Welcome to CircusYoga®

building connection & community through playful practice

 
 

CircusYoga is an invitation. Artfully designed to engage all ages, CircusYoga blends
the consciousness of yoga with the communal celebration of circus.

CircusYoga fosters connection, play and communication through:

  1. BulletCommunity & Mandala Yoga

  2. BulletPartner Yoga, Acrobatics & Flying

  3. BulletGroup Games & Invention

  4. BulletCircus Skills: Juggling, Diabolo, Devil Sticks and more

  5. BulletClowning & Physical Comedy

  6. BulletBalance in poses, on a Pipe and on a Tight Wire

  7. BulletCreative Movement & Dance

  8. BulletThai Yoga Massage

Throughout our lives, we tend to be grouped with others close to our own age, and, as a result, often end up learning mostly from our peers. In CircusYoga, we co-create an inclusive practice and become a diverse tribe of life-long learners and teachers discovering balance, joy, courage, agelessness and appropriate risk.

This diversity makes CircusYoga a rich experience—everyone benefits as the wisdom of age collaborates with the energy of youth. And transformation happens as all ages practice together and build self-confidence, focus, trust and teamwork.

We invite parents, aunts, uncles and grandparents to participate with their kids, and welcome anyone aged 7 and up. This includes adults without kids. Teachers, yoga instructors, circus educators, family social workers and occupational therapists all gain new techniques applicable to their own work and play.

CircusYoga Principles

We have taught hundreds of teachers, and while all of them bring their unique and wide array of life experience to their teaching, they all share a dedication to these CircusYoga principles:







Gratitude

Our practice is constantly being discovered. We aim to be good listeners before teachers. As a result, CircusYoga reflects everyone who has ever gathered to practice with us and those experiences they bring with them. We are deeply grateful to all of you and hope this web site expresses your brilliance.


Circus Minimus

Learn about our youth circus programs (in-school residencies, camps, school performances, after school classes and the One-Man Circus in-a-Suitcase show) at www.CircusMinimus.com


 

photo by sam raj

CircusYoga changed my life! It renewed my desire to be creative and play with my kid.  —Bert Bland, Ithaca, NY
I learned a lot of FUN yoga!   —Naima (age 9)
I truly believe it was one of the most meaningful, valuable experiences I've had with my daughter. —Brette Logan
New Haven, CT
It was a thrill a minute 
as the captivating blend of yoga, dance, discovery, imagination and circus skill unfolded before us!   —Pam Gaither, yoga teacher Boston, MA
It was really, really, really wonderful. The playfulness and light-heartedness, combined with the deep connection that Erin and Kevin fostered so powerfully (and in such a skillful way) was so very effective in creating a safe, yet energetic and fun space for us all to play and work. —Joanne Myrup, yoga teacher, Taos, NM
What Folks are Saying

  1. BulletThe Power of Play

  2. BulletCuriosity

  3. BulletConnection

  4. BulletDeep Listening

  5. BulletCo-Authorship

  6. BulletInvention

  1. BulletInclusion

  2. BulletDiversity

  3. BulletCourage

  4. BulletTrust 

  5. BulletAppropriate Risk 

  6. BulletExpansion


The success of CircusYoga truly reflects the appetite out there for what you are doing/creating/serving up...this safe, fun-loving, generous space to play, to discover one's own limitless imagination, and to move joyfully with others! —Laura Geilen, Hillsdale, NY
I loved the inclusion, joy, laughter, encouragement and the ability to incorporate all ages and stages. Kevin and Erin were energetic, committed, involved and loving. —Ellen Goldstein, Potomac, MD
Erin and Kevin were fantastic. There were so many family bonding activities and there was lots of room for expression and creativity within the activities. —Maureen Palmer, Weston, MA

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Upcoming Events

Seattle, WA Feb 3-5  Workshop & Ring One Immersion

Portland, OR Feb 10-12  Workshop & Ring One Immersion

Boston, MA Mar 31-Apr 1  Workshop & Ring One Immersion

Kripalu, MA  Apr  6-8  Weekend Family/Community Retreat

New York City Apr 13-15  Workshop & Ring One Immersion

Burlington, VT Apr 20-22  Workshop & Ring One Immersion

Dover, NH May 4-6  Workshop & Ring One Immersion

Boston, MA Jun 22-24 + Jun 29-Jul 1  Ring Two Teacher Training



  1. BulletCollaboration 

  2. BulletCooperation

  3. BulletDemocracy

  4. BulletCommunity-Building

  5. BulletCelebration 

  6. BulletGratitude


“CircusYoga is a practice that unleashes creativity and brings people closer together. It is both a balm for what ails our world and a channel to promote deep social changes by transforming and balancing individual lives, families and communities. My family loves it!” —David Bornstein, author, 
How to Change The World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas