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What Your Yoga Instructor Doesn’t Tell You about Flexibility
(And why kids of all ages need it) Everyone knows yoga can make a body more flexible. In fact, inflexibility is often the top excuse people give for not being able to take yoga, stating, “I can’t do yoga. I can’t even touch my toes.” It is also the subject of a common...
Secrets of a Kids’ Yoga Teacher
(What No One Tells You About Teaching Yoga to Children) There’s a lot of extra baggage that goes along with teaching yoga to children. There are the oblivious parents. There are the over-zealous administrators of the schools hosting your classes. There are the...
Stop and Listen
How often do we listen to what kids say? How often do you as an adult feel unheard? Daily? Maybe just once or twice a week? How often do you think this is for the kids in your life? Sometimes we as adults are so busy “teaching” our children that we forget to stop and...
Just Breathe
It’s been with you since the moment you were born. You do it every day, mostly without thinking. It’s something so powerful that it is fundamental to and synonymous with being alive. Yet no one has probably ever taught you how to do it. No one probably ever thought...
Healthy Treats – With a Few Tricks
School is back in full swing, so days are packed and schedules are tight. The holiday season is coming on strong, too, with its own hectic fun. It all adds up to a recipe for junk food overload. To keep everyone satisfied and healthy, try these alternatives for...
Start With Yoga
It’s wonderfully peculiar the way the Universe works. A client came to me for Yoga, suffering from chronic stiffness. She was so moved by its ability to heal on various levels she asked me to assist in a workshop for a group of local children suffering from emotional...
Colors, Colors Everywhere!
A look at teaching color to young children Picture it: an early childhood classroom decorated and ready for the new school year. What is often seen? Color coded organization, possibly shapes in different colors with either the shape name or color name on it, brightly...
Not Your Mother’s Yoga
Yoga for kids?? Isn’t kid’s Yoga just a watered-down version of adult Yoga? I’m sure my littles wouldn’t go for that! At least not on a continual basis-they might try it once. They've got to wiggle-they've got to move! What makes a good yoga class for your children?...
Wag Your Tail with Downward Facing Dog
Downward Facing Dog (Adho Mukha Svanasana) is a pose great for aligning everything along the back side of the body. It is my personal “aaahh” pose done daily. This posture does double duty using both the arms and legs to stretch the spine, hips, hamstrings, and calves...
Choose Your Path
So you want to be a Yoga teacher? That's awesome! The more people spreading Yoga's love, the better. The world can use all the positive, strong, peaceful energy it can get, right? So go for it! Um...but where? Do a web search for "Yoga teacher training" and get ready...
Teaching Kids to Relax
“When is sleepy time? Is it sleepy time yet?” At least one child asks me this question every Yoga class! Savasana is a special part of Yoga that the kids LOVE! They can let go of all their worries and just be. Yoga class is the rare time of day some children have to...
Yoga in the Car Line
If your schedule is anything like mine, you and your kids spend a ridiculous amount of time in your car. Driving to and from school, activities, sports practices, and lessons plus waiting in the car for all of the activities, lessons, and practices to finish adds up...
Yoga in the Dark
To be in the company of 4 year olds is indeed a gift in so many ways. They love the world of make-believe and are keen to follow you (usually) wherever you want to go. As I was getting ready for my pre-schoolers' Yoga class this past week, the unthinkable...
Sports and Yoga – A Strong Connection
When I tell people that I’m a Yoga teacher, they automatically assume that I’m a tree-hugging, vegan, hyper-flexible hippie. And while some of that description is true, it leaves out so many descriptors: competitive athlete, harried mom, wine lover (did I mention...
Making An Impact with Kids Yoga
It’s not every day you get to make a difference, especially in a community in desperate need of Loving -Kindness. On May 2, 2015, I had the divine pleasure of being an integral part of the first Yoga festival to hit the historic Midtown area of St. Petersburg,...
