About Ann Fields

Ann Fields, BFA, E-RYT-200, RCYT, is founder of Peaceful Poses Kids Yoga. Ann has her E-RYT-200 (Registered Yoga Teacher and over 1,000 hours of teaching) and her RCYT (Registered Children’s Yoga Teacher) certifications. She has a BFA in Ballet and is adjunct at HACC where she teaches Yoga and Pilates as wellness courses. Ann specializes in teaching toddlers through teens yoga, adult yoga, trauma informed yoga, mindfulness, meditation, tapping (EFT), mental health yoga, yoga for eating disorders, yoga for athletes and dancers, yoga for children with exceptional needs, and reformer and mat pilates. She is currently in training to become a yoga therapist.

Through Peaceful Poses Kids Yoga, Ann has worked with children at 15 local child care centers, IU 13 Lancaster Lebanon Headstart, Camp Hill School District, Pre-K Counts Mechanicsburg, Ready to Learn Mechanicsburg, The Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, Commonwealth Charter Academy, PA Virtual Charter School, Fredricksen, New Cumberland and Bosler Libraries, Silver Spring, Enola and Mechanicsburg Recreation Departments, CV Buddy Program, Outschool, and several summer camps throughout south Central Pennsylvania.

She travels to many locations to teach in person and also zooms IU 13’s Headstart program with 11 preschools each week. She receives grants and travels to schools to teach yoga and mindfulness as Social Emotional Learning lessons.

Ann has presented on children’s yoga topics at Capital Area Chapter of PennAEYC (March 2019), The Early Childhood Summit at the Penn Stater (Nov. 2019, virtual 2020 and 2021, 2022, 2023), the Pennsylvania Head Start Annual Conference (April 2020) and the Lancaster Lebanon IU13 Education Conference (June 2020). She also develops and presents Professional Development for teachers in child care centers and educators in all grades. Topics include Yoga and Mindfulness for Preschoolers, Mindfulness for Educators and yoga classes to de-stress teachers and administrators.

In addition to running Peaceful Poses Kids Yoga, Ann Fields also works with Illuminate Wellness. Along with her colleague, Daina Thompson, MSW LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker/Psychotherapist), they combine Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) skills, group discussion, yoga, mindfulness and mediation into classes for teens.

Ann comes to the mat with a bundle of energy, a vibrant personality and a ton of patience. She is dedicated and passionate about helping children and adults discover their full potential.