From the monthly archives:

July 2008

Mixing it up with Rhyme, Rhythm and Repetition

July 30, 2008

I am teaching for eight weeks at the Commerce Child Care center on the NIST site in Boulder. These are all preschool kids, most of them 3 and 4 and one group of 5 year olds. They are a bit above average in energy, so my regular routines, nor my mystery bag of tricks, could keep [...]

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The Power of Personal Storytelling

July 24, 2008

Story Corps is in Denver this week. Last week I had the privilege of helping kick off the wonderful traveling van that records the stories of ordinary Americans. I told along with other many wonderful Rocky Mountain storytellers. Inspired by the stories that have been playing on Colorado Public Radio, this time I didn’t rehearse or [...]

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Telluride Kids Yoga Fest Day 2

July 12, 2008

The title of the Telluride Kids’ Yoga Fest is “Be Your Own Hero.” I told the group of 6-12 year old kids the Native American story of Jumping Mouse. The children are spellbound as usual, listening intently to this tale of a mouse who is transformed into an eagle. Enduring hardship to follow his vision of [...]

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Yoga for Teens at the Telluride Yoga Fest

July 11, 2008

We are in day one of the Telluride Yoga Festival Kid Yoga Fest!We have some wonderful teens in the group. The festival is held at Ah Haa School of the Arts in Telluride, a lovely old train depot. A perfect spot!After introductions, I started us off by letting us know that we identify with this [...]

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Off to Telluride Yoga Fest and the French Exchange Student

July 9, 2008

Tomorrow I leave for the Telluride Yoga Fest to teach the first ever Kids Yoga Fest there! Wonderfully arranged by Michelle Fury, Yoga Therapist at Children’s Hospital, along with Tisha Adams, Art Therapist with CH too!I am traveling with my four children, mother-in-law, husband AND our newly arrived French exchange student. I advise everybody to [...]

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