I Grow With Yoga (The Kids Yoga Resource)

This spring, my kids and I have returned to “Little Family” Yoga Class with ChildLight Yoga.  It has prompted me to reflect on the impact this company has had on my family’s wellness, and I’ve done so on The Kids Yoga Resource, the ChildLight Yoga blog for which I am a regular contributor. It’s really [...]

Great Kids Yoga Book for Home, School or Studio!

Have the winter blahs hit your house?  Are you interested in learning and teaching your children something new?  Does your school or day care promote a healthy lifestyle while helping your child learn and develop? If you answered Yes to any of these questions, you will love the ABCs of Yoga for Kids!  It’s a [...]

Karma Kids

I wanted to share a post I recently wrote for The Kids Yoga Resource, Karma Kids and the Golden Rule.   The Kids Yoga Resource is the blog of ChildLight Yoga, and offers tons of great information on yoga for kids. I hope you are inspired to involve your children in the Haitian relief effort. [...]

Reflections of Gratitude

If there is one thing that makes teaching yoga to children easy, it’s a holiday.  As a former kids instructor, I enjoyed lesson planning immensely, perhaps sometimes more than carrying out the lesson in the studio or classroom!  (It must have been the creative side of me eeking its way out to the world)  Nothing [...]

Baby’s Day Out

This week, I’ve got babies on the brain.  Two good friends are due any day now, and another just told me she is expecting in 2010.  Every celebrity magazine on the newsstand is showcasing Hollywood moms and moms-to-be, as I walked in downtown Portsmouth NH yesterday, soaking in the warm November sun, it seemed every [...]

Halloween Fun – Yoga in Disguise!

Many PranaMamas and other devoted yogis support the recent movement to expose children to yoga at a young age.  Children benefit from physical activity, creative movement, imagination-inspired games,  thoughtful group discussion, relaxation techniques, and stress-busting breathing exercises.  However, many adults are at a loss when it comes to teaching these pint-sized Shiva Rea wanna-bes.  Instructors [...]

Back-to-School Yoga – 10 minutes to Calm!

With many of the nation’s kids going back to school this week, it’s a great time to introduce yoga.  If your house is anything like mine, the kids have become quite used to staying up late, being lazy in the morning and having lots of opportunities to burn off excess energy outdoors and with their [...]

Pranayama & Easy, Breezy Kids

Spending the summer at home with my kids has been busy!  Gone are the lazy days of summer when you have a 4- and 2-year-old.  We’ve travelled New England, learned to swim, made new friends, eaten more ice cream than I care to admit, bowled, fished, tumbled, climbed, bicycled, explored, run, hiked, played ball, visited [...]

Gratitude and My “SuperDad” Husband

I’ve been thinking a lot about gratitude this week.   I took a road trip to my father and step-mother’s house with my kids, but without my husband.  It was a mid-week visit, and so even though my parents are still working, they are more flexible with their schedule and it was easier to visit [...]

Magic Stones Help Calm Kids

Today was a  hot and humid summer day.   While trying to stay cool inside the house, I dug out a jar of small decorative stones for my nearly 2-year-old to play with.  I had forgotten about them, tucked deeply in the top of the playroom closet, waiting for him to outgrow the phase of [...]