YogaBugs Moonee Ponds & surrounding areas
Catch the YogaBug in 2011! Welcome to YogaBugs Moonee Ponds homepage! YogaBugs Moonee Ponds is a team dedicated to bringing high quality, fun and engaging yoga to children in suburbs also including Essendon, Brunswick, Coburg, Pascoe Vale, Airport West, and East Keilor. YogaBugs and Yog'd Up is an internationally recognised yoga program specialising in yoga for children aged 2.5—12 years. The classes are interactive and designed to stimulate a children’s imagination, to improve their co-ordination, strength and flexibility and to teach them breathing and relaxation techniques.
Younger children are are introduced to traditional yoga postures through story telling and magical adventures in YogaBugs classes, whilst the older children (Yog'd Up) explore yoga through themes such as "Exploring the world's animals" and "Yoga for your body and mind". There are different classes available to suit your YogaBug - big or small!: · 3 – 5 years (KinderBugs) · 5 – 7 years (SchoolBugs) . 8 - 12 years (Yog'd Up) YogaBugs and Yog'd Up are also fantastic for children with additional needs, such as asthma and Autism Spectrum. Please talk to your YogaBugs teacher about specific breathing and posture work for your child. PRIVATE CLASSES MOONEE PONDS CLASSES Term One classes will be starting on Thursday, February 16th, at "Spring Into Action", Moore St, Moonee Ponds (next to Puckle St, train station end. Recommend parking in Shuter St). The term runs for 7 weeks, finishing Thursday, March 29th. | Day | Time | Class Type | Cost Per term | | Thursday | 9:45 - 10:30am | KinderBugs | $84 |
ESSENDON CLASSES Term One classes will be starting on Wednesday, February 29th, at All Degrees of Health, 294 Buckley St, Essendon. The term runs for 5 weeks, finishing Thursday March 29th. These classes are starting later in the school term to give children time to settle in to the new school year. | Day | Time | Class Type | Cost Per term | | Wednesday | 4:00 - 4:45pm | SchoolBugs | $60 | | Thursday | 4:15 - 5:15pm | Yog'd Up | $80 | | | | |
Siblings can join in classes with a 10% discount on fees, and all enrolled children can get YogaBugs merchandise at a 10% discount. Children are asked to wear comfortable clothing, bring their own water, and go to the toilet before class. THE YOGABUGS and YOG'D UP SCHOOL PROGRAM Interested in doing a YogaBugs or Yog'd Up program at your child-care centre, kindergarten or primary school? You'd love to do a little bit of yoga with your children, because you know it will help them with with their motor development, their concentration, their ability to manage anxiety and their emotions, and that the skills they develop from their yoga will compliment ever other learning program you are running in your school or centre. But with all the work you already have on your plate, you'd love some extra onsite support and knowledge. Make sure you ask about YogaBugs Impact and Change incursion program designed especially to help you with helping your students to learn. Weekly teacher support training, guidelines and tools provided with the I&C program. YogaBugs classes are designed to support the EYLF and VELS. YogaBugs and Yog'd Up programs can also be tailored to fit in with your curriculum, themes and needs. Programs can be offered to the broad student population or to support students with special needs. With YogaBugs you can feel confident that the children in your care will get the most from their yoga practice. Schools and centres that are running or have run YogaBugs and Yog'd Up programs and incursions include, Ivanhoe Grammar's Learning Enrichment Centre, Pascoe Vale Primary School, Montgomery Park Child Care Centre and Moreland Community Cooperative Childcare Centres. For all enquiries, please contact: Sandra Katsikis Ph: 0419 379 289 Email: sandrak@yogabugs.com.au
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YogaBugs Moonee Ponds is currently looking for teachers! If you love Yoga and love working with kids we would love to hear from you. Please contact Sandra sandrak@yogabugs.com.au or 0419 379 289 if you would like some more information.
About the Team
Karen McKay Karen has been practicing yoga for over 10 years and is a qualified yoga teacher with qualifications in hatha, vinyasa and ashtanga yoga, as well as having Certificate 3 in Child Services. You may have even come across Karen before in local Childcare Centres and yoga studios! Karen believes that yoga is an excellent system for promoting healthy development and is an effective means of facilitating wellness in children. Yoga's benefits include improved self-esteem, emotional equilibrium, more energy and the ability to self-calm, all of which enable children to cope with their busy lives. All YogaBugs teachers have been trained by YogaBugs Australia. All have had Criminal Record and Working With Children checks and are fully insured.
About the Regional Manager
Hi, I'm Sandra, Manager of YogaBugs Moonee Ponds. I am also a Remedial Massage therapist and Certified Infant Massage Instructor with 2 busy YogaBugs of my own.I've been doing Yoga for over 8 years and, particularly since having children of my own, have found it to be the most effective and holistic form of exercise - balancing muscular strength and flexibility whilst providing a sense of calmness and overall wellbeing. At the moment I'm loving Hot Yoga, but have previously enjoyed pre-natal, Baby Om and Hatha yoga. As well as the personal enjoyment and benefits I get from yoga, my passion for YogaBugs has really come from my own children and also from my massage clients. My little YogaBugs (ages 2 and 5) love joining in with the little creatures on Waybaloo as they do their “Yogo” and we have experienced some fabulous results with gaining confidence in using their bodies, helping them find some calmness and concentration, not to mention a few lovely long naps after a yoga session – as a parent you’ve got to love that! In the longer term, my massage clients – many of whom are still really young, are struggling with stress management and muscular aches and pain caused by lots of sitting, driving and computers and not enough exercise. I encourage all my clients to find an activity that they enjoy to get their bodies moving, and Yoga is my recommended exercise of choice. YogaBugs classes are lots of fun - there is always a wonderful adventure for the children to look forward to - maybe a surfing adventure or a magical trip into the jungle. Perfect for all children - boys and girls, children with special needs, and even something us big kids can join in with at home! So, do something fantastic for your kids for now and for the future – stretch their imaginations and their bodies and let them catch the YogaBug today. I look forward to seeing you in a YogaBugs class in 2011! Namaste, Sandra
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