Happy Panda Children's Yoga

After introducing all our big characters at schools and festivals, we discovered that the children love to match the characters to their yoga mats and blankets!
So I had an idea to make a more portable version for little yogis to play with to go along with the book!

Hello, big and little yogis! It’s festival time! ✨🤩

We are so happy to announce that we are going to be part of the family area at the fantastic this year. Join us on 13th and 14th July, Saturday and Sunday. 🐼🧘‍♀️🌺

It’s story time! We are going to be performing our latest book ‘Don’t Be Grumpy, Monkey!’ featuring the song Sa Ta Na Ma live! Come and join us for yoga, story time and chanting. Get ready for giggles, gasps, and heart-warming moments!

But that’s not all…
After the story, our amazing continues to bring the story to life with a crafts session where the children can make characters from the book.

Oh Shala is an amazing community yoga festival near Marlow with a wonderful program where everyone can find something to suit them. 🥰

A big THANK YOU to the fabulous Fizz from and the fabulous .cobie for inviting us to be a part of it! Exciting times! 🌺🙏❤️

We are thrilled to be included and we hope to see you there!

We are so excited to our family area this year!

Don’t forget under 12’s go free!!

We will be introducing all our family facilitators soon but here what we have happening

🌳IN THE MAGICAL WOODLAND
Join all weekend for forest school including wild cooking, nature art, woodwork, flower crown making and more!

🌼 IN THE CHILL OUT POD
Join Katie and the gang for art, sensory play, story time, rest and chill out for kids and families who just want a little bit of quite time

🤸MOVE AND GROOVE
A scheduled space coordinated by none other then including
Yoga with Fizz
Movement and Music with
Handstands with
Mantra and Story Telling with
Aerial Yoga with

Under 12’s go free!! Early bird for adultc classes ends 11th June x

Wonderful CPD yoga last Tuesday with Reception and KS1 teachers! 🧘‍♀️😃
I love partner poses, they always make everyone giggle
Thank you for organising !
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Happy Bee 🐝 Day, we love Bee Breath ❤️🧘‍♀️

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It looks like our six little yogis have jumped out from the pages of our book and onto their very own yoga mats, ready for Happy Panda’s real life yoga class! You may have followed my journey making these little Guys from material buying in Goldhawk Road to final photoshoot with author and Happy Panda herself It was quite a challenge to keep each character looking exactly like they do in the books, but are overjoyed with how they turned out and can’t wait to share them with you in our upcoming school visits and live yoga events coming up this year.







 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Hello everyone, Happy Panda here (Snezana Danilovic), I am the author of ‘Don’t Be Grumpy, Monkey!’ and ‘Yaks Can Do Yoga!’ and, I am also a children’s yoga teacher. I teach and coach yoga for local schools in Windsor.

I love doing school visits and performances, where I bring my picture books to life, in a humorous, interactive, and entertaining way, teaching children’s yoga and the art of chanting.

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I have been documenting my journey with a needle & thread instead of pencil & paper, bringing our picture book characters to life, ready for lots of school visits, festivals and live shows. They will even have their very own yoga mats and blankets just like the books!




 

Hooray 🎉We’ve got Three new printable activities waiting for you! Pop over to our website (link in bio☝️) download -print-enjoy! Perfect for your next yoga session, classroom or home activity And don’t forget to order your very own copy of



 

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Crocodiles happy place is in a crystal cave! Find out where all the other characters from our book chose to go in their imagination.

Benefits of chanting:

Helps children to focus as they respond intuitively and joyfully to singing and chanting

Enables children to calm down and defuse conflicts

Encourages children to listen to positive mindful music connecting them to something deeper – to the beautiful bountiful human beings who they are.

Why not try singing and chanting the Sa Ta Na Ma meditation at home… link in the bio




 

Happy Panda Children’s Yoga is a mindfulness resource for children 3–11 years old, providing yoga, picture books, yoga music, and creativity (arts and crafts), nourishing children’s imaginations and empowering their wellbeing.
We are best known for our book series, which includes ‘Yaks Can Do Yoga!’ and “Don’t Be Grumpy, Monkey!’
We are proud to support and work closely with local school sports partnerships and networks delivering our wellbeing programs to local schools.
Over the past four years, we have visited and worked with numerous schools and nurseries in Windsor and the surrounding area. We have brought exciting yoga classes to afterschool clubs and PE lessons, introducing yoga and mindfulness to hundreds of children, teachers and their families.
We are passionate about what we do, our aim is to bring yoga to many more schoolchildren and teachers around the UK.
Yoga is a timeless skill, and teaching children how to use mindful and wellbeing tools will enable them to live healthier, kinder, and more balanced lives.



