🌈 Rainbow Feelings Yoga for Kids!
Discover the spectrum of your emotions!🌈
Over the past few years of teaching children and guiding kids yoga classes, I have notice an uprising of children with Big Emotions. Our emotions come from within and are connected to certain energy centers in the body. These energy centers are called Chakras, or “Wheels of Light.” There are 7 vital energy centers that sit along the spine and run from the tailbone to the crown of the head. Each one of these energy centers has it’s own special color and characteristics. Here are a few more facts about Chakras:
Fun facts for kids about Chakras, “Wheels of Light!”
There are many different charkas in the body, but the 7 main chakras (energy centers) rest along the spine.
Each chakra has a color of the rainbow associated with it, red all the way to purple and then clear.
When these energy centers are balanced, children and adults feel emotionally balanced and calm.
When these energy centers are out of balance, children and adults can feel emotionally stressed and not calm.
Connecting to the chakras, energy centers, at a young age can support children to navigate their inner rainbow of emotions.
Learn more about the chakras for kids here.
🔴 Red: Root (Muladhara) Chakra, “I feel strong and safe.”
Root Chakra - Begin Rainbow Feelings Yoga with a mountain meditation to balance this 1st energy center. The color red is associated with the root chakra. When out of balance, we tend to feel worried, scared, or anxious. When balanced we feel strong, safe and supported.
Mountain Morning Meditation
Sit tall like a Mountain
Notice the breath coming in and out of the nose
Feel the cool in breath and warm out breath
Picture the color RED
Say to yourself, "I feel strong and safe."
Stay for 1-3 minutes
Listen to the Mountain Morning Meditation below
🟠 Orange: Sacral (Svadisthana) Chakra, “I feel happy and playful.”
Sacral Chakra - Now let’s get playful! The color orange is associated with the 2nd chakra, the sacral chakra. When out of balance we tend to feel overwhelmed and emotionally stressed. When balanced we feel emotionally calm and creative.
Downward facing dog pose:
After spending time in Sitting Mountain come into Downward Facing Dog Pose
Picture the color Orange
Say, "I feel happy and playful”
Wag your puppy dog tail!
Stay in Downward Dog Pose for 3-5 Breaths
🟡 Yellow: Solar Plexus (Manipura) Chakra, “I feel proud and confident!”
Solar Plexus Chakra - Feel your confidence with Star Pose! The color yellow is associated with the 3rd chakra, Solar Plexus. When out of balance we feel insecure and lonely. When in balance, we feel inner strength and confidence.
Star Pose:
From Downward Facing Dog, move to Star Pose
Picture the color YELLOW
Say, "I feel Proud and Confident!"
Take a few more breaths feeling confident, in Star Pose (aka Victorious Pose)
🟢 Green: Heart (Anahata) Chakra, “I feel kind and caring.”
Heart Chakra - Feel love, kindness, and compassion with Peaceful Warrior! The color associated with the Heart Chakra is green. When the 4th chakra is out of balance we feel sad and lonely. A balanced Heart Chakra feels like love, kindness and compassion for yourself and others!
Peaceful Warrior Pose
Now take Peaceful Warrior Pose
Picture the color GREEN
Say, "I feel Kind and Caring"
Take a few more breaths in Peaceful Warrior Pose feeling kind and caring (aka Courageous Nice Person Pose) It take courage to be kind.
🔵 Blue: Throat (Vishuddha) Chakra, “I feel honest and truthful.”
Throat Chakra - Now let’s be our authentic self with Lizard Pose! The color associated with the 5th chakra is blue. When the Throat Chakra is out of balance we feel silent and not capable of expressing ourselves. A balanced Throat Chakra brings a feeling of clear and kind communication.
Lizard Pose:
From Peaceful Warrior Pose, come down to Lizard Pose
Picture the color BLUE
Say, "I feel honest and truthful.”
Take a few more breaths here feeling honest and truthful
🟣 Purple: Third Eye (Ajna) Chakra, “I feel wise and insightful.”
Third Eye Chakra: Finally, let’s listen to our heart’s truest desire with Child’s Pose! Purple is the color associated with the Third Eye Chakra. When out of balance we feel overly judgmental and critical of ourselves and others. A feeling of wisdom and intuition comes from within when the 6th Chakra is in balance.
Child's Pose
Now sit back in Child's Pose
Picture the color PURPLE
Say, "I feel wise and insightful”
Take a few more breaths here feeling wise and insightful
🕉️ Clear/White: Crown (Sahasrara) Chakra, “I feel quiet, peaceful and still.”
Now, enjoy the spectrum of all your emotions with Rainbow Relaxation. The color associated with the 7th chakra, the crown chakra, is clear. After practicing Rainbow Feelings Yoga for Kids, find a quiet and comfortable place to relax and listen to this guided relaxation practice with Ms. Brandon. Float on a cloud up to the sky and feel all the colors of your rainbow of emotions wash over you one by one. 🌈
🌈 More ways to practice Rainbow Feelings Yoga and explore the spectrum of your emotions:
FREE Guided Mediations and Relaxation practices - Over 20 different guided meditations and relaxation practices for kids and adults!
Chakra Yoga for Teens - A daily self study and inner journey to learn more about the 7 vital energy centers and practice finding balance within.
Rainbow Yoga for Kids - A kids yoga lesson plan that teaches about rainbows and how to navigate emotions, age 4 and up.
Color Yoga for Kids Lesson Plan Bundle - 6 kids yoga lesson plans for age 3 and up, each one about a different color/emotion of the rainbow.
Ms. Brandon, RCYT, RYT500, holds a Master's degree in Special Education from Western Carolina University, is a highly qualified educator, and has 20+ years' experience working with children and children with special needs. Information for the kids yoga blog come from Ms. Brandon’s 95 hour Children’s Yoga Teacher Training RCYS, and is approved by Yoga Alliance.
