We all know we are constantly looking for original activities to engage our little one´s in. Have you ever thought about yoga? And how about if you can add some Spanish into the mix? That´s exactly what Lina Navía, former telenovela star, turned yoga instructor has so beautifully created with her Ümbral Yoga con Lina Navía DVD.
Lina has set out to educate the Hispanic community about the health and wellness benefits of yoga as an integral part of our lives through classes and now this completely-in-Spanish DVD . Children as young as three years old can reap many of the benefits of yoga, while having fun at it and never realizing it´s actually good for them.
The DVD includes a 45-minute session for adults at a beginner´s level. I went immediately for the 25-minute children´s session because I´ve always wanted my girl to learn yoga poses as soon as she was old enough to focus and participate. Lina manages to captivate you by the first couple of scenes with her charming and, at the same time, calming personality.
She guides the kids through yoga poses (but don´t tell the kids that!) by having them use their imagination and pretend they´re taking a bath and reaching for the soap and shampoo (stretching). They will together go to the beach, pretend to be a serpent, a dog, a cow, a fly-eating frog, climb up a coconut tree, surf waves, visit a farm, and all while stretching, breathing, gaining balance and using their imagination. Kids won’t even know they are getting a work out and doing yoga. To help put your child in the pretend-mood, they´ve added cute and well-placed sound effects.
Plus, children get to practice words for animals, colors and common objects in Spanish!
I wished my yoga classes were this entertaining and imaginative.
The DVD is available for purchase for $14.99 via www.umbralyoga.com. You can also enter to win one here!
The Giveaway
This giveaway is now closed. The winner is #7-Evelyn. Congratulations!
You can enter to win a copy of the DVD Yoga en Español con Lina Navía by leaving a comment telling us how you believe your child can benefit from practicing yoga in Spanish. You can watch a preview of the children´s portion of the DVD here.
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I love it! What a fantastic giveaway! My kids love to do yoga with me and I have been wanting to look for a kids’ yoga video. This is perfect in that it will be another avenue for their bilingual development and having fun and learning yoga at the same time. Thanks for the opportunity!
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How awesome! I think the pretending will completely capture my five year old’s imagination! The moving while he listens to the instructions in Spanish will be like Total Physical Response language learning, only better!
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I am mom and a teacher. I think both my son and my students can benefit from this video. I know my son would love to learn new ways of moving his muscles in a fun and relaxing way. Also, it would be a great time to spend special time together. My students would benefit so much from this video, also, because we can use this a relaxation technique when they are full of energy, or just when we need a break from our long days of learning Spanish and English.
I’ve been searching for a spanish language yoga kids dvd for years and only found a badly dubbed one until now. we would love to upgrade to this
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Hola. Love the yoga in Spanish idea. Fantastico! I used to take her to a children’s yoga, but now we can do it together at home and reinforce her spanish? Brilliant.
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The children and I do yoga together. I think this would really help them reinforce their Spanish and want to continue using Spanish whenever possible.
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Hola, me encantaria tener una copia de este DVD. Yo voy a clases de Yoga aqui en Nueva Zelanda pero no hay clases para ninos ni mucho menos en castellano. Mi hija mayor Sofia siempre esta copiandome y se saca muchos libros de la biblioteca para aprender. Me parece que seria maravilloso poder compartir esto en nuestro idioma materno. Yo no se ni uno de los nombres de las poses en castellano entonces a mi tambien me ayudaria.
Muchas gracias
Catherine
It will help them exercise while working on their Spanish.
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It would be a great relaxing way for my daughter to get a break in the day. Plus get a bit of exercise and learn Spanish at the same time! Thanks!
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This looks like fun! Kids pick up things so easy and yoga is such a different workout, I know my kids would really enjoy this.
so very helpful for my students
Me encanta la idea de Yoga en Espanol. Mis hijos se tendrian que concentrar doblemente (en lo que estan haciendo y lo que escuchan). Creo que es tambien mas facil retener cuando se esta haciendo algo asi que les ayudaria en el desarrollo del lenguage.
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I have heard that yoga is an excellent was to help children learn to concentrate and to control their bodies. I have a granddaughter that I teach Spanish to that would really benefit from this. She would be learning Spanish at the same time. I am excited.
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I blogged about your giveaway at Teaching Generations.
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I have always wanted to try Yoga with Diego but I did not think that it would hold his attention. SInce Spanish is his first language he much prefers watching programs in Spanish. I am sure that he would LOVE this video!
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Yoga is a great way to get the kids moving, and living in the multicultural city we do they need to be learning Spanish to get the best job opportunities and there is no better time to learn that when they are young and having fun doing yoga and don’t even realize!
Well, since we work hard at getting the kids to listen as much Spanish as possible this would be great for them! I know they love to work out with me when I put on work out videos, this is even better because they will relate to the kids and listen to Spanish!
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I grew up speaking Spanish and now I’m trying to continue this with my kids. I would love the DVD
I blogged about this giveaway.
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This will help improve their Spanish language capabilities!
¡Hola!
Por fin, esto es lo que había estado esperando. Practiqué yoga hace algún tiempo y he querido introducir a mi hija en esta disciplina. Mi nena tiene 6 años y tiene pérdida parcial del oido. Esto le afecta en su equilibrio y ahora está tomando clases de educación física adaptada para ayudarle. Tenía un poco de temor de enseñarle yoga porque no estaba segura de que fuera adecuado para ella, pero con este video especial para niños, estoy mas que animada y no puedo esperar para que mi hija empiece a practicar yoga.
El hecho de que sea en español en grandioso, ya que en la escuela solo hablan inglés y quiero que siga practicando su español. Sería estupendo poder obtener el DVD. Gracias.
¿Yoga en español? ¡Suena grandioso! Me gustaría tratar con mi hija. Sería una avtividad super para tratar juntas. ¡Gran idea!
This is a fantastic idea. I teach yoga, and I want my child to be bilingual. I think yoga is great for kids as a way for them to focus, relax, and move their bodies. Spanish language is important because being monolingual is not going to help them in this world. Yes, please, I would love to win this.
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I’d love to win it so my kids can see that they can have fun while exercising and using their Spanish!
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They will be more relaxed and learn a little.. you can’t beat that!
Would love to win this to try with Jeremiah!
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I am a yoga therapist and my daughter Sofía (3) loves to do yoga and “ejercicios” with me. I started a Spanish home school (Cooperativo de Educación Natural) with some friends. We incorporate yoga and movement into our sessions and I would love to have it available in Spanish so I don’t have to struggle with translating it. This looks wonderful!
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