Classes
At YogiB yoga, we offer a wide range of private, semi-private and group classes to suit all ages and abilities. No previous experience is needed and ALL abilities are welcome!
Therapeutic baby yoga is a gentle, playful practice that combines yoga for babies, movement, age-appropriate developmental play, baby massage and reflexology, and relaxation for your baby. This can help your little one hit motor milestones (coordination, balance, strength and body awareness), integrate reflexes, and develop play skills. It helps regulate neural pathways, can often relieve gas, colic and constipation, and encourages sensory integration. And with little ones involved, the classes will bring fun energy and giggles, beautiful bonding strengthening the parent-baby attachment, and helps babies settle and sleep more easily.
Toddlers with Mommy, Daddy, Nannie, Grandparent, Carer
Yoga with toddlers can be a super fun way to get moving, have deeper emotional and physical connections with your little one(s), whilst having fun at the same time! These classes offer beautiful strengthening and stretching yoga flows, and use breathing techniques and meditation to create that balance in our lives and bodies. And with little ones involved, the classes will bring fun energy and giggles, whilst your children enjoy being engaged with creative, imaginative yogi-play, partner poses, music, games, story time and relaxation.
Preschool (3 to 5 yo)
Mondays 9.30-10.30am, Yogaview, Wilmette
Using music, movement, stories and games, children’s imagination will be engaged whilst learning yoga poses, simple breathing techniques and meditation in these weekly classes. At this age, yoga is less about the specific look of a yoga pose, and more about the movement, imagination, focus and attention, awareness of our breath, body awareness, and building confidence in a positive, safe and non-competitive way. The fun, interactive classes have different weekly themes and are a great introduction to yoga and mindfulness. Kids think they're just having fun, while really they're growing in body, mind and heart.
Kindergarten to 4th grade (5 to 10 yo)
Saturdays 9.30-10.30a, at Yogaview, Wilmette.
Learning basic sun salutations, simple yoga flows, and many other yoga poses, children enjoy progressing their yoga skills, strength and balance alongside breathing techniques and meditation during these weekly classes. Children will learn to tune in to their body’s and mind’s sensations and use breath, meditation and movement to address these feelings. Stories, games and crafts with weekly themes help children explore their imaginations and creativity, and develop their focus, patience and problem-solving skills.
5th grade and upwards (10 to 14+ yo)
Wednesdays 4.30-5.30pm, Yogaview, Wilmette
The tween and teen yoga classes touch on the elements of an adult practice with longer asana flows, learning specific breathing techniques and enjoying deeper relaxation through meditation. This class builds on a deeper mind-body connection, self-awareness, self-advocacy, mindfulness and kindness.
Semi-Private Classes, all ages
Yoga is great on its own, but also great for cross-training for other sports to enhance athletic performance by building overall strength, flexibility, balance and coordination and mental resilience. It can be great for reducing risk of injury as well as a great option for rehabilitation post an injury. High-performance athletes are seeing the benefits of adding in yoga to their fitness training programs for years. Combining meditation and mindfulness with a growth mindset supports children of all ages when they’re needing to handle stress, for example before a performance, an exam, or a game. Learning to listen to your mind and body, knowing when it needs balance, needs deep relaxation or needs energizing, is a key skill gained during these classes.
Private Classes, all ages, all abilities
All children (and adults!) can benefit from having more space in our lives - space in our bodies and space in our minds. Also, all children are special and unique in their own way.
If your child is recovering from an injury, has ADHD, autism, cerebral palsy, sensory processing disorder, developmental delay, Down syndrome, focus, attention or behavioral challenges, struggles with anxiety or stress, needs to improve their strength and flexibility for competitive sports, or needs a boost in their own confidence, private yoga sessions can be tailored to your child's unique needs.
As a certified "Yoga for the Special Child", now called "Yoga for All Abilities", Liz can offer a private one-on-one sessions using the Sonia Sumar method, and / or integrate her years as a PT into the session as a combo class!
