Our Kids' Yoga classes provide a holistic approach, focusing on your child's health and emotional strengths. For over 25 years, we've been the sole provider of kids' yoga classes for the Midwest, West Coast, and South, ensuring your child's comprehensive development.
Children develop strength, focus, and flexibility along with kindness, compassion, self-regulation, and inner peace. We aim to instill values that guide them not only in yoga but also in becoming better individuals amidst life's challenges.
Our efforts to bring yoga awareness to young minds have led our students to participate in USA Yoga competitions and earn national and international medals. We are proud to say that most of the children who have attended our yoga classes graduated with high scores and excelled in their chosen fields.
Curriculum & Class Levels
Our holistic curriculum includes yoga poses, breathing techniques, relaxation methods, concentration exercises, and meditation. Students explore the eight limbs of yoga, mudras, healthy eating habits, yogic lifestyle practices, and natural remedies for common ailments. Each child receives a practice sheet and video/audio recordings, supplemented by free 20-minute online practice sessions twice weekly.
Level 1: Young participants will explore yoga through engaging classes that enhance physical strength and focus.
Level 2: Children will learn partner and group poses, challenging poses, concentration exercises, breathing techniques, and practical yoga applications.
Level 3: Our teenage students learn yoga postures that enhance inner and outer strength, flexibility, balance, and stamina. They'll also explore advanced techniques, yoga philosophy, mudras, and character-building.
Level 4: Certification for Yoga Instructor
Advanced Yoga Classes: Students explore challenging advanced yoga poses based on the UPFNA syllabus.
Competition Yoga: If your child is interested in competing, we can refer you to specialized coaches for an additional fee. Alternatively, students can practice competition postures on their own. Our Advanced Yoga classes do not cover all USA Yoga competitive-level asanas, but we practice some to help students prepare. Click here to see our past USA Yoga participants.
* Learning advances when children are interested and engaged.
Venue & Donation Payment Option
Venue:
Community Center Mini Hall (Opposite the Hindu Temple), Omaha
Duration:
August 4th, 2025 – May 22nd, 2026
Donation Amount:
Per Session: ~$12 - $13
- 50% of your donation is tax-deductible.
- Submit your donation receipt for employer-matching gifts using the Employer Matching Gift search tool. If you have questions, contact accounts@upfna.org.
Payment Option 1:
Full Year: $465 (Registration Fee: $15 + August-May: $450). Enroll by August 20th and receive $25 off.
Payment Option 2:
$500 – 5-month Split Payments ($100 per month, including the registration fee). This option is available only for those enrolling before August 31st. [Please click here for the link]
Sibling Discount:
Payment Option 1: Siblings will receive a 10% discount when registering together. If you register your second child separately at a later time in a different month, please call us at (402-218-2054), and we will provide a separate discount code.
Payment Option 2: Each child must be registered individually. However, for the second child, you will only be charged for four months, which means you will receive a $100 discount and will not be charged for the fifth month. The Payment Option 2 plan will end on August 31st
Sasirekha Rathinam:
Began her Kundalini Yoga journey in 1992 under Guru Gurumahan, which shaped her life’s purpose. As a Wisdom Yoga Teacher and Yoga Instructor, she has deepened her practice through advanced training and studies in Yoga, Naturopathy and Therapy techniques. For over 25 years, Sasi has taught yoga and Kundalini meditation to children and adults in Omaha, including specialized Prenatal and Therapy Yoga classes. Her passion, extensive knowledge, and commitment to Guru’s vision reflect her dedication to sharing the transformative power of yoga and enriching the community.
Kaitlin Heaven:
Kaitlin Heavin is a seasoned yoga practitioner and instructor based in Omaha, Nebraska, with two decades of personal practice and 16 years of teaching experience. She holds a 500-hour Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) certification with Yoga Alliance and is a certified yoga therapist. Her extensive training includes 1,000 hours in Ayurveda, 300 hours in meditation, and specialization as an integrative breathwork specialist. Kaitlin is also trauma-informed and focuses on pain management.
In addition to her primary certifications, Kaitlin has pursued secondary training in various areas, including kids yoga, chair yoga, women’s health, senior yoga, pranayama, and yoga nidra.
Sanjana Jayanti
Sanjana Jayanti is a yoga instructor with over eight years of yoga practice and four years of teaching experience, specializing in children's yoga. She is currently pursuing her 200-hour teacher training certification to further enhance her practice and instruction.
In addition to her yoga career, Sanjana is a student at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, where she is studying psychology and neuroscience. She is also a skilled Bharatanatyam dancer and shares her passion for the art form through teaching.