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Mealtime Mindfulness
“Mealtime Mindfulness” – Kelly and Kristi explore ways to make family meals more enjoyable through mindfulness
Sangha: A Community of Yoga Kids
It’s no secret that everyone needs a tribe. A sangha. As humans, we thrive when we have support, help, and friendship. We tend to gravitate towards those people more like ourselves and grow our community from there. And that’s okay! However, it’s a good thing to build...
Creating a Community in Your Kids Yoga Class
Creating a yoga community is essential to starting each yoga class. I love to emphasize positivity and building each other up to make each student feel empowered! Positive Language Oftentimes you hear students say “I did it! It’s easy.” or “I can’t do it!” Whenever I...
You Know What They Say About Assumptions…
You know what they say about assumptions... I won’t finish the sentence. But I will emphasize how important it is not to make assumptions about our students when we are teaching yoga (or for that matter, about any other human being we encounter in any other...
Episode 26
“Yoga and Child Development Part 3: The power of yoga and mindfulness for teens and tweens” – Kelly and Kristi discuss the importance empowering our young adults with mindfulness tools
R-E-S-P-E-C-T (Find Out What It Means to Me)
With a nod to the great Aretha Franklin, we all need a little respect ("just a little bit"): respect for others, for the earth, for ourselves. As a children's yoga teacher, I have found that teaching about respect in its various forms takes more than a quick...
Kids Yoga at the Beach
I love the beach! My favorite thing to do is to go to the beach. The ocean, the breezy air, the warm sand, and the bright sun in the sky… being at the beach is blissful. Now add some yoga to a beautiful beach day, and there is nothing better than that. Yoga at the...
Episode 25
“Yoga and Child Development Part 2: The School Age Child” – Kelly and Kristi talk about their struggles and successes in finding ways for their families to stay mindful and active over the long break
The Importance of Learning Through Play
**Today's blog post was written by Whitney James, an all-grown-up KAY kid, currently a graduating senior at Elon University** All play is a significant action, according to John Huzinga, one of the top researchers of play in the 20th century. Meaningful play, however,...
Episode 24
“Yoga and Child Development Part 1: The Littlest Yogis, Infants and Toddlers” – Kelly and Kristi share their unique insights and experiences with our youngest yogis
Splish Splash Yoga
Want a new challenge for you and your young yogis? Try moving your Kids Yoga practice off the mat and into a swimming pool! Here are some easy ideas for games and activities to really make a splash! Cannonball: Assign a pose and have each child jump into the pool in...
Episode 23
“Yoga In Schools Part 3: How Yoga Can Be a Powerful Tool in Special Education” – Kelly and Kristi talk with Erin Williamson, Special Education teacher and Kids Yoga teacher from Durango, Colorado
5 Games to Improve Coordination
Coordination can be tricky, even for some adults! We all know, and perhaps we were, that kid who is just uncoordinated or klutzy. Yet coordination is something we can build as a young child and improve through the lifespan. Coordination building games can be great fun...
Full-Blown Pranayama Putt-Putt
I grew up loving miniature golf. My grandparents have had a camper at Alleghany Mountain Resort at Rainbow Lake since my mother and her brothers and sister were young enough to enjoy the fresh air and open spaces. Much of summer’s free time was spent with aunts,...
Episode 22
“Yoga in Schools Part 2: Yoga and Physical Education Curriculum” – Kelly and Kristi have a suggestion: Make yoga part of the PE curriculum!
