Iyengar yoga with Suzanne

Children and teenagers

Ensuring yoga is accessible to children and teenagers is more vital today to counter stress and anxiety and poor postural habits.  It is a positive balance to those actively engaged in sport, including gymnastics and dance, as well as an alternative for those less physically active.  Yoga helps improve posture, flexibility, strength, stamina, self confidence and concentration.

Suzanne has enjoyed teaching children since 2013 and teaches a regular Saturday teenagers class during term time, where beginners are always welcome.  

During the Covid pandemic Suzanne taught with Iyengar Yoga (UK), offering free online classes to teenagers.

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Teaching Yoga to Children: Suzanne Gribble

Children can start learning Iyengar yoga from age 6.  What’s it like to teach them?  London-based Junior Intermediate Level 2 teacher Suzanne Gribble talks about her experience:   “I’ve been teaching children for over four years and love it! I teach at a local primary school, currently two classes after school, with 12 – 14 … Continue readingTeaching Yoga to Children: Suzanne Gribble

 
 

Geeta Iyengar teaching a children’s class in Pune in the 1970s

Words Suzanne Gribble Photographs Mel Moss Photography