by Amanda James | Jul 26, 2018 | Asanas, Benefits of Yoga, The Joy of Teaching, Yoga Activities, Yoga in Schools
While yoga is often celebrated as a non-competitive activity, there are certainly times that groups and teams need to be formed in order to play a game or complete a task. And, as you’d guess, this process sometimes leads to hurt feelings and frustration of...
by Heather Ruggieri | May 21, 2018 | Benefits of Yoga, KAY Music, The Joy of Teaching, Yoga Activities, Yoga in Schools
I’m sure by now most everyone has heard of Laughter Yoga, especially if you are in the mindfulness community. Let’s explore where, when, why, and how this came to be. A search on the World Wide Web points to Dr. Madan Kataria as the originator of a laughter club in...
by Amanda James | Apr 16, 2018 | Asanas, Benefits of Yoga, KAY Music, The Joy of Teaching, Yoga Activities, Yoga at Home, Yoga in Schools
A yoga card deck is a must-have for your bag-of-tricks! My favorite deck is from Kidding Around Yoga. They are like a “class in a box” that you can take with you for instant fun and activities wherever you teach and in any environment. You can simply pick a few cards...
by Jacquie Bullard | Apr 2, 2018 | Asanas, Benefits of Yoga, Philosophy, Props, The Joy of Teaching, Yoga at Home, Yoga in Schools
“An example is a clear bulb or a colored bulb. If the bulb is colored, it gives colored light. But you wouldn’t say the electricity inside is also colored.” -Swami Satchidananda, The Living Gita (The Yoga of Meditation) April showers bring May flowers….and...
by Heather Ruggieri | Mar 19, 2018 | Asanas, Benefits of Yoga, Breathing, Yoga in Schools
I don’t know about anyone else out there, but my kids move nonstop when we are out in public. Whether we are in a store for groceries, a restaurant for dinner, or any number of other errands, us mammas are runnin’ all day. And sometimes we find ourselves out...
by Katie Toth | Jan 15, 2018 | Benefits of Yoga, Meditation, Philosophy, The Joy of Teaching, Yoga Activities, Yoga in Schools
When I go into my kid’s yoga class, I tell them meditating is the most important thing they will ever learn in their whole life. Yoga makes our bodies strong and also our minds. We work on the muscles through the poses and I ask them to show me their muscles. “But...
