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 Heather Horrell | Jan 17, 2019 | Ayurveda, Benefits of Yoga, Meditation, Nutrition, Philosophy, Yoga at Home
Every winter season brings a plethora of illnesses, and blogs about prevention to go with it! Most, however, do not talk about how preventing the spread of colds and flu has a lot to do with a specific yoga philosophy! What? Believe it or not, trying our best to live...
by Amanda James | Jan 10, 2019 | Benefits of Yoga, Meditation, Philosophy
Meditation may be a new trendy buzzword, but the practice of settling your mind has developed over many centuries in several philosophical and religious traditions. Let’s take a walk down Meditation Memory Lane! C.5000-3500 BCE: Wall art showing people seated in...
by Amanda James | Dec 24, 2018 | Asanas, Benefits of Yoga, craft, Philosophy, Props, The Joy of Teaching, Yoga Activities
I am a scavenger – I love to find the treasures within the junk. I think of myself as an educational MacGyver. Give me some random object and I’ll figure out how to teach with it. This habit (gift?) started when I was a student-teacher, finishing up my...
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...
