yoga with ms. homa : about

oga is an independent practice. It's not about being better or worse than anyone else. By practicing, children will see personal progress. They will learn to listen to their bodies to get signals for their own accomplishments. My aim will be to help them gain a higher self-esteem by getting to know their bodies better. From balance to flexibility to trying challenging positions, yoga strengthens the mind (focus), body (coordination) and more
importantly a child's sense of self (confidence).

Every child is unique in his/her way of learning and experiencing the world. In addition to my yoga routines, I incorporate stories, games, music and fun props to achieve Harvard University educator Howard Gardner's theory of "multiple intelligences" in the yoga class.

I look forward to welcoming children 2½ to 11 year-olds (classes are appropriately grouped by age) into 45 minutes of fun while exercising their mind and body during our yoga practice. Respecting others as well as oneself will be a central focus of the class.

A teacher for over 10 years. A practicing Yogi since age 10.

After teaching in self-contained classrooms at elementary schools for over ten years, Ms. Homa decided to take a few years off to stay home and become more involved in her own two sons' growing desire to learn.

Having successfully used elements of yoga in her daily teachings as a teacher, recognizing its benefits, and remembering her own first yoga lesson at age 10, she wanted to share her love of yoga with more children.

After completing the It's Yoga Kids training at their studio at San Francisco's Presidio in the fall of 2006, she engaged students grades K-6 in a one-hour after school yoga class in January of 2007. With the overwhelming enthusiasm it received, Ms. Homa was happy to return and continue offering her fun and engaging yoga classes after school.

She has also shared her love for yoga with children ages 2½ through 5 years old since summer of 2007. With her certification to teach children yoga, Ms. Homa is enthusiastic about teaching more classes at local yoga studios, other elementary schools, and preschools.

Her 10+ years experience working with students from Kindergarten to 6th grade has deepened her knowledge on tapping a students' physical as well as intellectual interests and applying that to make each yoga class appropriately challenging and fun for all.

Homa Hanjani Tabatabai is a licensed California School Teacher and certified Yoga Instructor: