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Mommy and Me Yoga at Home Part 1

CamiRose Yoga · 13:03

In this practice

Key teachings

  • Bonding through shared activity
  • Making yoga fun and accessible for children
  • Adaptability of poses for different skill levels
  • Focusing on breath and body awareness

Ideal for

  • Parents with young children
  • Families seeking a fun, shared activity
  • Beginners to yoga
  • Those looking for gentle and interactive movement

Lesson

Instructions

Today's episode has a few yoga postures you can do with your little kiddos at home. Remember to be safe and have fun! You can do the postures as long as you like and can repeat them as much as you like. Have fun practicing yoga as a family, at home :) We had a lot of fun filming this and I know its really difficult to get your exercise on with kids running around the house so.....there will be future episodes to come with more mommy and me yoga. I can't wait! How about you?

Steps

  • Seated breathwork
  • Cat-Cow stretch
  • Downward-Facing Dog
  • Tree Pose (modified for parent-child interaction)
  • Wide-legged forward fold
  • Camel Pose (introduction)

Benefits

  • Strengthens parent-child connection
  • Encourages physical activity and play in children
  • Provides an accessible exercise option for parents
  • Improves balance and flexibility
  • Introduces mindfulness concepts to young participants

Transcript

hi everyone welcome to cami rose yoga and today we have a very special guest this is Hannah and she's coming to join us today for our very first Mommy and Me yoga session this is my niece she's not my daughter but she's going to help us out with today's episode on Mommy & Me yoga Hannah what do you love about yoga you love downward dog anything else No okay well we'll get started today so we'll start seated okay so we can start with our legs crossed and we're going to bring our hands to our legs close our eyes we're just going to breathe for a few seconds so keeping your eyes closed really breathe focus on your breath we're going to open our eyes and we're going to come to our mats okay go ahead and take your spot on your purple map we're going to come to all fours so bring your shoulders above your hands and your knees below your waist and we're going to do what's called cat cow do cat cow so you arch your back like a cat on the inhale then on the exhale then as you inhale you're going to drop your head your back down gaze up towards the ceiling and exhale for your spine up like a cat once more really deep full and then inhale look up drop your head down very good and then your favourite one handed downward facing dog so bring your toes in and push back good job very good okay do you want to get on my back for this next one okay so then the next one your little one can get on your backs or keep so come onto your knees you're low on gonna climb on your back kind of like a piggyback ready and then you're going to rock back up okay push it up in plate if this is enough you're going to hold your hair stay on there Hanna like pressing into the ground for shoulders as you inhale Rock forward bringing your shoulders over your hemp exhale rock back pull your belly in are you holding tight Hanna I'll do two more ready is it kind of like a ride well keep saying about quantex inhale exhale pull your belly in inhale exhale good job okay good alright Hanna come back to downward facing dog so come back to downward facing dog do you know up done now we're facing not okay as you inhale gaze forward step your feet forward in between your hands good and then can't stand up nice and tall reaching high up towards the ceiling good okay we're going to come back onto my Hannah come on back onto my mouth good are you ready so we're gonna make what's called a tree pose so you're going to reach you can either reach your arms up nice and tall or if you want you can place your foot on your leg like that can you do that yeah there we go you can use me as a support very good okay reach your left arm nice and high reach this arm nice and high very good whew hey or you can bring your hand to your chest into half heart there you go thank you for covering your mouth okay bring your other foot down and then bring your other one up and you have your foot up I'm making Valentin a one you're only balancing on your one foot okay you on rester handle Maggie mom's bring your hands to heart center your child can rest and bounce oh good job Hannah you can keep your hand on my knee whoop kind of hard to balance tongue keeping your hand out your foot down reach arms up tall like a tree reaching high and then exhale fold forward good job obverse and a full forward here for just a little bit next thing you're going to do is come up onto your knees good and then this hat on this side is going to stay next to your leg this arm you're going to reach up nice and tall gaze up towards your fingers good and then you're gonna pull and Bend this hand that way good just like this Hanna see you like this and keep your gaze up towards these fingers look at these fingers and I look at these fingers we go good okay bring this hand down to your side this one thumbs up this one stays by your leg reach your left arm up gaze towards your left fingers and then reach over yeah over your head like this right