30 Easy-To-Do Yoga Games & Poses for Kids

Today’s competitive world has put a lot of burden and stress on everyone.  Even children and teenagers are not untouched by it. They are loaded with heavy books to make their future bright. No time for extra-curricular activities and consuming junk food collectively makes your kid’s lifestyle unhealthy. The most excellent way to keep your little one healthy and hearty is yoga. We’re giving you fun yoga games and poses with your kids. Yoga helps to improve concentration, boost confidence and reduce stress in children. So, here are 30 amazing fun yoga poses for your kids.

Yoga Games For Kids

Yoga games for kids can be a fun and engaging way to introduce them to yoga. Here are a few ideas:

  1. Yoga Freeze: Play music and have the kids practice various yoga poses. When the music stops, they have to freeze in the pose they were in. You can call out different poses for them, making it a fun challenge.
  2. Yoga Memory: Create a memory game with yoga pose cards. Place the cards face down and have the kids flip them over, trying to find matching pairs of poses. As they find a match, they can practice the pose together.
  3. Yoga Charades: Write down different yoga poses on small pieces of paper and place them in a bowl. Each child takes a turn picking a pose and acting it out without speaking while the others guess what pose it is.
  4. Yoga Simon Says: Play a game of Simon Says with yoga poses. Take turns being the “Simon” and giving instructions for specific poses. For example, “Simon says, strike a tree pose” or “Simon says, do a downward-facing dog.”
  5. Yoga Storytime: Incorporate yoga poses into a storytelling activity. Choose a theme or a book, and as you read the story, have the kids act out different poses that relate to the characters or events in the story.
  6. Yogi Says: Similar to Simon Says but with a yoga twist. Take turns being the “Yogi” and giving instructions for yoga poses. For example, “Yogi says, stand tall like a mountain” or “Yogi says, balance like a flamingo.”
  7. Yoga Relay Race: Set up stations with different yoga poses. Divide the kids into teams and have them race from one station to another, striking the pose correctly before moving on to the next station. The team that completes the relay first wins.

Yoga Partner Poses For Kids

1. Viparita Virabhadrasana (Reverse Warrior Pose)

To make the following pose a partner pose, you can challenge the kids always to keep the back foot together. Once the “bow” pose is reached, you can have them touch hands before going to the normal position.

Benefits: This posture helps to open the ribs and makes the body more flexible. It also gives a boost to self-confidence.

  • Stand straight and breathe in.
  • Slide your right leg outwards, but both legs should be in the same line.
  • You can bend your right knee slightly while the left knee should be straight and locked.
  • Keep your right hand upwards.
  • Bend your right hand towards your left side. Keep in mind that your palm should be towards the ceiling.
  • Keep your left hand downwards and straight.
  • Place your left palm on your left knee.
  • Bend your body a little towards your right side.
  • Look upwards and keep your breathing regular.
  • Stay in this position for 30 seconds.
  • Return to the original position by putting your right hand down, straightening your left leg and standing erect. Repeat the same with the other side.
Reverse Warrior Yoga Pose
2. Navasana (Partner Boat Pose/Double Boat Pose)

This is a fun yoga for your kids. Your kids will surely love this one.

Benefits: It improves the digestion system, strengthens your backbone and helps you to learn teamwork. It is a great stress-buster pose.

  • Sit down facing your partner.
  • Both of you raise your legs slightly upwards. Join your toes with the partner’s toes.
  • Now, raise your hands and hold each other’s hands.
  • Use some pressure and push your partner’s soles.
  • Breathe normally and return to the original state by putting your feet down slowly and then releasing your hands.
  • Finally, sit in a relaxed position.
Partner Boat Yoga Pose
3. Rainbow Pose

Benefits: This posture helps stretch the arm, abdomen, chest, and spinal cord. It also helps to calm down the stressed mind.

  • Begin by kneeling on the ground.
  • Keep your backbone straight. From head to tailbone, your body should be straight.
  • Raise your left hand upwards and bend it on your right side.
  • Keep your right hand downwards, and don’t bend your right elbow.
  • Stay in this position for several seconds.
  • Repeat this pose with the other hand.
Rainbow Yoga Pose
4. Setu Bandha Sarvangasana (Bridge Pose)

A position that can easily change into a partner position by keeping the feet together.

