by Sarah Dennehy | Jan 21, 2021 | Asanas, Benefits of Yoga, Breathing, KAY Music, Meditation, Philosophy, Yoga Activities
If you practice yoga, you are likely familiar with the Eight Limbs of Yoga. Written thousands of years ago, The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali explores the eight-fold path, or ashtanga (which translates to “eight limbs”). This is the foundation of yoga philosophy and...
by Amanda James | Jan 18, 2021 | Asanas, Benefits of Yoga, Breathing, Meditation, Yoga Activities, Yoga at Home, Yoga in Schools
Let’s start with the bad news. Teens spend an average of 30 hours per week in front of screens. Television, computers, smart phones, and video games are changing teenagers’ bodies, their visions, and their minds. All this time being sedentary with a screen glowing...
by Jacquie Bullard | Jan 14, 2021 | Asanas, Benefits of Yoga, Books, Breathing, Meditation, Yoga at Home, Yoga in Schools, Yoga Stories
It seems like most young kids love making animal sounds; in fact, before my daughter could even talk, she was barking like a dog and mooing like a cow. She also loves to imitate me while I do yoga in the living room, so for her sake I repeated a Cat-Cow-Downward Dog...
by Amanda James | Jan 11, 2021 | Asanas, Benefits of Yoga, Camp Kidding Around Yoga, KAY Music, The Joy of Teaching, Yoga Activities
*Today’s blog was written by Whitney James, a former KAY kid and current Elon University student* About twice a month I babysit two little girls whose parents are some of our family friends. The girls are 7 and 5 so getting them to calm down and stop running...
by Katie Rose | Jan 7, 2021 | Benefits of Yoga, Books, Karma Yoga, KAY Music, Meditation, Science of Yoga, The Joy of Teaching, Yoga Activities, Yoga at Home
Let’s start the new year with PEACE! I thought I would share a little about the science behind feeling peaceful. The international yoga teacher training program, Kidding Around Yoga, has a mantra they teach every teacher and child who experiences their program:...
by Sarah Dennehy | Jan 4, 2021 | Benefits of Yoga, The Joy of Teaching
I work with children between the ages of four and six. All of them have Autism diagnoses, and some also have ADHD. Any time I think I’m having a stressful day, I am quickly humbled when I think of the kids I work with who are in an almost constant state of stress or...
by Amanda James | Dec 31, 2020 | Asanas, Benefits of Yoga, Breathing, The Joy of Teaching, Yoga at Home, Yoga in Schools
I’ve been practicing yoga for nearly 15 years. I’ve been a yoga instructor for 12 years now. I’ve read about chakras and nadis. Patanjali and Iyengar populate my bookshelves. I’ve lost track of how many mats I’ve used (and lost). But nothing, no teacher, no book, no...
