by Amanda James | Feb 18, 2019 | Benefits of Yoga, Meditation, science of Yoga
Today’s blog article was written by all-grown-up KAY kid, Whitney James, currently a Freshman at Elon University in North Carolina. If you are anything like me, meditation seems a little bit like “voodoo”. Sitting completely still and quiet? Clearing your brain...
by Amanda James | Feb 14, 2019 | Benefits of Yoga, Meditation, Yoga at Home
Mindfulness is a type of meditation practice that trains the practitioner to be completely immersed in the moment, with all five senses. With practice, we learn to bring our scattered attention and energy back to what we are experiencing right now, without judgement,...
by Amanda James | Feb 11, 2019 | Benefits of Yoga, Breathing
It’s a tale as old as time – a child is so upset, so wound up, or so inconsolably sad that he/she cannot communicate the problem. Mom sees the struggle and gives a simple direction: take deep breaths and count to ten. And it works! Now if you asked the Mom...
by Amanda James | Feb 4, 2019 | Asanas, Philosophy, Yoga Stories
Today’s blog was written by Whitney James, a KAY kid who is now a freshman at Elon University. While we don’t always use Sanskrit in our kids’ classes, many of the asanas in modern yoga practice come from the backstories of Hindu deities. This...
by Amanda James | Jan 31, 2019 | The Joy of Teaching, Yoga Activities
Imagine this: you walk into an empty room (maybe a classroom, a yoga studio, or a gymnasium). Well, it’s not quite empty… there are 8 children scampering around, hopping from yoga mat to yoga mat, excited to start their yoga class with you! You better have...
