The Householder Yogini Blog of Sydney Solis — Page 4

New Storytime Yoga Teacher Certification Announced for September

March 10, 2011

I have made many changes in my life this year. It was a big risk, uprooting myself and children, taking a sabbatical from Storytime Yoga and venturing out into the world to live my dream and experience life to the fullest. I am glad I had the courage and faith to do so, as the [...]

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The Joys and Challenges of Teaching Yoga to Preschoolers

March 6, 2011

The Joys and Challenges of Teaching Yoga to Preschoolers A special guest interview with Margaret Ricciardone, Certified Storytime Yoga Teacher We recently interviewed Margaret Ricciardone from Waldwick, New Jersey, on her children’s yoga teaching experiences. Find out what her students’ favorite stories are, what she finds most challenging about teaching yoga to preschoolers, her advice [...]

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Ayurvedic Cooking with Kids Using Staples

March 4, 2011

One thing I really learned to do while my family lived in Argentina was to cook from scratch with staples. Here in St. Croix there are the American-style supermarkets and warehouse-style shopping with hoards of imported, frozen stuff, but I shake my head at my kids and say, no way! That’s junk, it’s expensive, and [...]

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The Truth About Family Yoga

March 2, 2011

We are all moved into our new home in St. Croix and I enrolled kids in a school. While I loved doing home school with them during our travels in Argentina and when we first arrived here in St. Croix, I know my limits. I also know that my kids are getting older, and that [...]

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Kids Yoga: Every Day is the First Day of Creation

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February 22, 2011

A few years ago when I was creating the “Celebrate the Season” series of stories and lesson plans for families and communities to connect to the seasons through yoga and storytelling, I was stumped as what traditional story to use for spring. Naturally, the resurrection of Christ came up, which is lovely and appropriate for [...]

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Kids Yoga February Story: The Girl and the Puma from Argentina

February 22, 2011

I’m excited that this month’s Kids’ Yoga Story of the Month comes from Argentina, and features a brave young woman who defies authority and befriends nature. “The Girl and the Puma” guides yogis on a listening adventure in which they become the hero with their bodies and learn new outcomes to life’s challenges ahead. Join [...]

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Storytime Yoga Kids Yoga Camp at Kripalu July 22-24, 2011

February 17, 2011

Body-Centered learning program teaches literacy, fitness and character Back by popular demand! Come to the Storytime Yoga Kids Yoga Camp this summer at Kripalu and bring your family on a journey they won’t forget. Plan now to come to Kripalu July 22-24, 2011 to learn and play the Storytime Yoga way with Pioneering Kids’ Yoga [...]

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Storytime Yoga Story-of-the-Month Club Keeps Kids Fit and Smart

February 10, 2011

An old man discovers how to make withered trees bloom again. A lone girl survives in the jungle after a mother puma feeds her. A golden fish appears and grants a man his every wish. These fantastic stories from around the world, and more, arrive each month to members of Storytime Yoga’s Story-of-the-Month Club. I [...]

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Save Civilization – Tell a Story and Bring Folk to Life

January 29, 2011

My introduction to the rich cultural heritage of St. Croix and the Caribbean was from attending a tribute to educator and storyteller Delta M. Jackson Dorsch. I was proud of my two kids who sat for an hour through the dry messages for the elderly Cruzan author of The Role of the Storyteller in Virgin [...]

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Kids Yoga – Turtle Poetry and Poses

January 27, 2011

An anonymous poem about turtles, which are abundant here in St. Croix, gets little ones’ bodies moving and minds creating…….. There was a little turtle; he lived in a box. He swam in a puddle; he climbed on the rocks. He snapped at a mosquito; he snapped at a flew. He snapped at a minnow; [...]

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Kids Yoga Between Lectures does Body Learning Good

January 26, 2011

Recently my kids and I attended a wonderful experiential learning class about plants and fibers at our local botanical garden. The first part of the class consisted of a lecture and slide show of various plants and their fiber uses. Naturally we were sitting or standing for a long time, our heads stuffed with amazing [...]

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Kids Yoga Home School Activities in St. Croix – and Your Own Town, too

January 23, 2011

It was getting rather hot in Buenos Aires, and we needed a respite from the big city life. So now we have moved on to St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands for the next leg of our Storytime Yoga Road School of Experiential Learning. St. Croix is the largest of the U.S. Virgin Islands, [...]

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Storytime Yoga Children’s Mission in Buenos Aires, Argentina

January 18, 2011

No matter what the socio-economic background, no matter what the race or class, educating and providing health care for all children is a priority for a peaceful and enlightened society. From Thomas Jefferson to Manuel Belgrano, we can all agree – the job of educating the children of the poor is a task for every [...]

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Have a Magical New Year and May You Manifest Your Desires!

January 3, 2011

I hope you find the start of 2011 filled with a positive attitude, great health and the realization that you can make your dreams come true!! At the beginning of every new year I make a visualization book. Throughout the year I look at it, to reinforce the images and desires I want. By the [...]

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Mom, What does the Christmas Tree Mean?

December 24, 2010

Questions. They are music to my ears, and my favorite way to teach. So when my son recently asked me what the meaning of a Christmas Tree was, it sparked that fantastic opportunity to teach yoga. “Everlasting life. The evergreen is always green; it never dies. It’s just like the divine within you; it never [...]

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Cartoneros, the Blind Man and Lessons In Abundance

December 19, 2010

My children and I walked along the busy streets of Buenos Aires on the way to their eye doctor appointments. We noticed a blind man with his white-tipped cane, waving it all over the sidewalk. He was about to step onto the busy street corner, when a total stranger came up to him and grabbed [...]

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Holiday Gifts

December 15, 2010

The sacred time is upon us. Here in the Southern hemisphere, it is odd to have the holiday season commence with the approaching summer solstice as opposed to the winter solstice! Although there are a few Christmas trees, Santa Clauses and red bow decor beginning to appear in my apartment building and a few shops, [...]

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Mermaids and Hanuman!

November 30, 2010

Sovan Macha is a lovely mermaid that was messing with Hanuman’s rocks that he placed in the sea to make a bridge to cross to Sri Lanka to rescue Sita from the Demon Ravana. This little known version of the Ramayana comes from Cambodia. I thought it was a delightful twist to the tale. The [...]

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