remember this one good okay bring this hand down alright reach both arms up and then exhale sitting back down on your knees good job hey mommy you know some other mommy me yoga let's do this one again so can you come up to the front of your mat so people can see you better there you okay kneel down alright alright next posture we're going to do is going to work our belly and it's going to work our legs so bring your hands into the mat come on your knees good perfect keep your hands just like that and then this leg Hanna you're gonna left right leg you're in a reach long gaze down towards your fingers really stretch your long legs stretch it long look down towards your fingers down towards your fingers moms if you want to increase the difficulty you can raise your arm up okay and then you're going to bring your knee and just like this however you wanted to do that so bring your knee in hey come bring your elbow to your knee and then stretch it long again stretch it all the way long good knee down you can do that more than once if you like all right other leg right okay put your hands down gaze towards your fingers look at your fingers Hanna look at your fingers good this leg goes long left leg long really reach stretch mom if you want your right arm to come up good enough bring your knee in towards your chest bring it in towards your face good and stretch it long and it's okay you're off to do it all right gonna variate let's send it out let's down the posture game look down on your fingers put your hands knees good and then sit up high five next posture you're going to do is just separate your legs really nice and wide so go as wide as you can hey maybe you have to stagger there you go perfect in and then just fold forward bring your hands forward stretching forward you can drop your head down he point your toes up towards the ceiling if you can get your fingers okay so your fingers really breathe cuz it is you inhale bring your arms up stretch up mama and then exhale fold forward once more stretch stretch stretch maybe bring your elbows Hanna can you bring your elbows down look at that good job okay one more inhale bring your arms up nice and tall and then exhale once more fold down maybe going a little bit lower you bring your elbows down baby can bring your face down to the ground oh good job Hanna look I can smell your foot you just kick kick inhale bring your arms up really tall and then bring your hands down good job next posture we're just going to do a downward facing dog we're going to stick our leg up so come to your knees bring your hands down put your toes into the mat and then push up into downward facing dog very first good and then reach one leg up one leg up off the mat this is the one you want to do and remember good job okay really pressing your heart towards your thighs exhale bring that leg down switch your feet inhale lift your other leg up other foot up job good Excel but that one's warm all that both sides okay put your one foot down and then switch your feet lift your other leg on the inhale exhale come down in how other leg comes up good put that foot down bring your knees to the mat sit up very good high five alright next posture we're going to do is just add a little bit more intensity so it's just like the one we did before but a little bit more so your little one is going to come behind you how'd you like giving it piggyback good you're going to come to all fours really pull your belly in so it doesn't hurt your back tuck your toes in lift up and then just lift one leg really pull your belly in pull your belly in one exhale down inhale up hold on tight leg down once more go sigh hold on tight Hanna hold on tight down inhale up exhale down very good yeah oh okay nice posture start on your knees you're going to press up could put your hands on your lower back and as you inhale reach up exhale fold back pushing your hips for or dropping your head back good inhale come up head comes up last should do one more Hanna see if we can reach your ankles yeah okay hands on your lower back first really inhale pull your value exhale press your hips forward maybe reaching for your ankles good pressing or goes forward and how head comes up last good Nerdist charts pose bring your hands in front of you and sit back on your feet puts it back on your feet good and drop your head into the mat Child's Pose okay coming up Hanna my very last posture of today's episode is going to be Lotus or just some comfortable seated position go take your right foot up and then your left foot up good job Hannah hey or you can just take a comfortable seated position really trying to work on opening up your hips okay bring your hands together press your palms together good close your eyes we're just going to breathe through a little bit hey closing your eyes bring your chin towards your chest good bring your head down just a little bit keep open your eyes all right bring your hands together good bow to yourself thinking yourself for your practice and thank you for sharing your practice with us today ready one two three namaste good job let's go get a snack my hair soon cuz it alright

Practice summary

Level
all levels
Duration
15 minutes
Equipment
yoga mat
Target areas
full bodycorebacklegsbalance
Energy
balancing

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