by Amanda James | Jul 5, 2018 | Benefits of Yoga, Meditation, Yoga at Home
Mindfulness is a type of meditation practice that trains the practioner 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 | Jun 28, 2018 | Asanas, Benefits of Yoga, Breathing, Meditation, The Joy of Teaching, Yoga Activities, Yoga Stories
The image of a butterfly is the PERFECT symbol for a children’s yoga class. Think about it for a second. Our little ones start out as little eggs (infants), begin to crawl and explore (caterpillars), and then continue to change and grow into beautiful...
by Heather Ruggieri | Jun 18, 2018 | Asanas, Benefits of Yoga, Breathing, craft, KAY Music, Meditation, The Joy of Teaching
I’ve been trying to brainstorm a class on slowing down. On slowing our kids down. Giving them permission to take deep breaths, and take their time. Why have I been trying to do this? Well for one, I’m exhausted from trying to do too much at any given time with my...
by Marcie Robinson | Jun 11, 2018 | Asanas, Benefits of Yoga, Meditation, The Joy of Teaching, Yoga Activities, Yoga at Home
Pokemon Go is outdoors so take your Yoga outdoors, too. Quick confession here… I thought Pokemon was silly and Pokemon Go was even sillier. Before sitting down with both of my sons to talk about this blog, I was a Pokemon naysayer. My boys have taught me to...
by Heather Horrell | Jun 7, 2018 | Asanas, Benefits of Yoga, Breathing, Meditation, Yoga at Home
We often talk about self-care and why it is important to practice it, but we fail to mention that it is beneficial for the people around us, too! When it comes to yoga, it is a definite form of self-care. It allows us to take care of our physical body through...
by Jacquie Bullard | May 31, 2018 | Asanas, Benefits of Yoga, craft, Meditation, Props, The Joy of Teaching
The transformational power of imagination Have you ever seen a kid play happily with a simple cardboard box for 30 minutes? What about kids who love to drum on anything from empty Quaker oats canisters to cookie tins? When it comes to props, so much can be done with...
