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Om Work: Do Yours, I’ll Do Mine.
Being a Kids’ Yoga teacher is much more than having fun and teaching kids some poses. When I am teaching a class, I feel I am in a privileged position to bond with the kids and help them deal with many aspects of their lives. I like to teach my kids the importance of...
Pratyahara Practice Over Pizza?
Even after years of practicing yoga, mindfulness, meditation, and studying The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (along with other texts), I would by no means say I have mastered ANY of it. Is this discouraging? Not in the least. There are moments of mastery that are worth all...
Chocolate Covered Strawberries Anyone?
As parents, we will do about anything to get our children to eat their fruits and veggies! But chocolate covered anything might take it a little too far for most health-conscious parents, and especially as part of the daily diet. Well, in my house, we like our sweets...
Peace Begins with Me?
As we all know, we live in a hustle-bustle world. Often, we hear adults saying things like, “I’ll be at peace when __________ (I get a better job, get a bigger house, my house is organized, my marriage is happier, my kids behave, I lose weight, etc. etc.).” That list...
Really Stinky Feet
When I took my Kids’ Yoga training, they told us about Really Stinky Feet Spray. It has a soothing aroma of lavender, and I was told to use it in case my students came to class with some old school smelly feet. At the moment, I wasn’t so sure about it but during my...
Morning TV Time… It’s A-O-KAY!
We had a great morning! Even though I strive for every morning to be great, it doesn't really happen. But this morning was great! Any idea why? Kidding Around Yoga's DVD made our morning great. And not just the morning, but Lily (my 7-year-old) said she sang "Every...
The Unlikely Yogi… Boys Doing Yoga??
Being fairly new to the Kidding Around Yoga craze (I completed my awesome certification almost 7 months ago), most of the yogis coming to my classes have been little girls between the ages of 3 and 10. That is until recently, and I couldn’t be happier about it. Boys...
Stuff Your Face… with Stuffed Peppers
With Farmers’ Markets and backyard gardens in full growth all around the country, it’s becoming easier (and less expensive) to make those healthy food choices. Ayurveda suggests eating with the season since our bodies often reflect what’s happening in nature. Spring...
Out of the Mouths of Babes
Today I went to teach my evening kids' class, but unfortunately, I only had one little yogi in attendance. Luckily, any Kidding Around Yoga class, no matter how big or how small, can produce magic, which is exactly what happened tonight! Maya is the beautiful...
Raising a KAY Family
Since I took my first Kidding Around Yoga Teacher Training in January of 2012, I have pretty much lived and breathed Kidding Around Yoga much of the time. As you may have read in others’ testimonies as well as my own, this training pretty much changed my life. Not...
KAY and the Gang!
WOWZA! What a crazy few weeks. Or as I have learned through my fellow KAY teachers, it has been CRAY KAY. Oh, excuse me, where are my manners?! My name is Harris, and yes, Harris is my first name. Yes, I know it is Haris ‘Harini’ Lender’s first name too. She made me...
Climbing the Tree… of Yoga
One of the things that drew me most to the Kidding Around Yoga training (besides all of the awesome music) was that they offer a complete yoga practice in each and every class. So many studios and classes that offer “Yoga” focus only on the physical aspect of the...
The Missing Link
I woke up shaking. My hands, my chest, my heart… this wasn’t the first time. This was every day for me. Something terrible had happened to me. Anxiety. Have you ever been so stressed out that you could feel it in your body? I let it go too far. I was so stressed out,...
Act Your Age
It’s my 53rd trip around the sun and I wanted to share with you a few things I “think” I have figured out. Here’s one of my thoughts: When I was in my 20’s, I thought I knew everything and had it ALL figured out. When I was in my 30’s, I realized I didn’t know nuttin....
Be a Warrior, Not a Worrier
As a lifelong worrier, I have definitely NOT connected to my inner warrior until the last couple of years. What? A yoga blog about being a warrior? Aren’t yogis supposed to be peaceful and practice ahimsa (non-violence)? We are, and yes, we do practice non-violence on...
