Your Guide to the City’s Best Yoga Studios for Families
Find your inner peace at these om-azing yoga studios that offer classes for every age and stage, including mamas-to-be, dads and babes, toddlers, tweens and teens.
The daily dash from school to soccer practice to dance lessons leaves little time for parents (and kids) to find some calm in their days. But there’s an easy way to slow down and refocus—add yoga to your family’s routine. In addition to yoga’s many benefits for adults, it can help little yogis’ physical health and mental well-being as well as increase their flexibility, strength and coordination and help them relax, focus and boost their self-confidence. If you’re ready to give yoga a try with your kids, scroll down for a list of our favorite places.
Be One Yoga aims to spark a child’s inner yogini by mixing in music, crafts, picture books, puppets and more. Kids ages 3-13 can take age-appropriate classes to help them practice yoga skills, giving them a greater sense of body awareness and interpersonal skills through balancing poses, breathing exercises and cooperative games. Classes are conveniently scheduled during adult hot yoga, so the whole family can practice at the same time.
Be One Yoga Studio 11220 N.E. 124th St., Ste. 101 Kirkland, WA 98034 425-820-9642 Online: beoneyogastudio.com
Parents can share yoga with their children or take time to unwind sans kids. Psst! Limber Yoga offers childcare during grownup yoga classes! There’s Kids and Family Yoga classes and a super-fun Toddler Yoga Play. Kids yoga is broken up into age-specific classes where kids ages 3-16 learn yoga postures, breathing techniques and basic meditations to help build confidence, teach mindfulness, and manage stress. During Family Yoga, you’ll learn yoga postures, breath awareness and creative play through movement and relaxation. Toddler Open Gym gives tykes a place to play, stretch, breathe, dance and meet new friends. It’s also a great place for mom and dad to recharge and chat with other parents.
Good to Know: Limber Yoga offers an extensive program of pre and postnatal classes, including Couples Yoga for Labor as well as Limber Babies, a mom and baby class that allows new moms to regain strength and flexibility while connecting with other new parents. See their website for more details.
This innovative, family focused yoga studio meets the needs of families at every stage of growth. Family yoga is a great way to learn poses and movement while getting quality time with your crew. Breathing, stretching, relaxing, partner poses and mindfulness exercises are taught to help calm the mind and body of kids (and their adults). Each month, YogaFamily focuses on a different theme and incorporates play, songs, and games in each class. All teachers at YogaFamily are specifically trained to work with children, so they’re experts at making classes fun and engaging.
22218 S.E. 272nd St. Maple Valley, WA 98038 206-280-1728 Online: yogafamilyinc.com
Discover Yoga teaches yoga principles to kids of all ages in a fun and engaging way, encouraging emotional growth and physical well-being. This Redmond studio offers Yoga for Pregnancy, Infant and Me Yoga, Kid Yoga, and Tween and Teen Yoga. Discover Yoga also aims to help children see the connection they share with each other, with the planet and with the universe as a whole.
Discover Yoga 15744 Redmond Way Redmond, WA 98052 425-861-1318 Online: discoveryoga.com
Yoga for Pregnancy and Infant and Me Yoga (partners are welcome) Cost: $20/2-class pass for new students; $80/5-class pass; $150/10-class pass; $270/20-class pass. Monthly and annual passes also available.
Kid Yoga (ages 3-5) Cost: $15/drop-in class; $50/4-class series
Kid Yoga (ages 6-9) Cost: $16/drop-in class; $55/4-class series
Tween and Teen Yoga Cost: $17/drop-in class; $60/4-class series
Games, music, storytelling and art are integrated into Kids Yoga (ages 5-10) at 8 Limbs’ Phinney Ridge and West Seattle studios. Little yogis will learn kid-style asana (postures) and pranayama (breathing) in a playful, supportive and safe environment. 8 Limbs also offers Tween Yoga at its Wedgwood and Phinney Ridge studios. Youth ages 10-14 will learn techniques for self-awareness and inner peace; helping them manage life situations from a place of calm and strength. Check the schedule for family yoga workshops where parents and kids can practice yoga together. You and your little ones will learn poses, breathing exercises, mediation and relaxation techniques in a fun family workshop.
8 Limbs Yoga Center – Phinney Ridge 6801 Greenwood Ave. N. Seattle, WA 98103 206-432-9609
Kids Yoga (ages 10-15). View schedule online. Cost: $140/8-week series; $98/additional sibling (parents can drop off)
8 Limbs Yoga Center – Wedgwood 7345 35th Ave. N.E. Seattle, WA 98115 206-523-9722
Tween Yoga (girls ages 10-13) Cost: $140/8-week series; $98/additional sibling (parents can drop off)
8 Limbs Yoga Center – West Seattle 4546 1/2 California Ave. S.W. Seattle, WA 98116 206-933-9642
Pre/Postnatal Yoga. This mixed class is open to moms, moms-to-be and newborns. Classes embrace the perinatal journey from pregnancy through motherhood. Cost: Varies; call for details
8 Limbs Yoga Center – Capitol Hill 500 E. Pike St. Seattle, WA 98122 206-325-8221
Postnatal Yoga. This Hatha-style class works gently to regain abdominal tone and body strength while addressing pain in the shoulders, back and pelvis. Dads and newborns are welcome, Cost: Varies; call for details
Prenatal Yoga. Practice the art of relaxation through breath awareness, reduce physical tension and safely prepare for labor. Classes are ongoing and may be started at anytime. Cost: Varies; call for details
Ballard’s Kula Movement covers all the kid stages—from before birth through teen years. Relax with yoga while you’re expecting; then, join a gentle mom and baby class when your little one is just two weeks old. Once your tyke is toddling around the yoga mats, it’s time for Kids Yoga. These classes for kids ages 3-9 teach yoga though play and encourage healthy, fit lifestyles. Tween and Teen Yoga is the next step for kids ages 10-15. This yoga series not only promotes inner strength and confidence, but also teaches concentration, cooperation with others and how to regulate emotions.
Kula Movement 5340 Ballard Ave. N.W. Seattle, WA 98107 206-972-2999 Online: kulamovement.com
Classes: Prenatal, Mom & Baby (2 weeks to early walkers), Kids Yoga (ages 3-9), Tween and Teen (ages 10-15)
