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The Inner Smile
An Ayurvedic teacher once said, “An illness is a function of the loss of the inner smile.” What is the inner smile? Where is it, exactly? And, if it is so important to health, how do we do it? How do we maintain our inner smile, even when our outside world may not be...
Magical Music
When I was about two years old, my mom started doing yoga with me. She would watch a yoga program on TV and she would teach me the poses and we would make animal noises as we played. I actually remember this and will carry it with me for the rest of my life, as it’s...
The Power of Peace Flags
Tibetan Prayer Flags (sometimes called Peace Flags) are a 2000 year old tradition from Nepal. Called Lung ta, or “wind horse”, Prayer Flags originated when sacred texts were written on cloth banners. Traditionally, the flag is made of cloth torn into a rectangular...
Meditation for Sleep: A Calming Oasis for Children with Anxiety
Meditation is powerful. Meditation practiced for sleep is incredibly powerful, especially for the increasing number of children suffering from anxiety! I have felt the power of this type of meditation in my own body, and I have seen the peace it offers my yoga...
Polar Bear Yoga
They are cute, fluffy, and super wintery, although you may not want to try to cuddle one! What are they? Polar bears, of course. Kids love learning about animals, especially these unique bears. A polar bear themed yoga class is the perfect opportunity to blend...
Social Emotional Learning – Yoga and Emotional Intelligence
Children are whole beings- body, mind, and spirit. They are not just their thinking minds that are able to solve math equations or remember the importance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s lessons on peace and tolerance. They are their physical bodies, that can...
3 Indoor Yoga Activities Perfect for Winter
Winter brings with it the challenge of being indoors for longer periods, but our classes still need to foster creativity and mindfulness. How can we get our students' brains working and able to maintain a peaceful state all winter long? By trying out new activities,...
Snow-Ga! Wintertime Yoga in the Snow
All kids love snow (especially those here in sunny Florida who wish it would snow all winter long). To take advantage of their enthusiasm for snow, I like to do a wintertime yoga class each winter. I went online to find images of the following winter activities and...
Winter Obstacle Course
Winter is definitely here. Since I previously did a Halloween obstacle course class that my students adored, I figured a winter obstacle course would be fun, too. And it was! It was challenging, imaginative, and relevant to yoga. These are my favorite ideas for a...
New Years Vision Boards for Kids and Teens
As we end off what for many has been a particularly challenging year we may question how we can enable our kids to look positively into the future and look forward to the rewards and challenges that a New Year holds. The art of manifestation tells us that we have to...
Winter and the Earth Element
What is the earth element? Whether or not the groundhog sees his shadow this year, winter is alive and well. The days are still sort of short and we still have weeks before spring and months before summer. Winter is still here in the northern hemisphere, and it is a...
Out With the Old…
Raise your hand if you've made at least one of these resolutions before: I will be more organized. I will eat better. I will lose ___ pounds. I will exercise every day. I will do ____ more. I will do ____ less. (I'm raising my...
Tired Little Yogis
Kids have so much energy….until they don’t. When little ones complain that they’re too tired, sometimes they really are tired and other times, it might be their way of saying, “I’m bored,” “I don’t want to do that,” or “I’m sad.” At this point in the year, as we...
Yoga Practices to Ease the Winter Blues
Originally posted on Redfin.com, Kidding Around Yoga was excited to be part of this collection of ideas and suggestions for getting through the winter blues with yoga! During the cold and dark winter months, the lack of sunshine often leaves us feeling mentally and...
‘Tis the Season to Feel Stress…And How to Overcome it as a Family
It’s beginning to look a lot like the holiday season. The traffic is honking. The parking lots are jammed. The lines are long. The bank account is dwindling. And our children are feeling all of this, too. There are many ways we can push through the stress with our...