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Don’t Hold Your Breath! Pranayama for Kids
Breathing. It seems so easy. Breathe in. Breathe out. We’ve been breathing every moment of every day since birth. How hard can it be? We may call that instinctual movement of air “breathing”, but true breathing, conscious breathing does more than keep us alive....
Kids’ Yoga Grows Leaders
This past summer I had the opportunity to teach sixty pre-teen girls and boys Yoga two hours a day for one week. Camp is held on a university campus and so we met in the huge gym for a shoes-on, no mats adventure. The first day was full of establishing norms, the...
Wintertime Yoga
All kids love snow (especially those here in sunny Florida who wish it would snow all winter long, even if they go on a winter vacation!) to take Advantage of their enthusiasm for snow, I like to do a wintertime yoga class each winter. I went online to find images of...
Growing Roots
As a teacher and student of yoga I strive to live a life dedicated toward health and wellness. Properly fueling our bodies with whole unprocessed foods can be lead us toward a more sattvic state a huge investment of time and it is well worth the process. My children...
Can my child with autism really do Yoga?
So often I receive a look of surprise from parents when I tell them “Your child would really love a Yoga class!” I know this look well. This is a look of dismay, a look that says, “My child can barely sit still! He barely follows my directions! I’m not sure she will...
Spreading the Yoga Love
Yoga is still looking for it's big break in England, especially outside of London. It takes a lot of effort and patience trying to get parents to give it a go with their children, with many either seeing it as some religious cult or not active enough to be of any...
Repetition Builds Trust, Security & Growth
I remember when I first got on a yoga mat, how awesomely PAINFUL it was! Holding downward dog made me want to scream. Leaving the class, we all agreed what a tester it had been and were looking forward to doing something different next week. Fast forward 3 weeks and...
Yoga Rules:
Making the discipline of yoga part of your discipline plan I have two televisions in my household. In the last 6 months they have gotten way too much use. Partly due to the birth of my daughter and all the time spent with hands tied up nursing, making it difficult to...
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Lesson Plan
Teaching Yoga to Children Through the Lessons of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a leader of peace and social justice. Monday, January 19, 2015 is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The following are a few meaningful ways you can include his...
The Lotus Flower Lesson
Lotus flowers are simply beautiful. I have always liked them, even as a child. Whenever I come across any type of floating flower I get enchanted by them. When I started practicing Yoga, I loved the fact that everything was embellished with lotus flower, and that was...
Gingerbread Yogini
Sweet Sassy Molasses……. here comes the Gingerbread Yogini! Rarely have I met a cookie that I do not enjoy. The process is time consuming but well worth the culinary adventure. You can even invest in cookie cutters in a variety of yoga asana poses. While I was...
How kids yoga ended up in my path
Maybe you are not in the mood to listen to a long story, but if you are thinking about teaching Yoga to kids and becoming a great Kids Yoga teacher maybe this can help you to make up your mind and go for it! Being a Kids Yoga teacher is a blessing! At least for me....
Rainy Day Yoga
For both children and adults, yoga practice can help us to appreciate nature - and weather is part of nature that kids experience whether they live in the city or in a rural area. I've been thinking about this as long-awaited rain has been showering California lately....
Chanukah 101
The Story The story of Chanukah celebrates the Jewish people and honors their struggle to restore the ancient Temple of Jerusalem. During this time, Judea was ruled by the Syrian King Antiochus. He declared that all Jews must worship Greek gods. The Jews were...
Yoga and Boy Scouts and Tree Pose… Oh MY!
Vriksasana, Tree Pose, is a one-legged balancing posture that has endless variations and modifications as either a solitary tree or a forest, with arms as branches that wave in the wind or remain calm at your heart center. The benefits of practicing this posture...
