So in an effort to broaden my 2 1/2 year olds horizons, and give us something fun to do – we decided to enroll in Itsy Bitsy Yoga for tykes (the 2 year old age-appropriate class) of the Itsy Bitsy Yoga series.
When we first entered the room – my outgoing guy at first got very shy. But quickly as the teacher got us circled up for songs and walking and then proceeded to Yoga poses – my guy was right there getting very into each pose. The class is easy enough for the beginning Yoga mom to follow and gives a lot of great moment and fun poses for the toddler set. I loved seeing my active guy belting out “twinkle twinkle little star” while he tried to stand on one leg and walking around the room bend over like a gorilla.
At the end of class – the teacher reads a book to the little ones while parents are supposed to relax. This was the only unsuccessful part of the class for me as my little one would rather jump on a trying to relax mommy, than listen to the story. I highly recommend this class for potential yoga tots of all ages since it is a great way to have fun bonding while sharing some physical activity and attempts mental relaxation together.
The class I took was at Monkey Shala in Oakland taught by Sharon Jackson. For a list of classes near you check out the Itsy Bitsy Yoga web finder locator. For those of you with no local classes or time – you can check out the Itsy Bitsy Yoga book but I haven’t seen it yet.
