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Poses to Ease Children’s Emotional Pain
While we might look back at our childhoods wistfully, conjuring up images of ice cream cones, fireworks, and sleepovers, the truth is that growing up is hard. Family situations, peer interactions, physical challenges, and societal pressures all weigh on children no...
Yoga on Ice: How Yoga Practice Improves Hockey Performance
When you think of winter sports, you might think ice hockey. In my house, hockey has been something my sons and husband have participated in since they were toddlers. To be a proficient hockey player you need to have sturdy legs for skating, a strong core for...
Top 10 Reasons to Teach Kids’ Yoga
So you want to be a Kids Yoga teacher? Good choice. It's the BEST way to change the world. Check it out: Kids are honest and open - you know what they really think about the class As a teacher that started out leading adult yoga classes, I’ve sometimes walked away...
Breathing Activities for Kids
Breathing is the bridge between our mind and body. It is a very powerful force to heal and to be more aware. In yoga, we call breathing practices pranayama and it is a big part of a yoga practice. In Sanskrit prana means breath or vital energy and yama is the control...
Teaching Children that Anyone can do Yoga
For me, living in a touristy area in Costa Rica, I get to meet yoga students from around the World. I have an interesting perspective on what people experience in yoga classes and of the yoga culture in different cities and countries across the globe. Something that I...
Self-Care in a Pandemic
If you’ve been following this 3 part journal then you know what to expect with part 3: self care! Finally, a little attention on the self. Technically, if I were following the rules of self care this should have been first and foremost, because the number 1 rule in...
5 Ways You Stress Your Students Out (Without Meaning To)
If you’re a Kids Yoga teacher, I would be willing to bet that one of your main goals in life is to reduce the amount of stress in children’s lives. There are several things however, that I have seen well-meaning Kids Yoga teachers do in class that are common triggers...
Fostering Mental Health in Children
Alright, now we know that COVID is effecting more than just our physical bodies, but our mental and emotional selves as well (see last week's blog). So what can we do to ensure that our kids are not storing all of this stress and are processing this possible trauma in...
How Fall Teaches Kids About Impermanence
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 beginning...
Children’s Mental Health and Covid
Whenever I see a young child wearing a mask, the little psychologist in me screams, “Is this going to totally mess you up down the line?” No, I do not mean the physical ramifications of wearing a mask for so many hours a day, but how does growing up in a fear-based...
Reverse Breathing
If you were born doing something, one would assume you are near-perfect at it. As land-dwelling mammals, breathing through the nose is something we do, without pause, from the microsecond that we come into this glorious world. Yet, surprisingly, it took a yoga class...
Virtual Yoga Games for a Virtually Perfect Kids Yoga Class
One of the (positive) surprises of teaching yoga online (through FB Live, IG Live, Zoom, Teams, etc.), is that I am able to teach children that live across the country (and world)! Little yogis that I wouldn't have had the honor of teaching have been able to join in...
Build a Kula
You can search high and low and never find your perfect parent tribe. Some parents just stop looking and rely on family to support and care for our children. Some families don’t always have those resources and rely on a crew of parents navigating this wilderness of...
Halloween Pre-Game Prep for the Mindful Family
I LOVE HALLOWEEN! I am "that" person. I have had some sort of costume box fully loaded since I was eight years old. I dressed up to pass out candy before I had children. I had my children's Halloween costumes planned before my 3rd trimester. There. I said it. One more...
New Certification Programs!
Kidding Around Yoga, a worldwide leader in Kids Yoga training since 2009, is pleased to announce the launch of a new Virtual Teacher Training course for certification in yoga instruction for children. This virtual program, which is a combination of self-paced online...
