Nurturing Healthy Relationships in Children through Yoga and Mindfulness
Mindful Transitions Part 2 – The Start of Kindergarten
EP. 60|Mindful Transitions Part 2 - The Start of Kindergarten The start of kindergarten is a major milestone in the lives of young children, maybe the biggest one! The start of kindergarten can be a stressful time for your child as they enter a world filled with new...
A Mindful Writing Process with Author Laura Bean
EP. 58|A Mindful Writing Process with Author Laura Bean Laura Bean, writing specialist, educational wellness consultant, and creator of Write to the Core curriculum, which integrates social-emotional learning with reading and writing joins Kristi and Kelly on this...
A Fun and Rewarding Career: The Business of Kids Yoga
EP. 57|A Fun and Rewarding Career: The Business of Kids Yoga Jobs can be fun and rewarding. How do we know? Because we teach kids yoga! On this week's episode of Mindful Conversations with KAY, Kelly & Kristi discuss the business of kids yoga and their personal...
Building Self-Confidence Through Yoga and Mindfulness
EP. 55|Building Self-Confidence Through Yoga and Mindfulness Confidence and self-esteem are important concepts for kids to embody because they help them to feel good about themselves and give them the power to believe in their own abilities. When kids have a healthy...
Flexible Thinking: A Life Skill For All Ages
EP. 54|Flexible Thinking: A Life Skill For All Ages Imagine this: You planned to pick up a pizza for dinner, but when you pull up to the restaurant, you realize it's closed on Mondays. As an adult, you can think through a couple of solutions, but now imagine you're 5...
A Conversation with the Author of The Yoga of Parenting, Sarah Ezrin
EP. 52 | A Conversation with the Author of The Yoga of Parenting, Sarah Ezrin We show up to parenting without much formal training, however, our practice 'on the mat' can be applied to parenthood in many ways. Sarah Ezrin, author, world-renowned yoga educator,...
Intuition: Helping our Children Use Their Inner Voice as a Guide
EP. 51 | Intuition: Helping our Children Use Their Inner Voice as a Guide Whether your inner voice is loud and clear or more of a whisper, listening to it can be a great source of guidance when you need it most. And in order to hear and trust that voice, adults and...
The Power of Yoga Nidra for the Entire Family
EP. 50 | The Power of Yoga Nidra for the Entire Family Show Notes Do you find yourself anxiously awaiting those final moments of yoga class when you get to rest in a sublime state of relaxation? Enter yoga nidra. Yoga Nidra, also known as “yogic sleep”, is a form of...
Bringing Mindfulness To Our Everyday Tasks: Find Joy in being present
EP. 49 | Bringing Mindfulness To Our Everyday Tasks: Find Joy in being present Show Notes Most of us lead busy lives with endless lists of things to do. It's easy to go into autopilot, especially for the more mundane tasks like doing the dishes and vacuuming. In this...
Jesse Bennett
EP. 48 |Creating a "Ripple" - An interview with children's book author and yoga teacher Jess Bennett Show Notes "Every day is a gift and my question to you is how can you create a ripple in all that you do?" Jesse Bennet, yoga teacher, children's book author and...
4 Animal Yoga Books You’ve GOT To Have
It seems like most young kids love making animal sounds; in fact, before my daughter could even talk, she was barking like a dog and mooing like a cow. She also loves to imitate me while I do yoga in the living room, so for her sake I repeated a Cat-Cow-Downward Dog...
What Fills Your Heart
EP. 47 | What Fills Your Heart? Deepen Your Family's Gratitude Practice Show Notes Gratitude is more than a feeling - and is best practiced as more than a mindless "chore". Brain science and our own experience tells us that tuning into what truly brings us joy,...
Meditation as a Path to Acknowledging Feelings
EP. 45 | Meditation as a Path to Acknowledging Feelings Show Notes How are you?No really, how are you? Actually taking a mindful moment to examine and name our feelings is rare in our busy lives. But acknowledging feelings, whether negative or positive, is key to...
Brain Breaks
EP. 46 | The Power of Brain Breaks: Giving the brain a rest allows for increased learning Show Notes There's SO much for kids to learn in such a short amount of time. It's best to just keep going, powering through lessons and homework, right? NO! Science shows...