Many of us see the word, franchising, & think of big corporations, often this is accompanied involuntarily with a negative viewpoint! The fact is franchising is just the name for the replication of a successful business model. It’s a model of collaboration, without competition & the sharing of best practice. It’s much more of a community than you might imagine. When I started Tatty Bumpkin, it was with a UnLtd social enterprise award for helping mothers back into the workplace. We had lots of take-up & enthusiasm. Ultimately, very few of those who trained were successful. Why? As y ..read more

By Sue Heron MCSP. Paediatric Physiotherapist. Head of training Children Inspired by Yoga.   Movement to Increase Learning – The Brain Gardener  ‘From the very start of life, engaging in physical activity contributes to our physical, social and emotional needs’ (Generation inactive 2 p7).  Shockingly, approximately 50% of children, and 80% of adolescents, do not achieve the 60 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity per day recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO. 2010). An occupational therapist called Jean Ayres, working in the 1950’s, suggested sensations ..read more

It’s children’s mental health week in the UK, here at Children inspired by yoga we know firsthand how yoga can support children’s mental health & wellbeing – even in very young children. Yoga is a life skill, & not just for adults – sometimes it is hard to imagine that your 3 year old will enjoy being still, observing their breath or just lying on the floor. If you have ever done yoga, you will have felt the benefits, so why not give it a go with your child? it’s something you can do together, yoga can be playful & fun as well as being still & quiet. Learning simple breath ..read more

It’s self esteem month this February! Did you know that yoga can support self-esteem in children?   To help support the growth of confident kids, here are 5 tips you can do to affect their developing sense of self-worth, we’ve linked them into how our classes at Children inspired by yoga use these strategies, to support confidence in our children’s yoga classes Sometimes as adults, we let our egos get in the way! 1. Be interested—rather than interesting Don’t try to be your child’s best friend by telling them everything about yourself and what you’ve been doing; children want to know th ..read more

For a long time, most people have thought that dolls were nothing more than a toy used by little girls to play with and practice their role as mothers. But it seems these days, not only do children use them for this purpose, but they also use dolls to enhance their thinking skills and creativity. In an article published in “Early Childhood Development and Care”, researcher David R.J Anderson of McMaster University in Canada, stated that play is a method of expression and a way for children to test out their roles as adults, which was far more beneficial to them compared with other activities ..read more

It’s children’s mental health week in the UK, here at Children inspired by yoga we know that yoga supports wellbeing & happiness – even in very young children. Yoga is a life skill, & not just for adults – sometimes it is hard to imagine that your 3 year old will enjoy being still, observing their breath or just lying on the floor. If you have ever done yoga, you will have felt the benefits, so why not give it a go with your child? it’s something you can do together, yoga can be playful & fun as well as being still & quiet. Learning simple breath techniques, mindful play activi ..read more

Did you know that children learn best through stories? Stories help children make sense of the world around them and give them a way to explore new ideas. But what if we could make storytelling even more effective? Recent research has shown that active storytelling can enhance children’s development in ways that traditional storytelling cannot. By adding a multi-sensory dimension to the experience, active storytelling can help children learn and remember information more effectively. So what is active storytelling? Active storytelling involves telling stories while engaging children in an int ..read more

During these very tough and uncertain times it can be difficult to keep the young ones occupied. Also with schools being closed and visits to other family and friends being a non option it can be hard to find something that’s good for them to do and also something they’ll be focused and engaged with. Yoga can be an extremely effective way to combat boredom by having you engage with your kids in a healthy and enjoyable activity! You can find simple fun yoga videos with music to try on our site to get started and hopefully keep your kids occupied during these turbulent times. Young children ofte ..read more

Here at Tatty Bumpkin part of our business is teaching yoga to children. The children that come to our yoga classes absolutely love it. Their parents enjoy the yoga class and watching their children have fun too. But many of our parents don’t know about how yoga benefits children and if they do, they don’t know all the amazing benefits of yoga to children. So, we thought we would talk about it in this blog post;   Yoga Gives Children Confidence When children practise yoga, they learn and master new poses. Being able to master even the smallest pose, such as touching your toes, is a huge achiev ..read more

By Kevin Campbell Davidson www.campbelldavidson.com Guest Blogger for Children Inspired by Yoga http://www.childreninspiredbyyoga.com. With a  professional background in multi-disciplinary artistic performance, Keven adopts a playful and creative approach to generate collaboration and community, growth and wellbeing. Kevin will be sharing his knowledge at our 2020 Children Inspired by Yoga Conference in March.   What are the 6 Cs of education? There are many discussions in education around how to prepare our children for an uncertain future. There are now jobs which we couldn’t have imagined a ..read more