Mindfulness (Heart~ Fullness) for Kids: What is mindfulness? Why teach mindfulness? What can we do? Research is showing us that practicing mindfulness and breathing more slowly can help balance the nervous system and tame the sympathetic activity. Slow mindful breaths sends a message to the sympathetic nervous system and heart rate to slow down. In...
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...
Are you Speaking your Truth? Kids Yoga Guide Creator Shares her Story! Sorry sound is low.. please turn yours up ALL the way! 😉 httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfaIew3M1_8 Launching August 9, 2011, Casey Feicht is a contributing author to the book: Volume Two Speaking Your Truth: Courageous Stories From Inspiring Women Check it out here. www.SpeakingYourTruthBook.com Please “like”...
Here is a testimonial of the YogiParenting course… httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfihhOArIDE&feature=player_embedded Casey’s Comment’s These videos are great! I think all parents can relate to what the women above is saying about dealing with kids as they push for their own way, while as parents we are trying to get somewhere. She incorporates taking her own yoga/time out,...
By Vicky Hallett from the Washington Post There’s nothing zen about a room full of 5- to 8-year-olds. Or so I thought until I visited Budding Yogis, a kid-centric studio in Chevy Chase D.C. All it took for instructor Linda Feldman to quiet down a rambunctious room of elementary-schoolers was the ringing of a bell....
Coming across the Special Child Yoga website, warmed my heart. I feel that yoga is for EVERY Body, regardless of age, ability or life path. To find a woman passionate about bring yoga to children with with Down Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, Microcephaly, Autism and other developmental disabilities, is truly a gift. These methods also provide an effective treatment...
To read my review of Donna’s Book click here! Once Upon a Pose: A Guide to Yoga Adventure Stories for Children Once Upon a Pose will provide parents and teachers with all they need to know to practice yoga with kids. This one-of-a-kind guide shows you step-by-step: – how to teach yoga to kids ages...
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnLnQ9oqYXI&feature=player_embedded Abraham Hicks – Kids Rule Rampage! The Secret: Law of Attraction Used for your Parenting Success Law of Attraction and Effective Parenting Struggle is not part of the natural order of life. One never sees a cherry tree struggle to produce blossoms when given the right environment. Why? Because the tree is simply following...
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvWJpE1ZT78 Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) will benefit from yoga since it addresses both the physical and emotional symptoms of the disorder. The typical gross motor delay, low muscle tone and impaired coordination of ASD often result in low self-esteem and lack of confidence which can extend to other areas of life. Yoga is...
Amandine Lerner, an eleven-year-old who leads a children’s yoga class in Miami, Fla., says she became a certified yoga instructor to “learn more about the body and how everything’s connected.” Click here to see this amazing yogi teaching yoga in this video
