5 Ocean Yoga Poses for Kids

Ocean Yoga Adventure

The ocean often holds a special place in childhood memories, with kids playing on beaches and exploring tide pools.

Our video features dancing animals that live in the ocean, leading young learners underwater to help a little octopus friend find calm and peace. Through this story, children will act out twelve ocean animals while learning fun facts about each one.

After your sea animal yoga adventure, you can explore the “10 Ways to Save the Ocean” at the back of the yoga book to learn about small actions we can take to make a big difference.

This ocean yoga book was written for toddlers and preschoolers, but older children can also enjoy it. They can read the book independently or use it as inspiration to create their own ocean yoga stories.

5 Ocean Yoga Poses for Kids

Here are five vibrant ocean animal yoga poses from "Maria Explores the Ocean." If you're looking for more poses, check out our Ocean Animals Yoga Cards for Kids, which include twenty ocean animal yoga poses. Don’t forget to download your Ocean Yoga Poster below for even more ocean yoga fun!

1. Pretend to be a Sea Jelly

How to practice Standing Forward Bend:
From Mountain Pose, bend your upper body forward, keep a straight spine, and reach for your toes. Imagine your arms are the tentacles of an orange Pacific sea nettle jellyfish.

2. Pretend to be a Dolphin

How to practice Dolphin Pose:
Start on your hands and knees, then bend your elbows and rest your forearms on the ground with your palms flat. Lift your knees to straighten your legs and look forward. Pretend to be a great white shark darting through the water.

3. Pretend to be a Seahorse

How to practice Kneeling Pose:
Stand on your knees, open your chest, look up, and wiggle your feet, pretending to be a red Pacific seahorse swimming through the ocean.

4. Pretend to be a Crab

How to practice Reverse Tabletop Pose:
Sit with your palms flat behind you and the soles of your feet flat in front of you. Lift your buttocks to create a table. Imagine you're a yellow crab scuttling toward a tide pool.

5. Pretend to be a Sea Turtle

How to practice Tortoise Pose:
Sit on your buttocks with your knees bent and your feet flat on the floor. Take your feet out wide and sit tall with a straight spine. Slide your arms under your knees and place your hands flat on the floor outside your legs. Bend forward, keeping your back and neck straight. Pretend to be a green sea turtle cruising through the ocean.

What's Your Favorite Ocean Animal Yoga Pose?

Now that you’ve acted out some of our favorite sea creatures, enjoy reading more ocean books and making ocean crafts together. It's a wonderful way to bring the ocean to you this summer!