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Raven Brings the Light – Celebrate the Season with Children, Story, Yoga and Art

December 1, 2011

The sacred time is upon us. The stories call us within. The Inuit story of Raven Brings the Light takes us on a journey to align our minds, hearts and bodies with nature and the season. Join me in bringing storytelling back to the world. Bring back our imagination and lead the people to light [...]

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The Golden Princess: Create Original Fairy Tales to Combine with Yoga and Help Kids Cope with Stress

November 4, 2011

Early one morning my daughter came into my room complaining of a serious stomachache and “nervousness.” She said she felt like throwing up. After talking with her for a while, she revealed the feeling of pressure. Having a learning disability in addition to dyslexia, she is frequently behind in school and gets confused. She complained [...]

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Storytime Yoga for Kids Live: The Twisted Chicken Warm-Up (Los Pollitos Dicen)

November 2, 2011

Use this warm-up with kids using eagle pose, garudasana. I used a fun folk toy I picked up in Mexico to sing the folk song of Los Pollitos Dicen. I asked kids to join in the chant of pio pio pio. I explained the meaning of the Spanish words and most kids had heard this [...]

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Storytime Yoga for Kids Live: The Skeletons’ Ball – folk song and movement for Halloween fun

October 29, 2011

Bring folk music to life by adding a chant and movement! I translated and retold this classic Latin American folk tale of Chumba la Cachumba as The Skeletons’ Ball for our October Storytime Yoga Kids Club feature. This is the live version told at my daughter’s school for their Halloween party! Subscribe to the Storytime [...]

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Kids Yoga Philosophy: This Halloween Teach Children About Death Through Story

October 28, 2011

In Ernest Becker’s Pulitzer prize-winning book, The Denial of Death, he writes that what young people need most in their lives is the chance to face death, be courageous and be a hero. True heroism and courage is about facing death, yet our Western culture is replete with heroes that merely shoot hoops or behave [...]

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How Stories and Yoga Play Therapy Help Kids Become Aware of their Feelings

September 21, 2011

It’s been sheer delight to be back teaching live classes again with the little kids. Every time I put on a Storytime Yoga class or tell a story to one of my own children, I am made aware of the profound effect on kids’ ability to access their feelings and become aware of emotions. This [...]

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Hurricane Irene: When the Lights Go Out, Old-Fashioned Fun Comes In!

August 30, 2011

Last week my family and I experienced Hurriance Irene as her back end passed over us here in St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands. It was quite an experience and we learned a lot about being prepared and what to do when the electricity goes out! What we learned is to use old-fashioned fun [...]

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Sun Stories and Yoga for Children

July 25, 2011

“The sun, the sun. I salute the sun. I open my heart to everyone. The sun rises, the sun sets. The whole world in my heart rests. Again I arise ready to live, happy to be and ready to give. The sun, the sun. I salute the sun. I open my heart to everyone.” Children [...]

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Storytime Yoga Kripalu Kids Camp will feature Sun Stories, Connecting to Solar Power!

April 28, 2011

Kids will learn and play the Storytime Yoga way July 22-24 at The Kripalu Kids Camp. The Sun is our theme, and we’ll be telling sun stories, learning fun facts about the sun, doing lots of sun salutations, learning the Gayatri Mantra, making Sun Prints for an art project, and swimming in the lake under [...]

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Brother Simple – Teaching Children Mantra in this Month’s Story-of-The-Month Club

April 21, 2011

Recently a student asked me for a story that she wanted to include in a meditation that she was recording for military personal so that they could reconnect to their inner child. Thinking soldier, the 12th century story of Brother Simple from the Golden Legend came to mind. The main character is a soldier who [...]

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Help Children Participate in Easter Rather than Consume It

April 20, 2011

Easter is a big deal here in the Virgin Islands. Schools will be closed for Good Friday and Easter Monday. Restaurants are not allowed to sell alcohol. I’m not one for forced religious observation on anybody, however, taking the time to connect personally to the mystery of the cosmos and to do it among community [...]

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Kids Yoga Class and Storytelling at St. George Botanical Garden April 13 in St. Croix, USVI

April 8, 2011

I’m excited to present Storytime Yoga in The Garden at the St. George Village Garden in St. Croix April 13 at 10 am. Held under the Kapok tree, this program for preschoolers and parents celebrates the Earth and upcoming Earth Day and is part of the Storytime Yoga Children’s Mission. Children are our future. Educate [...]

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The Treasure is in the Earth: Kids Yoga and Storytelling for Earth Day 2011

April 7, 2011

Educate children to treat Mother Earth with reverence and respect this Earth Day April 22 with Environmental Storytelling and Yoga. It’s crucial that we reach our youth to forge green attitudes about consumption and waste to ensure a bright future for the planet and humanity. I will be putting on Storytime Yoga in the Garden at [...]

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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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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 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 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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