PRE ORDER Ready for Yoga
PRE ORDER Ready for Yoga
Our updated Ready for Yoga card set is now available, including 5 NEW guided yoga sequence cards.
Occupational therapist-designed yoga and movement cards that use a brain-body connection approach to support children to build body awareness, emotional awareness, motor skills and interoceptive awareness through movement and connection.
Designed for parents, educators, therapists and support workers, Ready for Yoga makes it easy to bring meaningful movement into everyday routines at home, school, therapy and community settings.
More than just yoga cards, Ready for Yoga helps children develop the foundational skills they need to learn, participate and thrive.
Supports the Development of:
✓ Interoceptive awareness
✓ Body awareness
✓ Emotional awareness
✓ Gross motor skills
✓ Motor planning and coordination
✓ Planning and organisation skills
✓ Connection, co-regulation and participation in everyday activities
What Makes Ready for Yoga Different?
Most yoga cards focus on the pose.
Ready for Yoga focuses on the skills behind the pose.
Every card includes occupational therapist-designed prompts that support children to notice what's happening in their bodies, explore movement, build self-awareness and strengthen the connection between their brain and body.
Each card includes:
• Interoceptive prompts to help children notice and understand body signals
• Mindfulness prompts to encourage awareness and reflection
• Modification ideas to support individual differences
• Practical ways to turn movement into meaningful skill-building opportunities
The result? A flexible resource that can be used again and again to support a wide range of developmental skills through connection and movement.
What's Included?
✓ 15 Yoga Pose Cards
✓ 5 Breathing Activity Cards
✓ 5 NEW Bonus Sequence Cards:
- Morning Wake-Up Flow
- Focused and Ready Flow
- Reset After School Flow
- Connection Co-Regulation Flow
- Before Bed Wind-Down Flow
✓ Ready for Yoga Companion Guide
✓ Bonus Games, Tips & Routines Guide
Designed for Real Life
Ready for Yoga is designed to fit naturally into the moments that already exist in your day.
Use it:
• Before school
• After school
• During therapy sessions
• In classrooms and early learning settings
• As part of movement breaks
• During transitions
• As part of bedtime routines
• To support connection and co-regulation
Designed for children of varying ages, abilities and developmental stages, with built-in modifications to support individual differences.
Every yoga card is an opportunity to build body awareness, confidence, connection and skills that support children in everyday life.
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What is included:
What is included:
Ready for Yoga Cards: A set of beautifully illustrated cards featuring 15 yoga poses and 5 breathing activities. On the back of each card you’ll find prompts, to support you to guide the child therapeutically through the pose or activity. Each card is designed to be engaging and easy to follow, helping children build physical, sensory, emotional, and cognitive skills.
Facilitator Guide: A detailed guide that provides step-by-step instructions and strategies for using the yoga cards effectively. It includes tips for integrating yoga into daily routines, fostering social connections, and enhancing executive functioning skills.
Ready for Yoga Quick Start Video: Information about how to get started with our program.
Play-Based Activity Ideas: Fun and interactive activities that promote regulation, interoceptive awareness, and motor skills development. These activities are designed to be enjoyable and beneficial for children of all abilities.
Key Benefits
Key Benefits
Regulation and Sensory Processing: Help children
manage their emotions and energy levels through co-regulation and self-regulation techniques.
Interoception and Emotional Awareness: Enhance
children’s ability to understand and respond to their internal body signals, promoting emotional awareness and social connectedness.
Physical Skills and Motor Development: Improve
balance, coordination, strength, and motor planning through a variety of engaging yoga poses.
Executive Functioning Skills: Support planning, organization, impulse control, and time management, helping children develop
essential life skills.
Connection and Social Engagement: Foster meaningful connections through group activities and games that encourage social
interaction and collaboration.
The Ready for Yoga Program is an invaluable tool for creating a positive and supportive environment where children can learn, grow,
and flourish. Whether used at home, in schools, or in therapy settings, this
program provides the resources needed to support children’s development through play-based, connection enriched, yoga
activities and games.
Goals of Ready for Yoga
Goals of Ready for Yoga
The Ready for Yoga Program aims to address the following goals:
- Development of sensory based strategies to incorporate into everyday routines
- Utilising breathing and mindfulness strategies to foster emotional regulation and well-being
- Improved awareness of internal body cues and signals such as thirst, hunger, or needing to go to the toilet, contributing to improved independence
- Improved ability to respond to body cues and consequently better maintain appropriate emotional states
- Development of gross motor skills including strength, flexibility, balance and coordination
- Development of fine motor skills including strength and dexterity
- Fostering connection between children and their support people
- Establishing a trusting and safe foundation for a child to build skills and confidence
- Fostering social engagement with peers to enhance teamwork and collaborative skills
- Increasing self-confidence
- Development of executive functioning skills including planning, sequencing, attention and focus
- Improved understanding of how to incorporate strategies into everyday routines to support development