Benefits: It helps to stretch your back and neck. It is an excellent yoga posture to remove stress and depression, strengthen the legs, and improve digestion.

  • Breathe in and lie down supine on the floor.
  • Put your hands on the floor with your palms facing downwards.
  • Bend your knees. From knees to toes, your legs should be straight.
  • Breathe out, use some strength and push your body upwards. From chest to knees, the body should be upwards.
  • Stay in this pose for 5-10 seconds.
  • Breathe out and lower your body.
Bridge Yoga Pose
5. Utkatasana (Chair Pose)

Benefits: This posture helps strengthen the legs and stretches the shoulders.

  • Stand straight and have the children look at each other.
  • Inhale, raise your hands upwards and stretch your body a little.
  • Bend your knees enough to stand correctly. Then reach out for each other’s hand.
  • Breathe normally and hold this pose for a few seconds.
  • Straighten your legs while breathing in, and bring down your hands while exhaling.
Chair Yoga Pose

More Yoga Poses For Kids

Practicing these poses are a great way to start playing the games as they might need some knowledge before you will be able to play the yoga games in the first place.

1. Urdhva Mukha Svanasana (Upward Facing Dog Pose)

Benefits: It makes the spinal cord strong. This posture not only opens your chest but stretches it too. It decreases the stress level and helps with asthma.  

  • Lie on the floor with your face down.
  • Place your palms on the ground.
  • Raise your hands by your shoulders, keeping your elbows locked.
  • Step 4- Now, use a little strength and push your body from head to waist upwards.
  • Breathe normally.
  • Keep your legs straightened, and your knees should be straight and locked.
  • Stay in this posture for 25-30 seconds.
Upward Facing Dog Yoga Pose
2. Ardha Bhekasana (Frog Pose)

Benefits: This yoga posture maintains your health by improving the functioning of your heart. It also helps to tone your legs.

  • Bend your knees and sit down.
  • Place your palms on the ground, but make sure your knees don’t touch the floor.
  • Breathe normally and shift your body weight on your hands by leaning forward.
  • Slowly and gently raise your soles upwards and put a little pressure on your toes.
  • Slowly put your soles on the floor and stand up.
Frog Yoga Pose
3. Mermaid Pose  

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Benefits: It helps to make your body more flexible, especially the backbone and the lower abdomen.

  • Bend your knees and sit down.
  • Bend your left leg backwards and slide your right leg inside your left leg.
  • The sole of your right foot should touch your right knee. Inhale and exhale normally.
  • Place your left palm on your left toe.
  • Raise your right hand upwards. Your right palm should be towards your face.
  • Look at your palm, keeping your face upwards.
  • Keep your body in this position for a few breaths.
  • Lower down your hand and return to the original posture.
4. Dekasana (Airplane Pose)

Benefits: This yoga posture helps to increase the concentration level. It teaches kids to maintain balance and helps to strengthen the legs, the chest and hands.

  • Breathe in and stand straight.
  • Put your right leg forward. Both your knees should be straight and locked.
  • Lean your body a little forward.
  • Raise your arms upwards on either side to maintain your balance. Your body pose should be like a flying aeroplane.
  • Stay in this posture for a few seconds.
  • Put your arms down and stand straight.
Airplane Yoga Pose

5. Vriksasana (Tree Pose)

Benefits: It helps to balance your body and stretches the chest. It also assists in strengthening your legs and hands.

  • Inhale and stand erect.
  • Put your left sole upwards, but keep your toe on the floor.
  • Your left sole should be on the floor and touch your right toe.
  • To balance yourself, extend your hands upwards.
  • Your right leg should be straight and right knee should be locked.
  • Look upwards and breathe normally.
  • Stay in this position for 5-7 seconds.
  • Repeat this pose with the other leg.
6. Anjali Mudra (Salutation Seal)

Benefits: This yoga pose is a great stress-buster, relaxing your body and providing peace of mind.

