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...
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...
Making the discipline of yoga part of your discipline plan I have two televisions in my household. In the last 6 months they have gotten way too much use. Partly due to the birth of my daughter and all the time spent with hands tied up nursing, making it difficult to...
This time last fall I was in Asheville, NC attending the 500-hour Teacher Training Immersion at Asheville Yoga Center. I was also missing my yoga classes. See before last school year I was out there teaching my tush off the Kidding Around Yoga way (8 classes/week), as...
So we previously shared an article on the “richness” of teaching yoga to adults or children. That article spoke briefly to the difficulty of making a living at teaching yoga, and also to the blessings that fill our cups to overflowing. So much so that many of us have...
HAHAHA! Did you read that title? Sure, there are those exceptions out there of people who have built yoga empires and live very well, or richly, in the material sense. However, anyone who has ever tried to make a go at leaving their day job to make a living teaching...
Last Friday I shared an article with you about the Summer Solstice, its significance, and my personal experiences with it. I did end up getting to participate in the 108 Sun Salutations Challenge, and after a long day of a yard sales and shopping for maternity yoga...
This weekend, June 21st to be specific, we are approaching the Summer Solstice and the longest day of the year. Many breeze by this day and see it as a great time to gather with family and friends as a way of marking the “beginning” of summer, though you may have been...
Since January 2012, I have taught many children many things. I have been a babysitter, a yoga instructor, a crafts leader, a friend, a taxi driver, and a mother. As a yoga instructor last year I taught up to 15 classes a week some weeks! On average weekly, I had the...
Even after years of practicing yoga, mindfulness, meditation, and studying The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (along with other texts), I would by no means say I have mastered ANY of it. Is this discouraging? Not in the least. There are moments of mastery that are worth all...
As parents, we will do about anything to get our children to eat their fruits and veggies! But chocolate covered anything might take it a little too far for most health-conscious parents, and especially as part of the daily diet. Well, in my house, we like our sweets...
As we all know, we live in a hustle-bustle world. Often, we hear adults saying things like, “I’ll be at peace when __________ (I get a better job, get a bigger house, my house is organized, my marriage is happier, my kids behave, I lose weight, etc. etc.).” That list...
With Farmers’ Markets and backyard gardens in full growth all around the country, it’s becoming easier (and less expensive) to make those healthy food choices. Ayurveda suggests eating with the season since our bodies often reflect what’s happening in nature. Spring...
Since I took my first Kidding Around Yoga Teacher Training in January of 2012, I have pretty much lived and breathed Kidding Around Yoga much of the time. As you may have read in others’ testimonies as well as my own, this training pretty much changed my life. Not...
As a lifelong worrier, I have definitely NOT connected to my inner warrior until the last couple of years. What? A yoga blog about being a warrior? Aren’t yogis supposed to be peaceful and practice ahimsa (non-violence)? We are, and yes, we do practice non-violence on...
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