by Katie Rose | Nov 29, 2018 | Benefits of Yoga, Philosophy, The Joy of Teaching
Thanksgiving is a tradition many of us today recognize as beginning in 1621 at Plymouth with the Native Americans and the Pilgrims after the first harvest in the “New World”. It was actually more of a harvest festival and they gave credit for all the bounty and...
by Heather Horrell | Nov 26, 2018 | Philosophy, science of Yoga, Yoga at Home
One of my favorite things about fall, or the traditional fall that my northern friends get to enjoy is the; drying up of the leaves, the impending barren nature of the trees, and dwindling of the sun. In a way, these things are an end to the life cycle – the...
by Jennifer Sacket | Nov 8, 2018 | Ayurveda, Benefits of Yoga, Philosophy, Yoga Activities
I have always been interested in Ayurveda, which is the sister science to yoga. Ayurveda is the world’s oldest healing system. It was developed thousands of years ago in India and based on the belief that health and wellness depend on a delicate balance between...
by Heather Ruggieri | Nov 5, 2018 | Asanas, Benefits of Yoga, Breathing, craft, Philosophy, Yoga at Home
Thanksgiving is just around the corner! Get ready to eat, watch the parades on television, and eat some more. This year, why not start your festivities with a kid-led yoga session centered around the concept of thankfulness, or gratefulness? Directly tied to...
by Heather Ruggieri | Oct 22, 2018 | Asanas, Benefits of Yoga, Breathing, craft, KAY Music, Meditation, Philosophy, The Joy of Teaching, Yoga Activities
The yoga ideal of non-attachment… Can you even fathom how you would approach this concept in a kids’ yoga class? Non-attachment is called aparigraha in The Yoga Sutras (say that 3 times fast). It’s the fifth Yama, aka code of self-restraint. This code includes...
by Andrea Knauber | Oct 15, 2018 | Philosophy, Yoga at Home
Indudablemente el reto más grande en la vida consiste en educar y mantener los pequeños seres humanos a nuestro alrededor. La responsabilidad moral de tener hijos es algo que me impacto hace muchos años y mucho antes de convertirme en madre. Debo admitir que a pesar...
