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Learn how to celebrate the Lunar New Year with a yoga class for kids, featuring poses of the 12 animals, firecracker jumps, hot pot dinner, and lucky oranges. This article by Elly, a yoga teacher and former dancer, includes music, story suggestions, and props for a fun and festive practice. Join Jaime as she tells the famous story of how the Jade Emperor created the Chinese Calendar - by creating swimming race for the animals! A yoga adventure c Unleash your inner dragon! Join Jaime in this magical yoga moment as we practice Dragon Pose to honour the mighty Dragon from the Lunar New Year race. Can yo Chinese New Year, or the Lunar New Year, makes an awesome themed kids yoga lesson plan. With all of the animals for each year, it's easy to go through a lot of different yoga pose. Plus, the holiday is a celebration of health and wellness, plus looking ahead to new beginnings. Opening Greeting: "Happy Lunar New Year, everyone! Did you know that this year is the Year of the Snake? Let’s celebrate by exploring all the animals in the Chinese Zodiac with yoga!" Warm-Up: Start in Criss-Cross (Easy Pose). Rub your hands together, place them over your heart, and take a big, deep breath to bring in the energy of the New Year. Lion characters scare away last year’s bad luck. Chinese New Year ends with a big parade featuring a dragon. New Year celebrations last for fifteen days. Eating oranges, dumplings, and fish brings good luck. Family is the most important part of the New Year celebrations. “Gung Hay Fat Choy!” means “Happy New Year” in Chinese. Chinese New Year Kids Yoga Lesson Age: 3-12 Time: 20-60 minutes Wear Red Be sure to wear RED when you teach this class as it is the key color of Chinese New Year and symbolizes a bright and happy future. Prep Work Purchase a red gift envelope (lai see in Cantonese or hóngbāo in Mandarin) at your local China Town to hold all your visuals. The Chinese have long followed the lunar calendar, which is why the New Year, which falls on the first New Moon of the new lunar calendar, varies by a few weeks between late January and mid-February, and doesn’t coincide with the western world’s New Year celebration on January 1st. This yoga adventure is a vibrant celebration of the Chinese Lunar New Year, combining movement and mindfulness. It’s perfectly crafted for children aged 3 and up, offering a fun and engaging way to learn about this significant cultural tradition while promoting physical activity and mental well-being. A kids yoga adventure all about finding joy in the little things. About Yoga Quest: In this exciting yoga journey, Jaime guides young yogis through 20 of her favourite yoga adventures, across 5 different lands. You'll even be able to print out our fun maps to check-off the yoga adventures! W Lion characters scare away last year’s bad luck. Chinese New Year ends with a big parade featuring a dragon. New Year celebrations last for fifteen days. Eating oranges, dumplings, and fish brings good luck. Family is the most important part of the New Year celebrations. “Gung Hay Fat Choy!” means “Happy New Year” in Chinese. Make yoga fun with these animal poses for promoting the celebration of Chinese / Luna New Year. Yoga offers numerous benefits for children, contributing to their physical, mental, and emotional development. We have Chinese New Year kids' yoga poses, activities and more. Check out our collection of yoga teaching tools and lesson plans today! « 2/14/25 Beginning Yoga with Lori 2/16/25 Yoga Nidra Sound Bath with Claudia » The JCC is proud to be one of several Jacksonville locations participating in the annual Lunar New Year Celebration: 2025 Year of the Snake — organized by the Southern Oregon Chinese Cultural Association. Yoga for kids is a fun and active way to introduce children to making New Year’s resolutions to start the year. This post contains Amazon affiliate links. New Year Yoga Lesson Plan. Another new year is upon us. The tradition of making a positive New Year’s resolutions has been around since ancient times. A Cosmic Kids Yoga Adventure with Cracker The Dragon Of Wonder all about seeing the wonderful in everything!🌈 Watch our videos ad-free on the Cosmic Kids ap Chinese New Year Sequence. The Chinese Lunar New Year 2018 is the year of the Dog, the 11th animal in the Chinese Zodiac. It is said to be the Earth Dog year. The sequence is a Yang Yoga Sequence showing movement and flow in a steady way. Year of the Snake Event at Rainbow Chinese (Jan. 29, 5:30-8:30 p.m.) Ring in the Lunar New Year with a family-style feast at Rainbow Chinese on Minneapolis’ Eat Street. Tickets include an all-you-can-eat dinner, complimentary amuse-bouche, and two beverages crafted by expert mixologist Marco Zappia. Courtesy of Rainbow Chinese Our Chinese New Year Activity with yoga pose cards and spinner game are the perfect activity to educate children about the Chinese New Year and give them a movement activity at the time of year where going outside may not be an option. For more detailed information or to purchase this product, check out our store on TeachersPayTeachers. For 2023, in place of New Year Resolutions, to embody Yin-Yang fully, I have formulated guiding intentions in the form of seven questions, accompanied by 7 Yin Yoga poses that I intend to return to periodically as 2023 unfolds. I invite you to join me. Before beginning:
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