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MOVING FROM THE CORE

November 17, 2008

I had the wonderful fortune of being able to juggle my children around from their sleep over birthday parties and piano recital and attend senior Anusara Yoga Teacher Anthony Bogart’s yoga therapy workshop last weekend.  It was amazing to realize how out of alignment my body is! And that if you just get in alignment [...]

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Teaching Meditation to Older Children using Personal and Traditional Stories

March 6, 2008

Namaste!Last night my 7-year-old daughter asked to meditate with me. Her 11-year-old step-sister was being mean to her, she said.  Of course we will meditate! I said. She brought up her 10-year-old brother. We lit the candle, and naturally now that they are older, beyond the preschool and early elementary stage, we can talk about [...]

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Celebrating the Season in Community

December 13, 2007

It had snowed heavily all day and I was so worried that people wouldn’t come to our school’s first Community Wellness Night, Tuesday Dec. 11.  Roads were slick, but schools had been open. The day before it was sunny and we were expecting 64 adults and 77 children. But we had a fantastic turn out [...]

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Children’s Yoga

October 31, 2007

In Mondays’ class, during snack children talked about their dreams and also what yoga they had practiced during the week. Many used breathing, to calm down anger or fear. Many did the sun salutation. Seems to be the most favored yoga at home! The kids wanted to start with relaxation again, as many seemed tired [...]

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The Grateful Crane

October 3, 2007

At Tuesday’s storytelling class we met in the library and sat in the cushiony area for a while, as the kids talked about how they used story this week. A second-grade girl brought in her drawing from when she heard me telling the Native American story of Jumping Mouse last week. She also made up [...]

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Tips for Teaching Pre-Schoolers

April 24, 2007

Want to hold a 4-year-old’s attention? Tell him a story! Preschoolers are a joy to teach yoga to using storytelling and with a few easy methods; you will put them on a lifelong path of health and literacy. It is very important to teach these young people, as their future depends on the attention, care [...]

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CREATING YOUR OWN GUIDED VISUALIZATIONS for CHILDREN

March 21, 2007

by Sydney Solis The Greeks said that the soul speaks in an image. It is the image that arises from the heart and connects us to the divine within. It’s also the illusion, the obstacle of the sixth chakra, that we must let go of and pass through to realize the ineffable mystery of the [...]

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Children are Hungry for Yoga and Stories

March 20, 2007

Namaste! I just returned from a wonderful trip to Philadephia for a Storytime Yoga teacher training I gave. I am always impressed with the wonderful talent and dedication of the teachers out there and was grateful to all who attended. In our discussion, participants told me how they tried out the stories and yoga in [...]

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