Summer Camp
Summer Camp
Stay tuned for details about Summer Camp 2022!
Starting in late June 2022, Circle Yoga will again be filled with joyful sounds of campers! We'll offer full-day camp (9am-3pm) for kids ages 6-12 and half-day camp (9am-12pm) for kids ages 4-7. Look for dates and details this December.
Camp Activities
Yoga
Relaxation
Journaling
Crafts
Meditation
Play at the park
Story reading and creating
Mindful movement
Mindfulness camp songs
Creating a strong sense of community
Encouraging cooperation and compassion
Making new friends and greeting old camp friends
This is a camp where kids can be kids—free from competition and pressure. Through yoga and mindfulness-based activities, campers have fun and they learn skills for reducing stress, fully accepting and valuing who they are, and respecting others.
Yoga and meditation are on the agenda at mindfulness-focused summer camps
The Washington Post Express
by Angela Haupt, March 14, 2018
...If mindfulness-oriented camps are gradually becoming more mainstream, Circle Yoga’s Summer Camp was ahead of the trend. The program has been offered for more than 15 years... “Many kids come back for several weeks each summer and return year after year,” instructor Linda Feldman says.
Kids kick off the day coloring mandalas, then sing mindfulness-themed camp songs so popular with families that the studio turned them into a CD. They do a playful yoga session, with moves like “yoga freeze dance,” plus breathing exercises, guided meditation and a foot massage. They have snacks in a Zen garden and free playtime in a local playground, and they spend time silent journaling. “You’d be amazed how they do this for 20 minutes — they love it,” Feldman says. “It gives kids the permission to just find some stillness, ease, creativity and joy.” More
