Mamaste—7 fun, easy yoga poses to add to your day with your little ones
Staying active while mothering is not an easy task. These 7 poses will help you incorporate movement into your day.

Staying active while mothering full time is not an easy task. Especially when you're still navigating the fresh territory of having more than one child!
Here are 7 fun and easy yoga poses to add to your daily routine:
1. Butterfly (Baddha Konasana)
2. Plank (Kumbhakasana)
This is a wonderful pose to tone abdominal muscles, while also strengthening the arms and the spine. Lay your baby face up on your mat. Place your hands on each side of his/her shoulders, so that you are looking at each other face to face. (Making sure your hands are still YOUR shoulder width apart.) Stretch the legs out long behind you and come up to balance on the pads of the feet.
3. Upward Facing Dog (Urdhva Mukha Svanasana) & Downward Facing Dog (Adho Mukha Svanasana)
From plank, curl the toes under and lower the belly down toward the floor as you open your heart toward the sky. Lift the chin up toward the ceiling and draw the shoulders away from the ears.
4. Boat (Navasana)
(*Please modify or avoid this posture if you are recovering from a cesarean.) Come back to your seat with the feet placed out in front of you and have your child give you a little hug, with their seat on your belly, their legs wrapped around you, and their cute little head resting at your heart. Slowly begin to lift the legs up, knees bent, so that you are balancing on your sit bones. Reach the arms out in front of you toward your legs, on each side of your little one so that your hands are available to keep them stable if needed. Continue balancing, engaging the core abdominal muscles. As you press the sit bones into the earth, lengthen the spine and lift up out through the crown of the head.
5. Bridge (Setu Bhandasana)
6. Chair (Utkatasana)
7. Tree (Vrksasana)
With your little one still in your arms, bring your weight into one foot. Root into the earth and find your balance, as you lift the opposite foot and place it at the standing foot's ankle. Feel free to use the wall for support if needed, and especially be mindful while holding your little one! If you are comfortable and steady here you may continue on, or simply allow this to be the extent of your posture.