Our yoga program aligns with the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) and the National Quality Standard (NQS), supporting children’s physical development, emotional wellbeing, and confidence through movement and mindfulness.
Why Centres Love Yoga Bears
At Yoga Bears Kids Yoga, our Baby Explorers classes support one of the most exciting stages of your baby’s development. During this time babies experience rapid growth in their movement, coordination, and curiosity about the world around them.
Our gentle, playful yoga based activities are designed to support your baby’s motor development, balance, and body awareness while encouraging exploration in a safe and nurturing environment.
Through fun movement, sensory play, music, and simple yoga inspired activities, we help parents and educators support their baby’s natural development while creating meaningful bonding moments.
Our program focuses on developing strength, coordination, spatial awareness, and confidence, allowing babies to explore movement and discover their bodies in a fun and engaging way.
Class Milestones
• Beginning stages of independent mobility such as crawling or early walking
• Visually tracking objects while seated
• Picking up small objects using fingers and thumbs
• Transferring objects from one hand to the other
Yoga Bears Baby Explorers classes provide a gentle introduction to movement and body awareness, helping babies develop important foundational skills for future growth and learning.
Yoga Bears Little Cubs classes are a wonderful introduction to yoga and movement for toddlers. At this stage children are becoming more confident in their mobility and love exploring the world around them.
Our playful yoga sessions provide a safe, fun, and engaging environment where toddlers can move, stretch, balance, and explore their bodies through simple yoga inspired activities, music, and imaginative play.
Through movement, breath awareness, and sensory activities, we help develop your toddler’s strength, coordination, balance, and body awareness, while encouraging confidence and independence.
Our classes also support fine motor development, early communication skills, and cognitive growth while giving children the opportunity to explore movement in a joyful and supportive environment.
Class Milestones
• Walking independently
• Squatting to pick up toys or objects
• Stacking and manipulating simple objects
• Beginning to follow simple instructions
• Responding to simple questions
Yoga Bears Little Cubs classes help toddlers develop important physical, emotional, and social skills while building confidence, coordination, and a love of movement.
Yoga Cubs classes are a fun and exciting stage in the Yoga Bears Kids Yoga journey.
At this age children are becoming more confident in their movement and love exploring new ways to move their bodies.
Our playful yoga sessions give toddlers the opportunity to move, stretch, balance, and explore simple yoga poses while interacting with other children in a fun and supportive environment.
Through storytelling, music, and imaginative yoga adventures, children develop coordination, balance, body awareness, and confidence. They also begin learning simple breathing techniques that help them relax, focus, and manage their emotions.
Yoga Cubs classes also support important social skills as children practice taking turns, following instructions, and participating in group activities while having fun.
Class Milestones
• Balances in simple yoga poses such as tree pose
• Moves confidently through yoga animal poses such as bear, cat, and downward dog
• Jumps and lands with two feet during movement activities
• Practices simple breathing and relaxation techniques
• Takes turns in games and group activities
• Follows simple two and three step instructions
Yoga Cubs classes help children develop confidence, coordination, focus, and emotional awareness, while building a love of movement and mindfulness.
Yoga Bears classes help children develop balance, strength, coordination, and body awareness through fun and engaging yoga based activities.
At this stage children are becoming more confident in their movement and enjoy exploring new challenges. Through playful yoga poses, stretching, breathing exercises, and imaginative yoga adventures, children build strong bodies and calm, focused minds.
Our classes combine movement, mindfulness, and creative games that encourage children to explore, think creatively, and build confidence while participating in group activities.
This is also an important time for developing fine motor skills, sensory awareness, listening skills, and emotional regulation as children learn to move their bodies with greater control and awareness.
Class Milestones
• Walks along a line or mat while practicing balance poses
• Moves confidently through yoga movement games and obstacle activities
• Hops and balances on one foot during playful yoga challenges
• Practices coordination through rolling, stretching, and simple yoga flows
• Counts poses and movements during fun yoga games
• Participates in imaginative yoga storytelling and creative play
• Cooperates and takes turns with other children during group activities
Yoga Bears classes help children develop confidence, coordination, focus, creativity, and emotional awareness, while building a lifelong love of movement and mindfulness.
Brave Bears classes help children develop stronger bodies, better balance, and greater confidence through fun and engaging yoga based activities.
At this stage children love to move, explore, and challenge themselves. Through playful yoga poses, stretching, balance games, breathing exercises, and imaginative yoga adventures, children develop strength, coordination, balance, and body awareness.
Our classes combine yoga movement, mindfulness, and creative activities that encourage children to explore, think creatively, and build confidence while participating in group games and activities. This is also an important stage for developing fine motor skills, sensory awareness, focus, and emotional regulation as children learn to move their bodies with control while interacting positively with others.
Class Milestones
• Walks along a line or mat while practicing balance poses
• Moves confidently through yoga obstacle activities and movement games
• Hops and balances on one foot during playful yoga challenges
• Practices coordination through rolling, stretching, and yoga flow movements
• Counts simple poses and movements during yoga games
• Participates in imaginative yoga storytelling and creative play
• Cooperates with other children and takes turns during group activities
Super Bears classes help children build confidence, focus, strength, and emotional awareness, while developing a lifelong love of movement and mindfulness through yoga.
The Mighty Bears program introduces children to the foundations of yoga while helping them develop greater awareness of their body and mind in a fun and engaging environment.
Through yoga poses, breathing exercises, balance challenges, and creative movement, children learn important yoga terminology while developing strength, flexibility, and coordination.
With a strong focus on mindfulness, children also learn simple techniques that help them calm their minds, manage emotions, improve focus, and build confidence as they prepare for school and everyday challenges.
Our classes encourage children to move their bodies with control, listen carefully, work together, and explore their abilities through playful yoga activities and group games.
Class Milestones
• Improved flexibility through stretching and yoga poses
• Greater mindfulness and body awareness
• Emotional regulation through breathing and relaxation techniques
• Balance and stability through standing and balancing poses
• Improved coordination through yoga flows and movement games
• Increased strength through yoga poses and playful challenges
Mighty Bears classes help children build confidence, focus, resilience, and a love of movement, giving them tools that support their wellbeing as they grow.
Yoga Bears supports centres in demonstrating EYLF outcomes and wellbeing practices during assessment, rating & supports the National Quality Standard
Supporting Early Learning Outcomes
Yoga Bears supports key outcomes from the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) through fun, structured yoga sessions that nurture children's physical, emotional and social development.
🧸 Outcome 1 – Identity
Children build confidence, independence and emotional resilience.
🤝 Outcome 2 – Connection with Their World
Group activities encourage cooperation, empathy and a sense of belonging.
🌿 Outcome 3 – Wellbeing
Movement and mindfulness support children's physical and emotional health.
💡 Outcome 4 – Confident Learners
Creative yoga adventures encourage curiosity and problem solving.
💬 Outcome 5 – Effective Communicators
Storytelling and participation strengthen listening and communication skills.
Supporting the National Quality Standard
Yoga Bears contributes to multiple National Quality Standard (NQS) areas by supporting children's wellbeing, learning and development
📚 QA1 – Educational Program and Practice
Structured learning experiences through movement and mindfulness.
🛡 QA2 – Children’s Health and Safety
Supports emotional wellbeing and physical development.
🏫 QA3 – Physical Environment
Encourages active engagement with learning spaces through movement.
🤗 QA5 – Relationships with Children
Promotes trust, cooperation and positive social interaction.
👨👩👧 QA6 – Collaborative Partnerships
Supports communication between educators, families and centres.
⭐ QA7 – Governance and Leadership
Reliable, structured programming delivered by trained instructors.
Bring Yoga Bears to Your Centre
Give children the opportunity to develop calm minds, strong bodies and emotional resilience through fun yoga experiences.