This yoga posture can feel wonderful for women when they are looking for a nice elongated feeling throughout their body. However, it can also be a challenging posture for some as they find their balance changes during pregnancy. Keeping blocks close by or the wall can assist in ensuring students … [Read more...]
Teaching Fruit Meditation To Children
Who doesn’t love a nice juicy piece of fruit? Ripe and ready to eat, so delicious, nutritious and filling. Did you ever think you could help your child learn to meditate by using a piece of fruit? Yes, you can! Have each child pick a piece of fruit and have them sit comfortable with the piece of … [Read more...]
Is Kids Yoga Supposed to be Quiet?
In a word: no. It’s simple, really: kids are not adults. There, I said it. Too often, parents look at kid yoga classes through the lens of their own experiences with yoga. They have the expectation that their child will follow the instructions they are being given with nary a word spoken, as the … [Read more...]
Teaching Feather Meditation To Children
When we begin to teach children how to meditate we first start with getting them to focus on an object and to slowly start to focus solely on that object. It can be a challenge to withdraw their attention and focus from other things surrounding them. Fidgeting and squirming is normal as they slowly … [Read more...]