Kids Yoga
Sedona Yoga Festival is delighted to offer a full weekend of open-to-the-public yoga activities for kids ages 6–13.
Programming is scheduled to coincide with adult classes.
So much fun to be had! Acro yoga, yoga dance, music, art, and much more.
By donation.
Join us for a vibrant weekend full of FREE YOGA activities for kids at the Sedona Yoga Festival, March 14–17, 2024! Open to the public, we invite your little ones to stretch, play, and explore yoga in fun ways.
- Yoga mats and materials provided
- A gadget-free zone for focused fun (No cell phones)
- Remember to pack water and snacks
- Activities running Friday – Sunday, 8 am – 5 pm
- Unsupervised lunch break from 12:00-1:00 pm daily
- Hour-long classes with continuous supervision during open hours
- Release forms for participants available on-site
- For parents wanting to join, use the code KIDSYOGA for 10% off any SYF2024 pass!
Please note: Kids Yoga Instructors at Sedona Yoga Festival all have fingerprint clearance cards, so your children are in the best hands. We take the safety of our children seriously. The staff and volunteers that run the SYF kid’s yoga program are experienced and professional.
Donation tickets for 2024 can be found on the Tickets page.
Day 1 – Friday
8:00 AM Hello, Sun! Salutations and Love!
Amee Smith
9:00 AM Fun with the Elements
Melissa Camacho
10:00 AM Kids Yoga with Jacqui
Jacqui Cully
11:00 AM Unity Flow
Ruthann Braccini
1:00 PM Kirtan with Kids
Kathy Saephanh
2:00 PM Yoga Motion
Lou Ann Bruck
3:00 PM Kids Yoga with Angela
Angela Valesquez
4:00 PM Sensory Art Yoga
Shandra Ryan
Day 2 – Saturday
8:00 AM Yoga Motion
Lou Ann Bruck
9:00 AM Bugs and Bodies
Kathy Cristofono
9:00 AM Bugs and Bodies
Kathy Cristofono
10:00 AM Mindfulness Practices for Kids
Nicole Wilson
11:00 AM Unity Flow
Ruthann Braccini
1:00 PM Kids Music with Deborah
Deborah Heron Williams
2:00 PM Magical Variety Show
Michael Steele
3:00 PM Fun Science
Laurie Altringer
4:00 PM Kid's Kirtan with Jacqueline
Jacqueline Michelle Rosen
Day 3 – Sunday
8:00 AM Kids Yoga with Amy
Amy Alexander
9:00 AM The Giant Jumperee
Kathy Cristofono
10:00 AM Dance with Your Yoga Friends
Ana Camacho- Hansen
11:00 AM Balance & Breath
with Pickles Lea!
1:00 PM Martial Arts Movement & Yoga
Kathy Saephanh
2:00 PM Kids Yoga with Jacqui
Jacqui Cully
3:00 PM Sensory Art Yoga
Shandra Ryan
4:00 PM Hello, Sun! Salutations & Love!
Amee Smith
Meet the 2024 Kids Yoga Instructors
Amee Smith
Amee Smith has been involved in yoga studies since 2003 when she received her first 200 hr Yoga Teacher Certification at 7 Centers here in Sedona! Now with well over 600 hrs Yoga teacher training, her background spans Hatha, Kundalini, Pre-Natal, Kids, Yoga Therapy and where her heart is most currently and divinely guided, Conflict Resolution. Through her own healing and recovery experience, she has worked in dual-diagnosis treatment as a technician and group facilitator teaching yoga, meditation/mindfulness. Amee enjoys working with special needs children and disabled adults and is committed to the health and support of our most vulnerable. An ordained minister, lover of the earth, all faces of healing and circles of bodies, she is thrilled to be playing and teaching kid’s yoga again this year in Sedona!
Laurie Altringer
Laurie Altringer is the founder and director of the Science Vortex of the Verde Valley, a children’s STEAM center (science, technology, engineering, art, and math) located in Cottonwood, Arizona. She is a certified teacher with over 20 years of teaching experience who is passionate about challenging children with fun STEAM projects that enhance their problem-solving, creativity, and perseverance skills.
Candace Lea
Candace aka Pickles Lea is the owner of Pickles Lea Yoga. Pickles Lea Yoga is a 501 (c) 3 Nonprofit community-based yoga company in Prescott, AZ. All the classes are FREE if you NEED them to be! Look for Pickles dressed in her Pickles costume sharing the love of yoga with the community!
Candace has been practicing Yoga all over the US and Mexico for many years. You might find her on her mat on the beach or in the forest where she is surrounded by fresh air and nature. In 2021 she decided to take a Yoga Teacher Training to deepen her own practice and would now love to share this passion of Yoga with the community. She teaches Hatha yoga. “I love to create a fun, yet peaceful and energetic class that will leave you feeling so wonderful!
I am trained in Trauma Conscious Yoga and I am honored to create a safe space for you to explore.” www.picklesleayoga.org
Ana Camacho Hansen
Ana Camacho Hansen is an expert in children’s yoga and children’s mindfulness. Ana teaches peace curriculum, kids’ mindfulness, and kids’ yoga at local Sedona schools. She specializes in teaching yoga to children with special needs and sensory issues. Ana also teaches hatha yoga, chakra yoga, and vipassana meditation. Ana is the lead director of Sedona Sol Yoga’s 100-hour Children’s Yoga Program and 200-hour Hatha Yoga and Ayurveda Program. She is also the author of H is for Headstand: A Yoga Alphabet Book. For more information,go to SedonaSolJoyfulKidsYoga.com
Melissa Camacho
Melissa Camacho is licensed in Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine and an expert in her field. She is also an Ayurvedic doctor. Melissa Camacho is the president of the board of Growing Peaceful Hearts, Bodies, and Minds, a non profit organization that teaches peace education to children. When she is not in her clinic, Sedona Sol Acupuncture and Ayurveda, she is dedicated to helping the children in her community.
