Yoga Center of Jackson

06/13/2026

What if one yoga workshop could help you serve both the youngest and oldest members of your community — and maybe even open the door to a whole new line of business for you as a yoga teacher?

Yoga Across the Lifespan: Bridging Children’s Yoga & Senior Yoga is designed for yoga teachers, wellness professionals, educators, caregivers, and curious humans who know that yoga is not one-size-fits-all; and may provide you with the tools to feel an underserved need in your community.

And here is why this matters.

Grandparents, grand aunts, and uncles are not just sitting sweetly on the sidelines of family life. Many are right in the middle of it — helping after school, filling childcare gaps, picking children up, sharing snacks, offering wisdom, and occasionally wondering how one small person can require so many granola bars.

According to the Roosevelt Institute’s 2026 report, Who’s Minding the Kids These Days?, nearly 38% of children ages 5–10 spent time in grandparent care when a parent was working, in school, or otherwise unavailable. For children under age 5, the number was even higher: 47.2%!

That is not a tiny niche. That is a real family pattern.

And while that statistic is national, there is good reason to believe intergenerational caregiving may be especially meaningful here in the South. The U.S. Census Bureau has reported that states in the Southeast and Southwest have higher-than-average shares of adults living with grandchildren, and that many Southern states have higher-than-average percentages of grandparents living with grandchildren who are responsible for their care.

Add in the reality that many rural and smaller communities face limited childcare options, and the need becomes even clearer.

Studies show that children need more than screen time. They need to learn how to connect with others. Yoga that feels like play, imagination, rhythm, movement, and discovery is one such way.

Older adults often need yoga that honors wisdom, mobility, balance, breath, safety, and dignity.

And somewhere in the middle is a beautiful possibility: intergenerational yoga.

Think “Grandma and Me” classes. Grandparent and grandchild workshops. Movement, breath, laughter, connection, and maybe a little controlled chaos — because if children and grandparents are in the same room, something wonderfully unpredictable is probably going to happen.

For yoga teachers, this kind of training can open a new line of business: classes for families, senior centers, schools, churches, community centers, libraries, assisted living communities, and multigenerational programs.

But even more importantly, it can help us offer something our communities deeply need: spaces where generations connect, bodies are respected, children feel seen, elders feel included, and yoga becomes a bridge rather than a performance.

Intergenerational yoga class can help MAKE MEMORIES that will last a lifetime.

If you have ever wondered how to adapt yoga across ages, abilities, attention spans, and life stages, this workshop is for you.

Join us for Yoga Across the Lifespan on June 27.
Event details and registration:
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Be sure to look under the discussion tab to learn about the exceptional teachers leading this workshop.

Come learn, laugh, adapt, and imagine what your teaching might become next.

Sources referenced:
Roosevelt Institute, Who’s Minding the Kids These Days?
U.S. Census Bureau, Grandparents Living With Grandchildren
Center for American Progress, America’s Licensed Child Care Deserts

06/05/2026

Yoga Across the Lifespan: Bridging Children's Yoga & Senior Yoga

Are you a yoga teacher, educator, caregiver, therapist, or wellness professional looking to expand your skills and make a greater impact?

Join us for an inspiring and interactive workshop designed to help you confidently teach yoga to both children and seniors through connection, creativity, movement, and compassion.

✨ What You'll Learn:
✅ Children's Yoga Foundations
✅ Movement, Imagination & Play
✅ Emotional Regulation & Mindfulness for Children
✅ Teaching Strategies & Classroom Management
✅ Senior Yoga Foundations
✅ Balance, Mobility & Functional Movement
✅ Safety, Accessibility & Adaptations

🌿 Experience:
• Hands-on yoga practices
• Breathwork techniques
• Creative teaching activities
• Practical adaptations for all abilities
• Reflection and teach-back exercises
• Ready-to-use tools for your classes

Class Times and Description, Prices
Yoga Intermediate, Beginner, Gentle, Flow Yoga, Pilates $8 to 10

04/14/2026

Feeling like your anxiety comes out of nowhere and hijacks your body?
Heart racing, can’t catch your breath, head spinning—and “just breathe” does nothing?
Your body is not betraying you. It’s trying to protect you.

• Anxiety is your body sending emergency signals up the vagus nerve to your brain.
• When your body goes into panic mode, you can’t talk yourself out of it—you need a strong, physical interruption.
• Try this 3-step reset:
1. Sit on the edge of your seat, feet flat, spine tall.
2. Do three “drowning man” breaths (fully out, hold empty, then a big, full inhale; repeat).
3. Then feel your body: toes, hands, temperature, sensations; finally add a bit of movement (supported squats, toe raises, clapping).
Transition to “watcher” idea (2–3 lines):
There’s also a quiet superpower you can practice between anxiety spikes: becoming the watcher. When you gently observe yourself—your thoughts, your body, your patterns—your behavior starts to change. You step out of the anxiety loop and back onto a calmer road.

This is one of the tools we will teach in The Unstuck Yogi. This workshop is for anxious, wired, can’t-shut-off brains who want a kinder relationship with their bodies. If you’d like more somatic, nervous-system-based practices like this, call the Yoga Center of Jackson today to reserve your spot (April 25th- 26th).