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Wai Lana's Little Yogis

Yoga Magazine

If your kids want to get into yoga but are too young to go to an adult class, then Wai Lana’s Little Yogis Kit is a must-buy. The see-through plastic mat bag contains a poster of all the poses, a video of Wai Lana’s yoga class, which has been given an Award of Excellence from the Film Advisory Board, and a wonderful blue mat with pictures of children doing poses—so cute you’ll want to use it yourself. A real shame that it’s only available in children’s size.

—Yoga Magazine (U.K.), December 2003

Yoga kit for kids

The best time to begin practicing yoga is as a child, when the body is naturally flexible. As adults who do yoga know, it is an enjoyable way to reduce stress and improve mental clarity. Yoga also is the perfect way to help overweight children get in shape safely and noncompetitively.

Wai Lana, host of the PBS series Wai Lana Yoga, makes it fun for kids to get started on the path to a healthy lifestyle with her Little Yogis Kit. Designed for children ages 3 to 8, the kit includes everything little yogis need to begin performing various yoga asanas. A one-hour instructional video cassette features kids pretending to be cobras, bears, trees, and bridges. If young ones need additional prompts, the kit’s turquoise, child-sized (24 by 60 inches) yoga mat is illustrated with various poses. A full-color cartoon poster shows 21 exercises to encourage balance, strength, and coordination. The kit is packaged in a colorful plastic drawstring tote bag with an adjustable shoulder strap and a pocket for water or snacks.

The video won an Award of Excellence from the Film Advisory Board for quality family and children’s entertainment. As Wai Lana points out, the healthy habits kids develop through the practice of yoga will continue benefiting them for the rest of their lives.

—New Age Retailer, January/February 2004

Yoga helps children develop strength, balance, flexibility, and concentration

While adults are practicing their yoga exercises, this video will provide some healthy activity for the children in the family. Yoga helps children develop strength, balance, flexibility, and concentration and encourages a more focused, peaceful approach to exercise. Children ages 3 and older will enjoy simple and safe positions shown in the video. With the current emphasis on children’s weight control and exercise, Wai Lana has come up with the perfect solution to changing our lifestyles.

—Parent’s Guide, September 2003

Yoga great for kids

Master yoga instructor and PBS series host Wai Lana introduces yoga to children in Wai Lana’s Little Yogis. The video or DVD offers kids the chance to roar like a lion or play a flute while learning basic yoga poses and practicing balance and coordination.

—The Detroit News, April 28, 2004

Yoga for Youngsters

Enough with the sugarplums! Instead, start a child on the path to good health. In the Little Yogis Kit (for ages 3 to 8): a tote bag, a mat, a poster, and a one-hour video (with cartoons and instruction by TV’s Wai Lana).

—Spa Finder, November/December 2003

Yoga for Young Ones

Let your tot join in your yoga practice with the adorable Little Yogis Kit from Wai Lana. The kit contains everything a child needs to get started with a fun yoga practice: a kid-size yoga mat and mat bag, a child-friendly yoga video, and a large cartoon poster featuring 21 yoga exercises.

—Herbs for Health, January/February 2004

Yoga for Kids: Salutation to Fun

Give a child the gift of yoga this holiday—Wai Lana wraps it all up for you. The Little Yogis Kit is designed for ages 3 to 8 and includes a 24-by-60-inch yoga mat, an hour-long instructional video, and a large cartoon poster showcasing the 21 poses in the video.

Our take: We rolled out our mats, flipped on the video, and let yoga instructor Wai Lana lead us through the Balloon Belly, Rocking Beetle, and Jelly Legs. Our 6-year-old student found it hard to sustain interest past Making Cake—the video is an hour long, after all—but the pose-by-pose format makes it easy to stop, or jump in again, at any point along the way.

—Alternative Medicine, November/December 2003

Yoga for kids

Considering the surge in yoga’s popularity, it was only a matter of time before kids would take up this popular form of exercise and meditation. Wai Lana, host of the long-running PBS series Wai Lana Yoga, now offers a kit designed for children ages 3 to 8. Fun, safe, easy and convenient, the kit provides everything a little yogi needs to get started on the path to a long, healthy life. The Wai Lana Little Yogis Kit features a 60-minute video, a kid-sized yoga mat, a colorful, sturdy yoga mat bag, and a large, full-color cartoon poster with 21 yoga exercises. The video engages, entertains, and delights children while simultaneously stretching and strengthening their bodies, sharpening their minds, and improving balance and coordination, all without the kids even realizing they’re exercising. Available where videos are sold.

—Richmond Parents Monthly, December 2003

Yoga for Kids!

Considering the surge in yoga’s popularity over the past decade, it was only a matter of time before kids would start doing yoga, too—especially when they see Mom stretching across a big purple yoga ball or hanging upside-down on a turquoise mat. How could yoga not appeal to the curious child?

Wai Lana, host of the long-running PBS series Wai Lana Yoga, is now making it even more inviting for kids to take up yoga with a Little Yogis Kit specifically designed for children ages 3 to 8. Fun, safe, easy, and convenient, the kit provides everything a “little yogi” needs to get started on the path to a long, healthy life.

The Wai Lana Little Yogis Kit features a 60-minute video with the warm and personable Wai Lana and several “little yogis” pretending to be cobras, bears, butterflies, bridges, trees, bows and arrows, and lots of other fun things as they perform various asana (poses). The kit also includes:

  • a kid-size yogi mat styled with little cartoon yogis in action
  • a colorful, sturdy yoga mat bag complete with an extra pocket for water and snacks
  • a large, full-color cartoon poster with 21 yoga exercises.

Wai Lana will also be releasing a Little Yogis CD featuring 22 of her original songs—perfect for kids to dance, play, do yoga, and even fall asleep to.

Wai Lana’s new Little Yogis kit is a dream for parents. It engages, entertains, and delights children while simultaneously stretching and strengthening their bodies, sharpening their minds, and improving their balance and coordination—all without the kids even realizing they’re exercising. Yoga seems to have a calming effect on children, and parents are now wisely embracing this little secret!

“If kids are going to watch TV, they may as well watch something that’s good for them,” says Wai Lana. “And with child obesity a growing worldwide problem, what better way to get kids exercising than making it fun for them? You truly are helping them develop healthy habits that will continue benefiting them for the rest of their lives.”

—Self Defense for Women, Winter 2003

Yoga for a New Generation

Check out Wai Lana’s Little Yogis video—an hour of pure fun. By pretending to be different animals like cobras, bears, and butterflies (as well as other fun things like balloons, bridges, and trees), you will stretch and strengthen your body, sharpen your mind, and improve your balance and coordination—without even knowing you’re exercising. There’s also a kit that includes a mat, poster, tote bag, and the video.

—Children’s Digest, November/December 2003

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