Lou Ann Bruck
Lou Ann Bruck has taught children, teenagers and adults, Yoga and Zumba. She’s also been a pharmacist.
She loves laughing and moving with kids of all ages! Yoga ‘Motion’ originated with Body and Brain Center
uptown Sedona. She became a yoga instructor over twenty years ago. Many of the Yoga postures and exercises
she does can activate the energy centers in the body, helping to create balance and harmony in the body, mind
and spirit. She hopes you can join her for the fun!
Kathy Cristofono
Cathy Cristofono loves working with children of all ages. She is a dedicated mother and caretaker! She will complete her yoga instructor certification in April of 2024. She is a seeker of truth, harmony, and balance. She loves her family and friends. She hopes you join her for fun and yoga!
Deborah Williams
Deborah has been a full-time elementary teacher at both Montessori and Waldorf Schools, with a yoga practice on the side as a means for health and wellness. After many years, she shifted out of full-time elementary teaching, and around that same time, her local studio offered its first 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training Certification. It became apparent that the moment had come to deepen her practice and prepare to become a yoga teacher. Deborah enjoys incorporating yoga into her elementary classes with children in the past. She currently teaches at the Sanctuary at Sedona and at the Cottonwood Hot Yoga studio. She also owns and operates her own Floating Yoga business and takes people out on inflatable paddleboards to practice yoga at the convergence of the Verde River and Oak Creek.
Kathy Saephanh
A yoga student shared once one word to describe Kathy, and that word was Authentic. Kathy has a youthful, fun and practical approach to sharing yoga and meditation with others. Practicing yoga since her teens, she brings with her the understanding and importance of growth, and how yoga is essential as one undergoes changes in their life. Yoga is life, and she loves to live it!
Michael Steele
Magical Michael Steele has been entertaining audiences with his magic/yo-yo/juggling variety show throughout Sedona and the Verde Valley for almost 45 years. His rapport with children is as amazing as his magic and yo-yo tricks.
Ruth Ann Braccini
Ruthann, a 500 E-RYT and RCYT through Yoga Alliance, is passionate about teaching youth yoga. Since her early years, she has explored wellness and holistic health. Initially drawn to yoga for better flexibility, her practice evolved, enhancing all aspects of her life. Ruthann actively pursues education, participating in various trainings to enrich her practice and share her growing knowledge with clients. Certified in children’s yoga, including Asana for Autism and Special Needs, she creates inclusive classes for children of diverse backgrounds and abilities. Ruthann’s goal is to make yoga, fitness, mindfulness and wellness accessible to everyone, dedicating herself to guiding students toward their best selves.
Nicole Wilson
Nicole is curious, creative, a lover of nature, and an advocate for self-care. She is a licensed massage therapist (LMT), a Certified Yoga Instructor, a Certified McLean Meditation Instructor (CMMI), and a MMI Mindfulness@Work trainer. Her work is based on a collocation of studies, passions, and tools that help people feel more at peace in their personal and professional lives.
Angela Velasquez
Angela Velasquez is a dedicated yoga practitioner who has incorporated yoga into her life for the past six years. For Angela, yoga is not just a practice but a way of life. It has had a profound impact on her overall well-being, allowing her to cultivate mindfulness and be more present in every aspect of her life.
Recognizing the transformative power of yoga, Angela has a deep desire to share this practice with others. She firmly believes that yoga is not only beneficial for the physical body but also for the mind and soul. Through her own personal journey with yoga, Angela has experienced firsthand how it can create a profound mind-body connection and enhance one’s overall quality of life.
To deepen her knowledge and share her passion for yoga, Angela is currently undergoing yoga teacher training. This training will equip her with the necessary skills, techniques, and understanding to guide and inspire others on their yoga journey. Angela is committed to creating a safe and inclusive space for her future students, where they can explore the transformative power of yoga and discover their own inner strength and peace.
Shandra Ryan
Shandra Ryan is the director of Conscious Education, a local non-profit organization supporting youth and families through nature based art, mindfulness and fitness programs. She has taught elementary school and special education and is a certified children’s yoga instructor. She is a native to Sedona and has raised her three children here.
Jacqui Cully
Jacquelyn is a yoga teacher for all ages but specializes in teaching children the yogic techniques to create soothing emotional transitions to help build pro-social behaviors. These techniques include yoga nidra to facilitate intention-setting; pranayama to help calm fluctuations in the nervous system; as well as asana to develop positive relationships to our body and our capacity to build strength. She is certified in 300 hours of yoga-teacher training from 7 Centers Yoga with an emphasis on conflict resolution using the yoga sutras and is finishing her certification in children’s yoga at Sedona Sol Yoga. In addition to teaching yoga, Jacquelyn has her own consulting business that focuses on fundraising for non-profits like Moving Medicine Forward, which educates physicians on disease reversal through plant-based nutrition.
Jacqueline Michelle Rosen
I began practicing yoga when I was 15 years old at a local gym in my hometown of Sydney, Australia. At the time, I was balancing being a model and a high school student. Yoga helped me consistently stay grounded. When I moved to Los Angeles, I was introduced to Bryan Kest Power Yoga and met my husband Govind Das. During that time, though there were many great things happening in my life, I was struggling with myself acceptance and loving myself. I knew that I needed to work on myself and learn to love myself from the inside out. With my husband‘s guidance, I trained to be a yoga teacher and began teaching at Power Yoga, private lessons, and teaching at Sony Pictures Entertainment for over 10 years.