Kids Yoga DVD - Once Upon a Mat - Children Ages 2.5+

I have never given a product review before, but am so pleased with this video that I had to give it 5 stars!! I have three kids, a 7 year old boy and twin 3 year old girls. I ordered this video because they always tried to do my yoga videos with me and would get frustrated at the difficulty level/length of the video. They LOVE this video, and I absolutely love watching them do the yoga moves. Even the girls follow along with the motions and enjoy make the animal sounds and say "hello sunshine!" with the instructor. The customizable video selection is wonderful! I chose one at a time, thinking surely the kids would get tired of it after the first two. We did the whole video and they were asking for more!! I was also afraid that the lack of pictures/animation would leave my kids bored, but they were completely engaged with the single instructor and white background. In this case, simple is better and allows the kids to just focus on the movement and instructor's voice. I highly recommend this video!!

I love this. I don't let my kids watch much TV so this is great for us. I LOVE that it's a solid white background and just an instructor talking. No pictures, no noises no visual stimulation, no distractions just an instructor. This DVD is great for us for that reason and also because we don't do real yoga. I actually did the full video with my kids today and it was a bit of a workout for me! If you are looking for a children's version of real yoga then this isn't for you. She does the poses and movements but talks about catching butterflies, picking up plates off a table, leaping like a frog things like that. My kids are 4 and 5 and they really enjoyed it. She doesn't use the real yoga names but she really made my kids enjoy doing the poses. The DVD is divided into sections so you can play all or choose just 1 clip which I'm guessing is about 3-5 minutes each. Great product.

My 3 and 1 year old love this dvd! I have bought other ones on amazon and they were pretty lame. This keeps kids watching the whole time with simple, funny/silly, moves. I love having yoga time while dinner is cooking. I love the instructor for this video she is perfect and cheery for kids. I bought yoga kids (silly to calm) and the instructor was not very relatable to children, she was quite umm goofy? but not in a good way. WE LOVE THIS DVD!!! I recommend to all my friends

I have watched this video with my 3 year old a few times. I like that it is a full yoga routine, very similar to ones I've done as an adult, but that the instructor has renamed most poses to be kid friendly (e.g. childs pose is a polar bear). There is also no discussion of yoga philosophy, which I think is good. My daughter asks to watch it, but she mostly ignores it when it is on. She plays with her toys instead of doing the poses with me. Every once in a while she does a pose and get's really excited "Look Mommy, I'm doing it!" I'm hoping the more we watch it, the more she will do. For a children's yoga video, this Mommy gives it 5 stars. Since my daughter doesn't really pay much attention to it, I had to bump it back to 4.

This is a decent yoga video. The teacher is on the annoying-side, and I do not like the visual layout of the dvd. She is on a plain white backdrop, floating through space, practically. It's distracting and hard to look at. Otherwise, it's a good DVD. The segments are short--perfect for my 2.5 year old. And the poses are fun, not to complicated, and easy to copy.

I bought this for my 4-year-old daughter, and she and I have both enjoyed it. Her attention wanes if we try to do more than three or four "chapters." I love that this lets you pick one set of poses at a time. She likes being able to choose, and the segments are short enough for her to get all the way through it without losing interest. I like the instructor - I think my daughter is able to identify with her because she looks like she could be a teenager and has an almost "baby" kind of voice. My daughter asks to do this DVD and I really think it helps her relax.

After being introduced to the benefits of yoga but my best friend, she then mentioned this product to me. My nephew is an autism spectrum child, and has a lot of trouble keeping focused. She thought this might be a good gift for him, and something that would be good for him mentally, physically, and spiritually. My wife and I, and my sister (my nephew's mother) had no idea how we would react to this. Would he have any interest at all? Would he be willing to spend a little bit of time trying something new? With this do anything at all to help his focus? It turns out the answers to all of those questions was a resounding YES! This DVD presents yoga in a way that's fun for a child. It felt wonderful to see my seven-year-old nephew get interested in something that we believe is good for him, and it's helped him in every aspect of his life, to become a more focused, aware, and healthy person. Hats off to the producers of this video for figuring out a way to engage children, even with special needs, in something that is normally reserved for adults.

Our 22-month-old loves this!! It's simple and easy for young children to pay attention to, as it is divided into chapters with single-color, simple icons that are really recognizable to young ones -- especially those who are not yet reading. The yoga instructor is on her mat with the background behind her remaining white throughout. Her voice may seem over the top to an adult, but to a preschooler it's perfect -- the right mix of sincerity and excitement. She skillfully shows children how to do the poses and encourages them to use their imaginations throughout the DVD. While our daughter is a bit younger than the recommended age, she still enjoys doing a couple of the chapter options at a time. She can't do all of the poses and doesn't always make it through two chapters, but she is learning and does better each time we try. She especially loves the "In the Garden" and "Wake Up" chapters, but all of the chapters contain poses that she can do, even at her young age. I expect her to continue to grow in skill and to enjoy this DVD for years to come.