 

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Posted • This is a very special post, as I’d been waiting for the moment when we finally had all three of us in the same room! And it couldn’t have been a better moment than at the Mass Book Launch party at !

What a special evening this was holding our books together, even though forgot her monkey ears 🙈.
, we really needed you there too! Maybe you could do one of your magic design tricks!

I just wanted to thank our wonderful, absolutely amazing editor for being incredibly patient and supportive every step of the way. Without your guidance, Sandy and I always say we would still be running around the Himalayas. I am so grateful for everything. A big heartfelt thank you.
❤️📚🙏❤️📚 ‘Don’t Be Grumpy, Monkey! has officially arrived.

Also, a big thank you to the also absolutely amazing for always coming up with a solution to every obstacle; especially printing ones.

Sandy and I can’t thank you both enough for everything. What a dream team. We certainly can’t wait to work on more books with you. 🐼😀🐼😀📚❤️🙏

Thank you, wonderful ladies!

Follow the for Don’t Be Grumpy Monkey by Snezana Danilovic and Sandy Thornton Happy Panda Children's Yoga

Monkey is having a bad day. He couldn’t find his teddy, the swings were busy, and now Dog is in his place in yoga class. Monkey does not want to do yoga, and he does not want to work with Dog. Monkey is grumpy!... But then, something magical happens. Happy Panda suggests a special song, Sa Ta Na Ma. The gentle singing and chanting shifts Monkey’s grumpy mood making him feel calmer and more centred. Yoga is the best but making up with friends is even better!
An entertaining and humorous story about yoga, friendship and mindfulness.
‘Don’t Be Grumpy, Monkey!’ is the second book in the series and features Sa Ta Na Ma meditation and chanting.
Children can join in singing and chanting the Sa Ta Na Ma meditation at home (just scan the QR code in the book).

It will be available in paperback, hardback and kindle.

Our hosts today will be .needs.to.read and then on Friday we will have reviews from and

Monkey is having a bad day 🙉. He couldn’t find his teddy, the swings were busy, and now Dog is in his place in yoga class. Monkey does not want to do yoga, and he does not want to work with Dog. Monkey is grumpy!... But then, something magical happens. Happy Panda suggests a special song, Sa Ta Na Ma. The gentle singing and chanting shifts Monkey’s grumpy mood making him feel calmer and more centred. Yoga is the best but making up with friends is even better! ❤️😁
An entertaining and humorous story about yoga, friendship and mindfulness. 🧘‍♀️🥰
‘Don’t Be Grumpy, Monkey!’ is the second book in the series and features Sa Ta Na Ma meditation and chanting. 🎶🐼🎶🐼

Children can join in singing and chanting the Sa Ta Na Ma meditation at home (just scan the QR code in the book). 🎼🎵

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Back to school! Thrilled and delighted to be offered this teaching opportunity by SSSN (Slough Schools Sports Network) at Penn Wood Nursery and Primary School in Slough. The children loved their first yoga class. Wonderful children and teachers and looking forward to the next two terms.

Happy Panda times two 🐼😀🐼😀📚 &

You can guess what costume’s we’ll be wearing at the Mass Book Launch
at annual Conference in Manchester 2023.
We can’t wait! 😁🐼😁🤩📚

Fantastic last term of after school yoga classes at 🧘‍♀️😀❤️
We had so much fun together enjoying breathing, yoga poses and the ever favourite partner poses and games.
During the last few weeks of term children are always very tired. They would arrive at the class and flop on the mats straight away .
It’s been wonderful seeing students find their own way, finding what feels good for their bodies. 😊
When children have space and opportunities to explore relaxation and mindfulness they intuitively find what they need to naturally become more relaxed , calm or energised.

Thank you
Hope you all have lovely Summer 🌞🌞🌞

Meditation time 🧘‍♂️ and probably the best place for it Chalice Well garden 🌸🌺🌱 in Glastonbury. Teaching children to find calm place and encourage them to meditate will set them for life.

Looking forward to after school yoga classes again every Monday!
Come and join us for: relaxation, learning new yoga poses, games , partner poses and lots more fun!

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It has been wonderful spending the last three months at Eton Wick, presenting mindful movement and yoga classes to years 1, 2, 3 and 4; what a delightful school full of an amazing staff and superstars pupils.
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Thank you so much for welcoming me and having me as part of your team. I will miss you all so much and hope you have a wonderful Easter and a restful break. 🐣🌷🌞

As always thank you to for having me as a part of your external teaching team. 🙏💫
Hope you all have a great Easter
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We had so much fun this week in our mindful movement class and we can’t wait for the next week. It’s wonderful being a part of external teaching team😀💫 sharing yoga and mindfulness ❤️