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 Mandee Morris | Aug 7, 2017 | Asanas, Benefits of Yoga, Books, Karma Yoga, Meditation, Nutrition, Recipes, The Joy of Teaching, Yoga in Schools, Yoga Stories
As a kids’ yoga teacher we can have the amazing responsibility to introduce children to the ideas in Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras. About 1600 years ago in India, Patanjali condensed two different traditions (Ashtanga Yoga and Karma Yoga) to compose the Yoga Sutras, the...
by Sarah Dennehy | Jul 3, 2017 | Asanas, Benefits of Yoga, Meditation, Yoga Activities, Yoga at Home, Yoga Stories
Remember the Beanie Baby craze in the early 90s? Chances are that yes, you not only remember the craze, but you are still holding onto your favorite Beanie – or two- or three. Is you Prance the Cat collecting dust on a shelf? Or is Seaweed the Otter stuck in a...
by Amanda James | Jun 8, 2017 | Asanas, Benefits of Yoga, Breathing, Meditation, Yoga Stories
At the end of each of my Yoga classes (both kids and adults), I invite my students to tune out the noise from the rest of the world, to pull the energy they’ve scattered to everyone else back to themselves, find a comfortable lying position, and just rest. This sacred...
by Cassandra Dara-Abrams | Nov 28, 2016 | Asanas, Benefits of Yoga, Books, The Joy of Teaching, Yoga Activities, Yoga at Home, Yoga in Schools, Yoga Stories
I recently started teaching at in a pre-K program and was asked to lead the yoga before their naptime. The lights were dimmed and the cots were out with each child next to his/her cot with personal space; it was the perfect setting for yoga! I decided to tell a yoga...
by Amanda James | May 23, 2016 | Asanas, Benefits of Yoga, Books, The Joy of Teaching, Yoga Activities, Yoga Stories
Since cave drawings first made an appearance some 27,000 years ago, humans’ brains have developed around storytelling. Telling stories makes up to 65% of our conversations. We are built to hear, remember, and share stories. According to Jon Thomas’ The Art of...
