EP. 62|Transitions - High School Transitioning to high school is a big change for teens. As they enter another new building, with new teachers and peers, they'll gain greater independence and access to a wider range of classes and activities. They'll also be faced...
Mindful Transitions Part 3 – Middle School
EP. 61|Mindful Transitions Part 3 - Middle School The transition to middle school is a big step on the road to maturity. Regardless of what specific grade marks the beginning of middle school in your community, your child may be feeling both excited and afraid. (And...
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...
Mindful Transitions: Part 1 The First School Experience
EP. 59|Mindful Transitions: Part 1 The First School Experience Change is hard regardless of age, but children particularly struggle with transitions. Especially the big ones like heading off to preschool for the first time. They may be leaving you for the first time...
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...
Exploring Mindfulness with Author Maria Moore
EP. 56|Exploring Mindfulness with Author Maria Moore Happiness looks and feels different for everyone, but how we get there is often quite similar: through a deep connection with ourselves. Maria Castelluci Moore, entrepreneur, writer, and mother of 4, joins Kristi...
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...
Fun Ways to Use Yoga Cards
EP. 53 |Fun Ways to Use Yoga Cards The best and most useful tool for teaching yoga to kids? A good set of physical yoga pose cards with images or drawings of kids doing yoga. Yoga cards are fun and accessible for all ages. In this episode, of Mindful Conversation with...
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...
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...
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,...