What are mantra and why do we use them in our baby yoga, toddler yoga and Calmer Stories courses?

The use of mantras in yoga has been around for thousands of years. People have used them for stabilizing and clearing the mind which then leads to a deeper spiritual awakening. Current scientific…

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How should I approach having a baby with clicky hips in my baby massage or yoga class?

What happens if a parent indicates on their pre-class form that their child either has clicky hips, or other hip issues? As it happens, clicky hips or other hip displasia issues are fairly unusual. …

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Oxytocin: the 'love hormone'

St Valentine’s Day is coming up and we love it as an excuse to sing the praises of oxytocin - often dubbed the ‘drug of love’ or ‘hormone of cuddles’ - and how it relates to infant massage, baby yoga, bab…

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Baby and toddler yoga breathing techniques: alternate nostril breathing (Nadi Shodhan)

In another of our series looking at breathing techniques you could use in your baby or toddler yoga classes, or perhaps Calmer Stories sessions, we focus on alternate nostril breathing, also known as…

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Baby and toddler yoga breathing techniques: bee breath

The second of our features on breathing techniques in baby and toddler yoga looks at Bee Breath, also known as Bhramari. You can read about equal breathing in our previous article. Each of the…

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Baby and toddler yoga breathing techniques: equal breathing

We've recently looked at the importance of breath work in baby yoga, and we cover it on our baby yoga instructor course and toddler yoga teacher course. Here's a breathing technique you might like to…

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Our essential top 5 baby yoga reads

Whether you’re an experienced baby yoga teacher, or you're coming to it for the first time, it’s always useful to read around the topic and familiarise yourself with the background, the benefits and mov…

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Preparing to teach your baby yoga class

We cover all you need to know to teach baby yoga classes on our instructor courses, but it's always good to revisit and refresh ourselves on good practice. Here we look at points to consider before…

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The importance of breath work in baby and toddler yoga

Understanding many of the principles of yoga that adults practice is important in baby and toddler yoga, including breathing. We look at this as part of our baby yoga instructor course, toddler yoga…

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What are reflexes and why are they important to teaching baby yoga?

Understanding reflexes is an important element of learning to teach baby yoga. Here we take a brief look at what a reflex is, and some of the main reflexes to be aware of. We cover reflexes on our…

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