yoga for elementary & middle school children
If you are looking for yoga for school age children, we can connect you with our amazing partner in children's yoga, Tara Rachel Jones. Tara Rachel Jones, BA. Ed., MEd., E-RYT 500, RCYT, RCYS (Yoga Alliance Registered Children’s Yoga School), has been a pioneer of children’s yoga in the Boston area. She has worked professionally with children since 1989. She has developed her own approach to children’s yoga; which is simply, yet uniquely a synthesis of education, developmental movement and yogic teachings; and has been teaching yoga to young people ranging from toddlers through high school age students since 1997. She obtained a B.A. in Early Childhood Education (N-3) from Simmons College in 1991. She became a certified Montessori Teacher in 1992. Tara Rachel was introduced to Waldorf Education in 1997 while implementing her first children’s yoga program at a Waldorf inspired school. She completed the two- year Foundations Study Course in Waldorf Education in 2005 and now holds an M.Ed. from Antioch Graduate University in Waldorf Education. Tara Rachel teaches yoga in schools, organizations, and studios all around the Boston area and runs a Teacher Training Course for those interested in teaching yoga to Toddlers, Children, Tw/eens and Families.
Tara can teach private classes or small group classes at On the Mat or she can come to your school or after-school program. She currently teaches in many locations in and around the Boston area.
For more info on Tara and her teaching, visit
www.floweryoga.com
45-60 Minute Classes
Through story, song, and verse in content with the season of the year, families learn the practice of yoga in this child- centered class. Classes can be tailored in skill and age range.
60 Minute Classes
A consistent series of postures are introduced to explore flexibility, encourage concentration, stimulate inner curiosity. Yoga games, group and partner poses, and yoga props are included. The class increases cultural diversity through legends, myths and stories.



