Downward Facing Dog (Adho Mukha Svanasana) is a pose great for aligning everything along the back side of the body. It is my personal “aaahh” pose done daily. This posture does double duty using both the arms and legs to stretch the spine, hips, hamstrings, and calves...
So you want to be a Yoga teacher? That's awesome! The more people spreading Yoga's love, the better. The world can use all the positive, strong, peaceful energy it can get, right? So go for it! Um...but where? Do a web search for "Yoga teacher training" and get ready...
“When is sleepy time? Is it sleepy time yet?” At least one child asks me this question every Yoga class! Savasana is a special part of Yoga that the kids LOVE! They can let go of all their worries and just be. Yoga class is the rare time of day some children have to...
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...
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,...
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...
Lotus flowers are simply beautiful. I have always liked them, even as a child. Whenever I come across any type of floating flower I get enchanted by them. When I started practicing Yoga, I loved the fact that everything was embellished with lotus flower, and that was...
Maybe you are not in the mood to listen to a long story, but if you are thinking about teaching Yoga to kids and becoming a great Kids Yoga teacher maybe this can help you to make up your mind and go for it! Being a Kids Yoga teacher is a blessing! At least for me....
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...
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...
Soccer is huge in Argentina. When I started working with kids, the first thing the three-year-olds asked me, even before my name, was, “What’s your team, teacher?” Soccer is so huge in my country that usually the first toy for a boy is a soccer ball. And the second...
Yoga class is a collective experience, and like any group activity, an opportunity for kids to learn social skills, including the idea of personal space. Kids have a different conception of personal space and boundaries than adults do. In my first regular class, we...
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