Amara Kids Programs
Amara Yoga & Arts at Lincoln Square Mall, 300 S Broadway Ave, Suite 156B, Urbana, IL 61801
About
Amara Kids Programs include Kids Art & Yoga Camp, Saturday Morning Kids Art & Yoga Classes, and Summer Camp that combine art and yoga in a fun and relaxed environment. Children take part in focused breathing, play, storytelling, balance, meditation, creative visualization, and a yoga class with breath work, poses, chanting, and games. They also do art making activities using all kinds of materials, including drawing, painting, sculpture, knitting, weaving, sewing, multimedia design and construction, opening arts and crafts, self-directed art making, and long term art projects that are accomplished in stages over many days, along with free time and play outside.
• Ages: 4–11 years old
• Schedule: Saturday Morning Kids Art & Yoga Classes, plus Summer Camp 2026 offered in weekly sessions that each run from specific start and end dates between June 1–5 and August 3–7
Kids programs at Amara are designed and taught by studio co-founder Kathryn Fitzgerald. She holds a Masters of Fine Arts from the San Francisco Art Institute and a Masters in Special Education from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and she is an Illinois Certified Elementary Education and Art Teacher and a Certified Illinois Learning Behavior Specialist. She is a 200-hour certified yoga teacher through YogaWorks (ERYT) and a registered children’s yoga teacher (RCYT) through Yoga Alliance, with over 30 years of teaching experience, including 10 years as the art teacher for the onsite schools at Cunningham Children’s Home in Urbana. She began teaching kids yoga in 2006 and created the Kids program at Amara in 2009.
The stated goal of Amara Yoga & Arts is to make people feel nurtured, welcome and comfortable and to share the practice of yoga with every person who joins, with the belief that yoga is for every body, including babies and kids. The name Amara is the English nickname for the flower name Amaranth, meaning “unfading” or “immortal,” and the studio was named after this flower to reflect the belief that both art and yoga help keep people vital in mind, body, and spirit. Kids programs at Amara are non-refundable and non-transferable and expire at the end of the session.
One parent reports that their children have attended Amara Yoga & Arts for kids for a second year and that during Saturday morning art classes the children freely explore and express creativity with a variety of 2D and 3D media. The parent notes that their 7-year-old son brought home many functional and attractive art objects and was introduced to sewing and knitting, in addition to painting and drawing, and that yoga and arts keep him focused on something he truly enjoys.
Last updated January 9, 2026.
• Ages: 4–11 years old
• Schedule: Saturday Morning Kids Art & Yoga Classes, plus Summer Camp 2026 offered in weekly sessions that each run from specific start and end dates between June 1–5 and August 3–7
Kids programs at Amara are designed and taught by studio co-founder Kathryn Fitzgerald. She holds a Masters of Fine Arts from the San Francisco Art Institute and a Masters in Special Education from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and she is an Illinois Certified Elementary Education and Art Teacher and a Certified Illinois Learning Behavior Specialist. She is a 200-hour certified yoga teacher through YogaWorks (ERYT) and a registered children’s yoga teacher (RCYT) through Yoga Alliance, with over 30 years of teaching experience, including 10 years as the art teacher for the onsite schools at Cunningham Children’s Home in Urbana. She began teaching kids yoga in 2006 and created the Kids program at Amara in 2009.
The stated goal of Amara Yoga & Arts is to make people feel nurtured, welcome and comfortable and to share the practice of yoga with every person who joins, with the belief that yoga is for every body, including babies and kids. The name Amara is the English nickname for the flower name Amaranth, meaning “unfading” or “immortal,” and the studio was named after this flower to reflect the belief that both art and yoga help keep people vital in mind, body, and spirit. Kids programs at Amara are non-refundable and non-transferable and expire at the end of the session.
One parent reports that their children have attended Amara Yoga & Arts for kids for a second year and that during Saturday morning art classes the children freely explore and express creativity with a variety of 2D and 3D media. The parent notes that their 7-year-old son brought home many functional and attractive art objects and was introduced to sewing and knitting, in addition to painting and drawing, and that yoga and arts keep him focused on something he truly enjoys.
Last updated January 9, 2026.
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