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Mar 12 2024

The Power of Peer Teaching

Peer teaching is a method in which students take on the role of both teachers and learners, working together to enhance their understanding of a subject.

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Nov 17 2023

A conversation with Sara Dean of Shameless Mom Academy

EP. 53 | A conversation with Sara Dean of Shameless Mom Academy In this episode of Mindful Conversations with KAY, Kelly and Kristi engage in a soul-stirring...

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The Benefits of Family and Friends Yoga

Doing yoga with family and friends makes the practice much more enjoyable for many reasons. It is fun to spend time with family and friends. If you are new to yoga, you will have a bunch of supportive people with you to start your very own yoga practice together. If...

Have a Very Mindful Holiday Season

Have a Very Mindful Holiday Season

For a lot of people, the holidays evoke feelings of stress, anxiety, and all-around misery. What should be a joyous and exciting time regardless of religious affiliation, ends up being a source of utter dread. It is understandable how this has happened. There is a ton...

Celebrate ALL of the Winter Holidays!

One of the best ways to teach compassion and to build more empathetic kids is to re-frame the world from the perspective of the viewer. Children are naturally curious, open-minded, and flexible in regards to integrating new information and differences among people....

Scarecrow Yoga

Scarecrows and autumn go hand-in-hand, so bring the fun of the farm right into your yoga classes with these scarecrow-themed games and activities: Scarecrow Pose: Let's start with the basics, Scarecrow pose! While it isn't a "traditional" posture in the yoga...

Abundance Themes for Fall Kids Yoga Classes

The fall season is the perfect time to practice yoga in honor of abundance in nature and in our lives. The theme of abundance not only teaches children to give thanks for all they have but to focus on how they can give to others by being peaceful, kind, and...

Harvesting Happiness

Here in the United States, November is the iconic month of Thanksgiving. We not only associate Thanksgiving with being grateful but of gathering with loved ones to feast on traditional foods that bring us a lifetime of loving memories. If you are your family’s...

Gratitude – More Than a Feeling

If you spend any time on the internet, you might notice common phrases used to describe the younger generation. I often laugh when I see young adults and kids categorized as innately entitled and ungrateful, as that has not been my experience working with children....

Make Gratitude Part of Your Child’s Daily Routine

I have always been interested in Ayurveda, which is the sister science to yoga. Ayurveda is the world's oldest healing system. It was developed thousands of years ago in India and is based on the belief that health and wellness depend on a delicate balance between the...

Four Yoga Practices to Teach Gratitude

Four Yoga Practices to Teach Gratitude

All of us are bombarded with advertisements, pressured to always gather more, and are rarely satisfied by simply being. This is especially true for our children, as they may not yet have the ability to filter through the materialistic messages; instead, their "need"...

Real World Impacts of Classroom Yoga

Increasingly, classroom teachers and school staff are being asked to guide and instruct children experiencing trauma and trauma-related responses. These adverse childhood experiences (ACES) can include any traumatic event, like abuse, caregiver addiction, and divorce....

The 5 Senses: An Autumn Experience

Autumn is my favorite season. I live in Ohio and the cooler weather that arrives in September brings with it a myriad of new sights, smells, sounds, tastes, and sensory feelings. Trees turn into works of art, painted varying shades of red, gold, green, and orange. The...

Autumn and the Water Element

It’s pretty easy to show kids the connection between summer and the element of fire. What’s less obvious is the connection between autumn and the element of water. While not all systems regarding the elements make this particular association, read on to see how you...

Mindful Moments to Welcome Fall

Here in the northern hemisphere, we are stepping deeper into the autumn season. The temperature changes, the colors change and the daylight changes all affect our children in obvious and subtle ways. Let's help them embrace the inevitability of change and the beauty...

How to Tell if You Have a Hippie Yoga Mom

*Today's guest blogger is Whitney, 15 year old daughter of a "hippie yoga mom" My mom is a hippie yoga mom. She wears flowy pants, burns incense, makes BBQ jackfruit, and even has a bobblehead Hotei on the dashboard of her car (I thought it was a Buddha; I was quickly...

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