Neuroscientist touts benefits of meditation for kids Richard Davidson co-authored book, The Emotional Life of Your Brain Simple meditation techniques, backed up with modern scientific knowledge of the brain, are helping kids hard-wire themselves to be able to better pay attention and become kinder, says neuroscientist Richard Davidson. Davidson — who will speak at the...
Kids Yoga Guide loves sharing Kids Yoga, and seeing it on the news. This was over a year and a half ago.. but so good to see. Try these poses with your kids at home today! httpv://youtu.be/EMNfgl5uApI
Yoga and Children’s Mental Health By Jennifer Van Pelt, MA Social Work Today In March of 2011, yoga programs in schools and hospitals were featured in a Wall Street Journal article that summarized the many benefits for children’s overall mental health. Clinical studies have shown that yoga not only improves physical fitness in children but...
Kids Yoga, Teens too Coming Soon to a School Near You: 5 Reasons Why This Is Awesome! By Abby Wills While yoga has been practiced in schools across the country for several decades, lately the movement has sky rocketed. Organizations coast to coast are successfully implementing yoga in thousands of classrooms via live teachers, digital...
Kids Yoga in the News again! I love that Kids Yoga is showing up in the news left and right these days. People are really seeing the benefits of the stress relief and calming benefits of yoga and how it can serve them. Click here to watch this video about Kids Yoga in Baltimore Making...
Yoga in school showing results, officials say Erica Hill reports on a school in Calif. that has incorporated yoga into its daily curriculum and since it started, suspensions are down 60 percent and test scores have risen. Click here to watch this amazing video. Check out the organization involved. Headstand! 😉 Casey Comments I love...
Scientists and doctors agree, that feeling good is the key to intelligence, creativity, and motivation. In fact, high levels of dopamine, the “feel-good” chemical in your brain is largely associated with learning and memory. Recent brain imaging tests show that dopamine is essential to real learning. Real learning meaning that the information being taught “sticks”...
When you think of education, what are your first thoughts? English, math, pens and pencils, a chalkboard with a well dressed teacher, lecturing information for you to quickly jot down or cram into your head before the next big test. What about movement? As a child, can you remember learning to ride your first bike,...
TO “om” or not to “om”: For those who teach yoga in schools, that is a question that arises with regularity. BEND Kate Johnson teaching a class at New Design High School. The little syllable, often intoned by yoga students at the beginning and end of class, signifies different things to different people. But with...
“Attention Yoga Teachers: The World’s first online Kids Yoga Directory is Launching Soon!” httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBbOG8elfoo Share your passion for Kids Yoga! Caring is Sharing If you are reading this right now then YOU are in the right place. YOU have what it takes to change the worlds of many parents and kids lives. I am so...
