趣味儿童瑜伽
孩子们用歌声和玩耍来探索瑜伽
Kids explore yoga with song, play
冥想不仅适用于成年人。
Show you that mindfulness isn’t just for adults.
现在我们有一种新的瑜伽授课方法。在教孩子瑜伽的过程中使用歌唱、书籍和道具，让课程变得有意思。
Now we have a new way of teaching yoga.Teach children in a kidding way around yoga program, which uses songs, books and props.
蹒跚学步的孩子安静地躺在一个圆圈里。这是在午睡吗？不，——是瑜伽。
Toddlers lay in a circle breathing quietly. No, it wasn’t nap time — yoga time.
由于明星和昂贵的瑜伽馆不断涌现，瑜伽正在全国范围内流行。但瑜伽的根本在于运动身体，修养内心和控制呼吸。
Yoga is having its moment nationwide, as trendy and often expensive studios pop up from coast to coast. But at its root yoga is about moving your body, being mindful and controlling your breath.
这就是为什么瑜伽老师认为这对小孩来说是非常适合的。
That’s why yoga teachers thinks it’s a great fit for little ones.
我们通常教孩子们在心烦意乱时如何呼吸，但他们高兴的时候又该怎么做呢？
We usually teach breathing when kids are upset.But what about while they are happy?
先让孩子孩子们绕着圈子跑了一圈，让他们的一些出现一点紧张感。然后让他们坐在垫子上，做了一个简单的“平和与我同在”的圣歌开始。不出所料，一些初学走路的孩子比其他人更专注。
Let children run around in a circle, getting some of their jitters out first. Then they sit on their mats and do a simple “peace begins with me” chant to begin. Unsurprisingly, some toddlers were more focused than others.
当孩子们坐着看电视，伸手去抓椒盐脆饼时，引导他们交替做不同动物的动作——猫和牛——因为他们更像是在做传统的瑜伽动作。
When the children stretch out their arms by miming sitting and watching TV and reaching around to grab pretzels. Guide them to alternate being animals — cats and cows — as they moved through more traditional yoga poses.
“哞”和“喵”的声音充满整个空间，孩子们伴随体式发出叫声。也包括在做下犬式时学狗嚎叫。其他姿势都是通过音乐搭配着故事来教授的。
The sound of “moos” and “meows” fill the air as children make noises along with the poses. That include barking and howling during downward facing dog. Other positions were taught through a story that flowed along with music.
这是一种全新的瑜伽项目，叫做“趣味瑜伽”，旨在鼓励孩子积极主动、建立自信和管理情感的课程。该项目将瑜伽姿势变成合作练习、游戏、活动、讲故事甚至是音乐。
This is a new style of a global program called Kidding Around Yoga, a curriculum designed to encourage children to be active, build confidence and manage their emotions. The program sneaks yoga poses into partner exercises, games, activities, storytelling and even music.
瑜伽的骨架如呼吸和深度放松，都是一样的。唯一的规则？在垫子上做瑜伽，除非另有要求。
The skeletons of yoga, like breath and deep relaxation, are the same. The only rule? Stay on your mat unless otherwise asked.
在课程结束时，家庭成员被邀请参加一个免费的瑜伽之夜——孩子们可以分享他们学到的东西。这样可以让我们身心回归，主要目的是在最后得到休息。
At the end of the program families were invited to a free yoga night — where kids could share what they learned.It can bring us up and bring us back down agai.The main goal is for them to rest at the very end.
与孩子们和睦相处，理解一些人可能会有痛苦的过去。我们希望瑜伽是他们应对的一种方式。
At peace with kids and understands some might have traumatic pasts to come to terms with. We hopes yoga is one way for them to cope.