Our Small Business Saturday Story

Shining Kids Yoga is a local Rockville-based, woman-owned small business. Every purchase of an after-school class session, kids yoga mat, kids yoga book, or kids yoga card games supports local families and the talented yoga teachers on our staff.

I (Andrea), started Shining Kids Yoga in 2014 when my son, Quinn was in first grade at Ritchie Park Elementary School in Rockville. I had grown up in Rockville myself, and attended both Fallsmead and Lakewood Elementary Schools growing up. I started teaching the after-school yoga class at Ritchie Park in Fall 2014 and soon classes expanded to Beall Elementary, Ronald McNair Elementary, and a few other local schools. After 2 years, so many schools were interested in after-school yoga classes that I started hiring local moms who were also experienced yoga teachers to teach additional classes at other schools. By 2019, Shining Kids Yoga had expanded to over 20 schools.

During the pandemic, we shifted to online yoga classes, and I was also able to create original yoga games and books to help kids continue to practice yoga even when we couldn't be in-person together. I created the Mystery Pose kids yoga book, Double the Fun Yoga Cards, and the Yoga Pose or Dare Card Games which are all available for purchase on the Shining Kids Yoga website: https://shiningkidsyoga.com/store

Now we are back in person at 12 elementary schools and 2 local daycares and have a teaching team of 7 experienced kids yoga teachers who are all local to Montgomery County, many of whom are moms with kids in the same schools where we offer our yoga classes. Each time you sign your child up for a before or after-school yoga class with Shining Kids Yoga, you are helping to support the livelihood of local women, moms, and experienced kids yoga teachers so that we can continue providing classes to children that inspire and teach mindfulness, emotional regulation, and the tools to help calm minds and bodies that will last a lifetime.

My son, Quinn, is now a senior in high school at Richard Montgomery HS and looking forward to applying to colleges and charting out his future. Just as he has grown in these past 11 years, Shining Kids Yoga has grown since 2014 and is expanding thanks to the support of our local community. I am hopeful that with the continued support of Shining Kids Yoga programming, I will be able to publish a new kids yoga book and game in 2026 to help continue to expand opportunities for children and parents to practice yoga and receive the calming and connecting benefits of yoga and mindfulness.

Thank you for your support and for being a part of our Small Business Story!

 With Gratitude,
Andrea Creel, Owner
Shining Kids Yoga

Take $30 off winter class registrations with code GIVETHANKS at check out - valid through 12/5/25 at 11:59 p.m. Don't see your school listed on our website, email me (Andrea) at info@shiningkidsyoga.com

Register at www.shiningkidsyoga.com