  • Breathe in and sit down, crossing your legs.
  • Join both your palms together while inhaling. Place your hands in such a manner as if you are doing a prayer. Your back should be straight.
  • Stay in this position for 1 minute or so and breathe normally, then profoundly.
7. Balasana (Flower Pose)

Benefits: Flower pose helps to build strength, as well as helps to improve balance.

  • Sit on the floor and keep your spinal cord straight.
  • Bend your legs, and both your knees should be pointed in the opposite direction.
  • Hold your legs with your hands.
  • Now, slowly lift your legs upwards.
  • Stay in this position for a few seconds.
  • Lower your legs gently.
Flower Yoga Pose
8. Adho Mukha Svanasana (Downward Facing Dog Pose)

Benefits: This yoga posture helps to calm your mind and provides energy to your body. It stretches the upper body area, which helps to relieve headaches and back pain.

  • Take a deep breath and stand erect.
  • Now, bend your body from waist to head, downwards.
  • Place your palms on the floor.
  • Push your butt upwards. Your elbows shouldn’t be bent.
  • Pull your soles upwards.
  • Breathe normally and stay in this pose for a few seconds.
  • Return to the original posture while exhaling.
Downward Facing Dog Yoga Pose
9 . Star Pose

Benefits: The star pose helps to improve your balance and also helps in stretching the chest and shoulders. This pose also helps to build up strength.

  • Take a deep breath and stand erect.
  • Slide your legs apart from each other.
  • Raise your hands upwards on either side. Your elbows should not be bent. Your body posture should be in a star shape. Breathe normally.
  • Stay in this posture for a few seconds.
  • Lower your hands and stand straight.
Star Yoga Pose
10. Kite Pose (Falling Star)

Benefits: This pose helps to strengthen the legs, stretches the arms and improves balance.

  • Start with the star pose.
  • Slide your right leg backwards and raise it to the floor.
  • Shift your body weight to your left leg.
  • Lean towards your left leg.
  • Stay in this position for 5-10 seconds.
  • Lower your hands down and stand straight.
Falling Star Yoga Pose
11. Ananda Balasana (Happy Baby Pose)

Benefits: Happy baby pose helps to soothe the mind and body and decreases stress. It also stretches the spinal cord.

  • Inhale and lay down supine on the floor.
  • Breathe out and bend your knees towards your belly.
  • Hold your feet with your palms.
  • Stay in this position for 5 to 7 seconds.
  • Gently lower your legs.
Happy Baby Yoga Pose

12. Balasana (Child’s Pose)

Benefits: The child’s pose stretches the legs and hips. Besides this, it also helps in calming the mind down.

  • Inhale, bend your knees backwards and sit down.
  • Now, breathe normally and bend your body forward.
  • Put your hands backwards and keep your knuckles on the floor.
  • Put your head down and keep your forehead on the ground
  • Make sure that your bent body touches your thighs.
  • Stay in this position for a few relaxing breaths.
  • Put your hands forward and sit down.
Child Yoga Pose
13. Dhanurasana (Floor Bow Pose)

Benefits: This yoga posture helps the kids in improving their body posture, stretching out their whole body and helps in strengthening the back muscles.

  • Lie down prone on the ground.
  • Bend your knees while exhaling.
  • Keep your hands backwards. Hold your toes with your palms.
  • Stretch your body and look forward.
  • Stay in this position for 5-7 seconds.
  • Then, release your toes and lie comfortably.
Floor Bow Yoga Pose
14. Crescent Moon Pose

Benefits: Crescent moon pose helps in relieving stress. It stretches your abdomen, hands and spinal cord.

  • Breathe in and stand erect.
  • Raise your hands upwards while inhaling. Your fingers should be towards the ceiling.
  • Join your palms.
  • Exhale and bend your body slightly towards your right side.
  • Stay in this position for a few seconds.
  • Then, inhale and stand erect. Bring your arms down while exhaling.
  • Repeat this pose on the left side.
15. Marjaryasana Bitilasana (Cat Cow Pose)

Benefits: Cat cow pose massages the organs and spinal cord gently, and helps in stretching the neck and the torso.

