About Storytime Yoga
Greetings and Namaste!
Since 2003 Storytime Yoga™ has been a pioneering body-centered education and yoga play therapy program for children and families. Combining the ancient art of oral storytelling with the healing practice of yoga, it'schildren's yoga like you've never seen it before.
When kids experience Storytime Yoga in the classroom, studio, library, therapy session or at home, they connect with the inner world of creativity and imagination. They acquire listening and literary skills, body-awareness and character education. Best of all, they start to self-reflect, become aware of their emotions and bring the mind and body into harmony with their environment. This translates into mentaly and physically healthy, peaceful and literate children. Learn more about the benefits of Storytime Yoga.
Storytime Yoga™ is an innovative children's yoga program that integrates yoga and storytelling, poetry, Spanish, healthy eating, and peace and character education to produce healthy, peaceful and literate children, families and communities. Have fun teaching kid's yoga!
This website is full of resources for children's yoga teachers, school teachers, librarians, storytellers, therapists, parents and anyone else working with kids. Check out our books, ebooks, DVDs, at-home training package, or enroll in the upcoming 2011 Storytime Yoga™ Children's Yoga Teacher Certification Program or by visiting the Store tab. Get coaching and expert advice from Sydney on growing your kids yoga business, writing and publishing your own children's book, or becoming a top storytelling yoga teacher or performing artist. Begin the journey today and imagine yourself as a storyteller who helps heal the world and our youth. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us.
Namaste and Have a Magical Day!
Children Love Yoga and Stories!
From story warm-ups to multicultural wisdom tales and kids’ original stories acted out with yoga poses, children play and learn with Storytime Yoga™.
In unique Children's Yoga and Family Yoga programs, Sydney retells classic wisdom tales from around the world, and children act them out with yoga poses! Or children learn to tell their own stories and fairytales and script yoga poses with them!
Stories like:
- The Peddler's Dream from England about following your dreams
- The Lion's Whisker from Africa about the merit of patience
- The Magic Pear Tree from China about giving and greedlessness
- The Shipwrecked Sailor from Egypt about courage
- The Buffalo Dance from Native America about respect and renewal
.... and MORE!
Children also learn yoga philosophy, peace and character education through storytelling. Plus, songs, story warm-ups, story meditations and more!
Childhood is the perfect time to develop a lifetime of healthy skills. Readily flexible in mind and body, children are naturally receptive to yoga and story. In Storytime Yoga, children become storytellers as they learn about their bodies, feelings and relationships to develop self-confidence, self-worth, self-reliance, a vivid and creative imagination, and health and joy -- all part of a rich inner life that yoga, meditation and story connect with. These are the tools for success and happiness in adulthood.
As adults we can foster these tools by being examples ourselves. We accomplish this by practicing yoga, taking care of ourselves mentally and physically, and sharing story and time with our children and other loved ones. When there is love and peace for ourselves, then there is nothing but love and peace for others.
Let’s join together to raise happy children in healthy families all while healing ourselves and realizing our own potential. Here's to kid's yoga!
Mythic Yoga™, a component of Storytime Yoga™ , serves middle school children, teens, and adults. This unique program facilitates a powerful transformation in people’s lives, prompting them to self-realization. It’s a magical journey and a process of self-discovery, where students can fully engage in exploring different areas of their mind, body, and consciousness. Mythic Yoga™ is based on the principle that myths truly constitute the “universal language,” which enables us to speak to our inner selves and each other in the most powerful ways possible.
May there be peace in your heart and peace on earth.
Namaste