Breathing Space supports healthy families through yoga and wellness education for all ages.
What Happens in Baby Yoga & Play
What happens in baby yoga & play? This interactive, fun class for newborn to pre-crawling babies and their grownup(s) contains dozens of yoga-inspired movements, postures, songs, rhymes and activities designed to support baby’s development. Each class is filled...
In Person Class Mask Policy
While the city lifted mask mandates even in schools this past spring, summer brought another variant pushing infection numbers back up and winter is expected to be challenging as other viruses also spread. Our student population includes infants too young to be...
5 Reasons to Take an Infant Massage Class
Massage is a great way to connect to your baby. Studies have shown infant massage can help babies sleep better, gain weight, reduce fussiness, improve health and relax. Breathing Space offers live group classes OR self-paced online course options. 1....
6 Reasons to Take Yoga with Your Toddler or Preschooler
There's a lot you could be doing with your time. Why take yoga with your child? 1. Kids yoga is fun. Adult yoga classes can seem really serious. Sometimes the studio is very quiet and the lights are low. Everyone files in, sits on their mats, and waits for the...
Prenatal Yoga for Power and Ease to Prepare for Baby
The purpose of yoga practice on the mat is to apply the skills we learn off the mat. Being kind to ourselves, finding our edge but not pushing unsafely past it, sitting with discomfort, trusting our body to support us, settling our mind, and being fully present. All...
Again, Again!! The Importance of Ritual & Routine in Early Childhood
Any family who has attended an early childhood yoga class at Breathing Space knows the song we sing it at the beginning of every class. If you’ve been with us for any amount of time, you probably sing it at home, too. https://vimeo.com/723046988 By the...
Our Studio Space
Breathing Space is excited to welcome families into our new Eastern Market studio space! Classes will be held in the lower level of 641 Pennsylvania Ave SE. Many of our students will recognize the space as the old Realignment Studio or Capitol Hill Yoga studio space...
Developmentally Supportive Infant Play
Fostering Interactive and Independent Baby Playtime in the First Year During the early weeks of parenting, it sometimes seems like baby will never let let you put them down and certainly will never play with toys. Yep, your newborn is most interested in you. This will...
Preparing for Baby Yoga & Play
This interactive, fun class for newborn to pre-crawling babies and their grownup(s) contains dozens of yoga-inspired movements, postures, songs, rhymes and activities designed to support baby’s development. Each class is filled with calming, nurturing ways to enhance...