Family Yoga with Karen LeSage
August 18, 2024
9:30-10:30am
Cost: $20 for one parent and one child. Additional children $5 each. All proceeds from this event are going to Alisa’s Wish.
Join us for a fun morning of family yoga with Karen LeSage from Baobab Kids! This 60 minute session will incorporate exercise, fun, music, mindful games, partner poses and all the traditional benefits of yoga-meditation, breathing techniques and relaxation. Yoga is non-competitive and teaches self acceptance, focus, self awareness and regulation. Afterwards, tour the museum’s exhibits and take home a craft kit!
While this is an all-ages session, it will be geared toward children under the age of seven. Parent/guardian/trusted grown up participation is required.
What to bring: A yoga mat for each participant, sunscreen, and water.
Please sign up below. A reminder for payment will be sent closer to the event.
About Karen:
Karen LeSage has 30 years of experience working with children from birth to nineteen years of age in child care and community settings. Throughout her career her focus has been on inclusion for all children. She is a licensed Early Childhood Educator, Infant/Toddler Educator and Special Needs Educator.
Karen is a registered 200 hour Yoga Teacher, a 95 hour Children’s Yoga Teacher, a certified Kidding Around Yoga Instructor and a certified Perinatal Yoga Teacher. She has been trained in the Mindful Schools Curriculum.
Karen uses yoga, mindfulness and gratitude practices as a platform to help children connect with themselves and others and find their place in the world. These practices can help to develop self awareness, promote regulation, create social awareness and support executive functioning skills. These are skills that children will be able to use throughout their lives.
Visit Baobab Kids for more information and for other yoga classes.