Being a Girl Scout is not just about selling cookies, although this is one delicious perk of being a Girl Scout. Being a Girl Scout is about creating friendships, memories, learning valuable life skills, and becoming a strong, courageous leader in your community....
Our minds are like a 6 lane highway. We have thoughts constantly moving along throughout our day. Some of these thoughts move along at a crawl, some speed along the shoulder almost unnoticed, others pileup with thoughts they should never even come in contact with. But...
Many yogis and non-yogis alike have heard all the rage around the practice of Hot Yoga. All I know is in the summer, I don’t want to be any hotter than I have to be! How can we “cool down” a practice that creates internal heat? How can we practice yoga with our...
You’ve memorized your sequence, cued the music, and prepped your meticulously clever craft. Class begins smoothly, but soon whispers turn into talking, talking becomes shouting, and before you know it, the entire class is running around. You're the yoga teacher—you're...
“Momma, sun!”, my daughter gushed while doodling on a rainy afternoon. She handed me her purple crayon. “You want me to draw a purple sun?” I laughed. “Purple sun, purple sun, purple sun!!” she insisted. Obviously, we had no time to waste! We drew a purple sun, a blue...
Sleep. A deceivingly simple, five-lettered state of being. As natural as breathing in and out. Yet, a good night’s shut-eye eludes many – for a plethora of reasons. To name a few, sleep disorders like insomnia, medical conditions that influence sleep patterns, 24/7...
Child’s Pose (Balasana) is a deceivingly simple posture. Usually practiced as a way to return to normal calm breathing after more challenging poses, Child’s Pose is, indeed, a great time-out. But in my Kids Yoga classes, it offers so much more than a quick rest. To...
“Rain, rain, go away, come again another day.”- James Orchard Halliwell The rain gets a bad reputation. We all blame the rain for ruining our day at times. Movies foreshadow sadness by setting the scene in the rain. Many songs use the metaphor of rain to evoke...
A beautiful trait in children is that they tend to get caught up in a moment. This gives them the highest of highs, where their whole bodies just light up from the inside. But these strong emotions can also have them spiraling into stress and anger with no clear path...
In a Kids Yoga class, we include all elements of a typical adult yoga class as we teach the science of yoga to children, including pranayama. Yoga Journal says this about pranayama: “Pranayama, the formal practice of controlling the breath, lies at the heart of yoga....
Being a parent is a wonderful thing, but as an adult there comes a time where you may feel stuck or in need of making a change in yourself. Or maybe your lifestyle just needs a twist and you want to learn something new. There are a lot of wonderful things we can try...
Ship’s ahoy! Boat pose (navasana) is a simple –yet challenging – yoga pose that builds abdominal, hip and lower spinal strength. Practicing Boat pose also enhances digestion, stimulates the thyroid and aids in kidney, prostate and intestinal function. Plus, for kids,...
A yoga card deck is a must-have for your bag-of-tricks! My favorite deck is from Kidding Around Yoga. They are like a “class in a box” that you can take with you for instant fun and activities wherever you teach and in any environment. You can simply pick a few cards...
When most people think of yoga, they typically picture stretching the body in funny shapes and chanting OM in Lotus pose. But as you may know, there is so much more to yoga than that. In our own practice, including the time we spend teaching kids, we can bring in the...
The activities explained in this blog article would make lovely little videos for you to share with your online audience. Just like us, our children live in a very busy world. From the moment they are born, kids are bombarded with ever-increasing pressures:...
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