordy during her explanations.

I am a Health and Physical Education teacher at an elementary school. During the state testing week I show this video to my Pre K-5th grades. At one point I had at least 43 first graders in the gym and had to keep them quiet. I was amazed at how well they payed attention to this video and how quiet it kept them. The last part of the video they were absoutely quiet and laying on their backs. I had one second grader fall asleep. She said, "I was so relaxed and comfortable on the mat. I didn't want to get up." Even my "cool" 5th graders were enjoying it. I had many students ask me, "Are we doing Yoga again today?!"The beginning of the video gets all of their silly energy out and by the second half they are ready to relax.This is my favorite video to show the students. I recommend it!

Got to help tame some anger issues, both kids now have some really good breathing exercises to help calm down and they work! Do it every morning now and it makes the whole day a lot calmer. So happy mummy and happy kids :)

At first my 7yr old son thought this dvd was strange because it is a bit different to the conventional yoga he's tried in the past. However, he is now hooked and he loves it so much now that I do not have to remind him to do his yoga, he simply does and my 4yr old is now interested as well. Now that can't be a bad thing.

I wasn't too fond of this as I found it all a bit too silly - my son wanted to do yoga 'like mama' and this was too far from what he's seen me do to connect the two. However as an introduction I think it would be fine.

Loved it so much bought it twice! My five years old loves it and easily keeps occupied during the dvd. We sometimes exercise together and it is a fun activity for children!

Good DVD. would be better if she spoke slower and maybe repeated the instructions a couple times. I bought for my 5 year old maybe this is best suited for an older kid