Leona Rickerby, a fully qualified yoga instructor, has recently opened Australia’s first children’s yoga studio. The ‘yoga for kids’ craze has really taken off in America with ‘yoga kids’, which is franchised all over the country, while England has their own popular ‘yoga bugs’. 

Leona says yoga, with its infinite health benefits, non competitive element and its super fun games and activities, is the perfect way for kids to exercise.  The increase in yoga’s popularity for children, both here in Australia and overseas, is testament to that. 

Yoga also promotes healthy sleeping and leads to better health and vitality. Most importantly yoga is FUN!  Leona’s children’s studio is currently located in Caulfield but will soon be branching out to other areas in Melbourne.

The studio "Yoga Advantage" also offers postnatal, Iyengar and Ashtanga classes to mums with babes. These classes gently get new mums into shape by strengthening the abdominals and relieving tension particularly in the neck, back and shoulders. Yoga can help with sleeping patterns and is very calming. The atmosphere at Leona’s studio is very peaceful and soothing. You can relax and connect with other mums while you get into shape.