If your schedule is anything like mine, you and your kids spend a ridiculous amount of time in your car. Driving to and from school, activities, sports practices, and lessons plus waiting in the car for all of the activities, lessons, and practices to finish adds up...
To be in the company of 4 year olds is indeed a gift in so many ways. They love the world of make-believe and are keen to follow you (usually) wherever you want to go. As I was getting ready for my pre-schoolers' Yoga class this past week, the unthinkable...
When I tell people that I’m a Yoga teacher, they automatically assume that I’m a tree-hugging, vegan, hyper-flexible hippie. And while some of that description is true, it leaves out so many descriptors: competitive athlete, harried mom, wine lover (did I mention...
It’s not every day you get to make a difference, especially in a community in desperate need of Loving -Kindness. On May 2, 2015, I had the divine pleasure of being an integral part of the first Yoga festival to hit the historic Midtown area of St. Petersburg,...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
I was invited to teach several movement workshops for a local synagogue's high holiday children's programming. Little did I know that my favorite age group would end up being the third to fifth grade group. The programming was open to any child who didn't wish to be...
A magic basket, KAY music (obviously!), pom-poms, 1 husband, 1 6-month old baby and the beginning of the biggest talking stick you've seen (the inside of a carpet roll) were packed in the car and on our way to the Yogini Tinies Workshop for children with special...
Trying to get my accessible yoga for kids class at full throttle was really hard work. To actually get the parents to bring the children and maintain this new habit was even harder. Why? This question still ruffles my peacock feathers as I really don't know. So I've...
Mouth dry, heart beating like dove wings in my chest and hands getting a bit sticky...... No, I wasn't auditioning for X Factor! I was standing in front of over 370 children about to tell them why they should practice yoga. My path into the wonderful world of...
I’ve always been a fast walker. I usually have my eye on the destination and have likely mapped out the most efficient way to get from Point A to Point B. I’ve even been guilty of this on a hike – zipping up the trail (how fast can I get to the top?) and practically...
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