  • Kneel down. Remember, your knees should be underneath your hips, and your hands should be underneath your shoulders.
  • Your hands should be straight, and your elbows shouldn’t be bent.
  • Let your tummy slightly sink towards the floor while inhaling. Look towards the ceiling. (Cow pose)
  • Now, exhale and slightly raise your tummy towards the ceiling. Look towards your belly. (Cat pose)
  • Repeat this pose 2-3 times.
Cat Cow Yoga Pose
Cat Cow Yoga Pose
16. Shooting Stars Breathing Exercise

Benefits: This yoga pose relieves the body from mild depression, insomnia, and fatigue.

  • Take a deep breath and sit cross-legged.
  • Now, raise your hands upwards above your head.
  • Then, bring down your hands to your sides while exhaling. Your hands should be in the “V” position.
  • Open up your palms, and your fingers should not touch each other.
  • Stay in this position for several seconds.
  • Lower down your hands slowly and sit for a while.
17. Dolphin Pose/Shark Pose

Benefits: Dolphin pose, or shark pose provides many benefits, like stretching the hips and upper body, fights with depression, relieving headaches and backaches, providing energy to the body, and strengthening the legs and hands.

  • Kneel. Put your hands below your shoulders and knees below your hips.
  • Your palms should be on the floor, and your fingers should be spaced out from each other. Your back should be straight.
  • Breathe out and lift your hips while straightening your knees.
  • Raise your soles. Only your toes should be on the floor.
  • Your hands should be on the floor from elbows to palms. Keep your breathing regular. Clasp the knuckles of both palms.
  • Your body should be in “/” shape.
  • Stay in this position for a few seconds.
  • Straighten your body and return to the original pose.
Shark Yoga Pose

18. Virabhradhrasana II (Warrior II Pose)

Benefits: Warrior pose II helps in stretching the body, especially the spinal cord and the hands. It also helps to get rid of backaches.

  • Inhale and stand erect. Your feet should be apart from each other.
  • Breath out and bend your right knee.
  • Slide your left leg backwards and lock your left knee.
  • Keep your spinal cord straight.
  • Stretch your hands and raise them up to your shoulders.
  • From right palm to the left palm, your hands should form a perfect 180° angle. Your elbows should be straight.
  • Look towards the fingertips of the right hand.
  • Stay in this position for a few seconds. Then, lower your hands and straighten your legs while inhaling.
  • Repeat this pose on the other side.
Warrior II  Yoga Pose
19. Simhasana (Lion Pose)

Benefits: The lion pose helps stretch the lower body, relieving stress and calming the mind.

  • Inhale, bend your knees backwards and sit down.
  • Put your palms on your knees. Spread out your fingers.
  • Exhale and bend your body a little forward.
  • Inhale deep through the nose.
  • Open your mouth and take out your tongue.
  • Exhale out through your mouth,, making a loud ‘Roar’.
  • Repeat this pose many times.
Lion Yoga Pose
20. Uttanasana (Ragdoll Pose)

Benefits: The ragdoll pose relaxes the mind and stretches your back, neck and legs.

  • Breathe in and stand erect.
  • Put your hands towards the ceiling.
  • Bend your body from the waist to the head forward.
  • Try to touch your toes with your palms.
  • Take a deep breath. First, nod your head yes, and then shake it no.
  • Stay in this position for a few seconds.
  • Slowly straighten your back and stand straight.
Ragdoll Yoga Pose
21. Trikonasana (Triangle Pose)

Benefits: The triangle pose helps stretch and strengthen the hands, spinal cord and chest. It also aids in improving the digestion system.

  • Stand straight and inhale.
  • Apart from your feet while exhaling. Both your knees should be locked.
  • Raise your hands towards the ceiling and stretch your body upwards.
  • Bend your body on your right side.
  • Lower your right hand and put it on your ankle.
  • Lock your elbows and look towards your raised left palm.
  • Stay in this position for several seconds.
  • Stand straight and repeat this pose with your left leg.
Triangle Yoga Pose