Yoga & Mindfulness Sessions for Nurseries

Follow the Rainbow offers gentle, playful movement and mindfulness sessions designed for 3 months olds all the way up to 5 year olds, delivered in your nursery setting.

What We Offer

Our sessions bring the benefits of yoga and mindfulness directly to your nursery.

Each 20 – 30 minute session combines gentle movement, picture books, nursery rhymes, music, storytelling, and mindfulness exercises, helping children develop confidence, balance, and focus — all in a fun and playful environment.

Benefits of our Nursery Yoga classes for Children in the Early Years & Foundation Stage (EYFS)

🏃 Physical Development: Strength, balance, coordination, gross motor skills, body awareness and healthy habits.

😌 Personal, Social and Emotional Development: Calmness, emotional regulation, self-awareness, sharing and teamwork.

🗣️ Communication and Language: Listening, understanding, focus, concentration, speaking

📖 Literacy: Picture books, vocabulary, nursery rhymes, language play and comprehension.

🌍 Understanding the World: Exploration of animals, seasons and emotions.

✨ Expressive Arts & Designs: Imagination and creativity.

Our nursery sessions support the EYFS by promoting children’s physical development, emotional wellbeing, and communication skills through playful, age-appropriate movement and mindfulness. Sessions help children build strength, balance, coordination, and body awareness while learning to regulate emotions, develop confidence, and build positive relationships.

What nursery managers can expect

We deliver a fun, structured programme, which captivates children’s imagination and interests, using movement, songs and props. All of our classes are theme-based and are designed to enhance children’s learning, wellbeing and engagement.

Expect your Nursery Yoga teacher to be kind, warm and fun – but also reliable and attentive. They will bring your children together each week and get to know them as people, learning their names and interests as the weeks go by. At Follow the Rainbow, we really believe that each child has something special to bring to the class.

Our managing director, Jess, will be in regular contact with you and your teacher, to ensure that the sessions are running smoothly. Our team is always open to feedback and will be happy to discuss any adjustments to best fit your nursery’s needs.

“Follow the Rainbow delivers classes at our nursery for vertically grouped children between the ages of 2 – 4 years old. The teacher is able to adapt, if necessary, to accommodate their needs and interests! Highly recommended!”

Manager of Beckett House Montessori Nursery, London

How It Works

Weekly timing suggestions

Babies 15 minutes Toddlers 20 minutes Pre-schoolers 30 minutes

For pricing please contact us directly as we offer different packages depending on the needs of your setting. Pricing varies depending on how many terms you sign-up for and discounts are also offered for multiple nurseries signing-up.

Why Choose Us?

At Follow the Rainbow, our sessions are thoughtfully planned by an EYFS-qualified teacher and Ofsted-registered camp manager, with experience in Early Years settings. Our sessions support multiple areas of learning through fun, purposeful play.

All of our teachers are fully qualified children’s yoga instructors and hold Enhanced DBS checks, ensuring a safe and supportive environment.

We take time to get to know each child, offering a playful, non-competitive approach tailored to individual needs.

Not convinced yet? Take a look at our Google reviews to hear from nursery managers that we work with.

Frequently Asked Questions by Nursery Managers

What is Nursery Yoga for nurseries?

Nursery Yoga is not like your usual adult yoga class! For nurseries, yoga involves fun, playful and educational movement by introducing the children to different yoga poses. We encourage children to stay longer in poses and explore how it feels it their body by using songs and nursery rhymes throughout our classes.

Is yoga suitable for babies, toddlers and preschoolers?

Yes absolutely! We adapt our sessions depending on the age range of the children in your nursery. For example, for the babies, we run shorter sessions, typically 15 to 20 minutes and keep the focus on repetition and reinforcement, using well-known nursery rhymes to accompany the movements, with lots of seated and lying down poses but also some standing poses for those babies who are ready for it.

How do mindfulness sessions support behaviour in nurseries?

Mindfulness helps children recognise their feelings and learn simple ways to calm their bodies and minds. By practising breathing, movement, and noticing emotions in a playful way, children are better able to manage big feelings, focus, and respond more calmly to challenges — leading to fewer meltdowns and more positive behaviour.

Do you need space or equipment?

Nursery Yoga is very flexible and can fit into most spaces. You just need a small, safe area where children can stretch and move in. If you do not have a carpet or mat that is safe for the children to practise in, Follow the Rainbow provides 16 square foam mats that are stored in a large square Ikea bag, which is then stored at the nursery for use of the Nursery Yoga classes. Props such as rainbow scarves, cuddly toys, bubbles, etc are brought in by the teacher each week.

Are sessions Ofsted-friendly?

Yes! They support children’s personal, social, and emotional development, help focus and self-regulation, and fit easily into EYFS learning and daily routines.

Yoga & Mindfulness Sessions for Nurseries

Follow the Rainbow offers gentle, playful movement and mindfulness sessions designed for 3 months olds all the way up to 5 year olds, delivered in your nursery setting.

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