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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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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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Storytime Yoga Kids Camp at Kripalu – the closest thing to my own school

July 24, 2010

Words can’t describe the joy I felt while teaching for 9-days straight at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in Stockbridge, Massachusetts earlier this month. Well, of course there is the word EXHUSTED, but it’s of the exhilerating kind, where you just were in your bliss the whole time and you are left feeling good [...]

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Storytime Yoga Siestas – Relax with yoga and storytelling after school!

April 16, 2010

I love teaching at Creekside Elementary in Boulder.  I love the children. It’s a rich, diverse school and they have an incredible garden growing in the courtyard just outside the library. We have Spanish-speaking kids, English-Speakers, Chinese, and a girl knew Danish! What fun! I have been teaching there again after school programs, Storytime Yoga [...]

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Children’s Yoga Teacher and Play Therapy Training this Weekend in Denver!

May 1, 2009

I’m so excited to be back teaching live again. I’m convinced that Storytime Yoga for children techniques are what kids really need in our day and age. Teachers trained in oral storytelling and creating an environment that focuses on eternal time and integrating information in a continual series of cycles, rather than stuck in linear, [...]

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Mental Health for Children Through Yoga and Story

April 4, 2008

Last blog I wrote about peace and character education using yoga and story. This is an extention using yoga and story to include mental and emotional health. Thursday I was in the fourth and second grades again at Creekside Elementary in Boulder. In the fourth grade, we sit family room style with me sitting on [...]

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