Bringing Yoga & Mindfulness to Kids, Families and Schools in London
After teaching as a primary school teacher for 10 years, Jess decided to combine her love of children and yoga together, creating Follow the Rainbow in June 2019. She has since then been designing and delivery yoga classes to children, families and schools.
Her approach to sharing yoga is very much fun, engaging and creative! She aims to provide a high-quality curriculum.
Areas: Central London, South East London
Age range: 6 months to 11 years
Qualifications: Rainbow Yoga Levels 1 and 2
PGCE Primary with Modern Foreign Languages (French)
Paediatric First Aid training
DBS: Enhanced
5 minutes with Jess
5 minutes with Jess
Why did you become a Kids Yoga teacher? I have always loved working with children and after ten years of working as a primary school teacher, I decided to combine both my passions, children and yoga and ever since I’ve felt very strongly about contributing to children’s wellbeing, all the while having fun!
What do you enjoy most about it? I love the energy the children bring to each class, how full of life they are and I love how they teach me to be in the present moment.
What’s your favourite yoga pose? I’d say it depends really, but the one that always makes me feel so calm afterwards is supported headstand on legs up the wall!
Aside from yoga, what else do you love? I love travelling, cooking, spending time by water (the sea, a pool, a river) and I love watching tennis too!
According to you, what makes a really great Kids Yoga class? For me, the sign of a really great class is when a child comes up to you after the class and says “That was fun!” and leaves the class feeling relaxed and happy. I think a mixture of connection, fun and enough challenge are all great ingredients to make a really great class!