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...
by Kara Levy | Dec 28, 2020 | Breathing, Meditation, Props, The Joy of Teaching, Yoga Activities, Yoga at Home, Yoga in Schools
Creating a Calm Down Box is a fun and practical activity to try at home with your own children, in your classroom, or in your next Kids Yoga class! Making a Calm Down Box is more than likely a long-term project. The more we learned about how to calm down, the more we...
by Leslie Gossett | Dec 28, 2020 | Asanas, Benefits of Yoga, Philosophy, The Joy of Teaching, Yoga Stories
Near the end of each yoga class I teach, whether to children or adults, we all bow to each other. I was taught that the bow has three parts, each of which aligns our hearts and minds with our bodies, and my favorite bow instruction is this: “Sit Like a Mountain...
