Children's Yoga

TUES 4:30-5:30 PM (Ages 5-8)

CHILDREN’S YOGA

Taught by Stephanie Runyan

In this playful yoga class designed especially for school aged-children (5-8). They will learn yoga poses, breathing, and relaxation exercises which cultivate a calm mind, increase strength and flexibility, improve gross and fine motor skills, improve concentration, and help them understand how to identify and manage their feelings by empowering and inviting them to explore self awareness. Games, stories, and music will be incorporated into this fun, non-competitive class. Each class ends with a whimsical meditation and relaxation.

Stephanie Runyan is a local artist/small business owner at Wondrous Ceramics in Berea, KY. She has her Bachelor's of Arts degree in Ceramics and Education Studies from Berea College. Stephanie is a certified yoga teacher and trained at the Essence of Yoga Center. She has 11 years of experience with teaching children of all all ages in school settings, learning centers, and art camps.

Stephanie has always had a vast interest in cultivating awareness and creative self-expression through art and movement. She has dedicated her life to children and teenagers by empowering and inviting them to explore self awareness and creating artwork. Her hope is to give others the tools that they need in order to understand and express themselves.

Stephanie was the resident artist in 2017-2018 for Berea's prestigious Artist Accelerator Program.