Be warned! If you send your kids to yoga... · They may come home shockingly calm, and ready to do their homework That’s right, after an hour in a specially designed yoga program, your child will have jiggled and giggled their...
Yoga on a Public Outing
I don’t know about anyone else out there, but my kids move nonstop when we are out in public. Whether we are in a store for groceries, a restaurant for dinner, or any number of other errands, us mammas are runnin' all day. And sometimes we find ourselves...
Family Yoga Night
I can’t imagine a better way to create connection with your loved ones than putting together a family yoga session. Our gym holds family yoga on a weekly basis, so instilling the same regularity in a home practice only makes sense. While I do enjoy the gym sessions,...
Mandala Magic
The art and therapy of mandalas has reached huge popularity. But what exactly is the meaning and purpose of the beautiful, geometric images we find ourselves drawn to decorate with color? Merriam-Webster provides these two definitions of mandala: 1. a Hindu or...
Yoga and the Bad Day
I picked up a children’s book before I even had children called Alicia Has a Bad Day by Lisa Jahn-Clough. I bought it because my sister’s name is Alicia. And she had many a bad day when we were growing up. It’s one of those times in life, where you look up to see if...
Yoga and the Garden
The seasonal and cyclical nature of gardening is necessary for the perpetuation of the plant world. Why shouldn’t this same idea apply to the human world? We evolve within our lifetimes, and humanity evolves over generations, with the intention of...
The Intimacy of Family Relationships
Between the yelling, the threats, the negotiations, and the bribes of the last 8 years, I'm pretty sure I'm the worst parent in the history of mankind. Who let this woman become a mother? And yet my daughters snuggle up to me nightly, yearning for my acceptance and...