Session to explore child yoga

GOLDEN Plains Shire-based service Firefly Wellbeing is running a session at Bannockburn for professionals, educators, parents and carers who would like to learn more about child yoga.

Charlotte Kelberg founded the organisation along with Shellie Stojanovski, and Ms Kelberg said the pair want to make child yoga more accessible through techniques such as storytelling and games.

“This was an idea that was suggested by one of the kindergarten teachers when we went along and delivered a session to a group of children,” said Ms Kelberg.

“We want to build the capacity for people to do yoga themselves in their everyday lives.

“For us it was a fantastic opportunity to take some of the basic principles of child yoga and be able to share them.”

The event will explore the theory behind child yoga, it’s benefits and how to integrate the activity into everyday life.

Everyone who takes part will be awarded a certificate of participation and no yoga experience is required.

“Traditional yoga can be more based around flow and breadth and we still use those concepts in our classes but we do it in a way that is more child friendly,” said Ms Kelberg.

“Short, sharp and sweet activities are really good as it needs to be something they can engage in.

“It is still the essence of yoga but with a more modern, child friendly focus.”

The session is set to take place on Tuesday 20 February from 5.30pm at Bannockburn Cultural Centre.

Bookings can be made in the Firefly Wellbeing website.