Yoga For Kids

 

Charles does not currently have any yoga classes devoted to children, but he does allow kids to join in with adult classes, and has successfully integrated kids as young as seven years old into his regular classes.

He encourages kids and teenagers to attend at the Cafe' Dance Studio classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays as this is where he stores his therapy balls like the ones above and below. During or after class, Charles works individually with younger students teaching them balance and building their confidence using these balls. Kids enjoy playing on the balls, and in the process improve balance, coordination, flexibility, strength and confidence.

His only requirement is that the kids are not forced to attend by parents, but are choosing to come to class on there own.

Charles has extensive experience, working with kids as young as 2 1/2 years old all the way through high school. He has also worked with program for gifted kids, and with at-risk-teenagers through a Juvenile Probation program.

Charles also works with other Yoga teachers. At the 2nd Annual Southwest Yoga Conference his program on "Mind/Body Tools for Teenagers" was attended by over 25 yoga teachers from as far away as Canada and California.

Charles is passionate about teaching yoga to kids, in large part because he started yoga when he was 11 and credits this early start with his later success in athletics and in life. He often works with athletes at the University of Texas Women's Athletic Program and is amazed at how many teenage athletes do not know how to breath well, or how to stretch properly, or how to relax....

Charles also does a lot of work with school districts in central Texas working with teachers to show them how to use yoga meditation and breath control for their own stress management, and how to teach their students to breath, relax and focus. He has also presented at the Texas PTA conference.