Zippy, a Storytime Yoga® for Kids character I imagined and drawn by Susannah Pels. When I started Storytime Yoga® for Kids in 2003, I envisioned little cartoon characters that would be able to narrate wisdom stories to guide children not [...]
Mama Ocean Yaya Yayel, the sea is born. Creation myth from the Taino Indians, retold by Sydney SolisDemien was determined to find out about the Great Spirit. He was tending his corn and yucca, when he snuck into the Great [...]
In July of 2009 Shakti Redding of Yoga World Reach asked me to join her at the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. It was part of my then Storytime Yoga® for Kids mission to do some seva work. Having had grown up [...]
Fairy tales have many uses for children's development and play is one of them! Tell stories! Act them out with yoga! Storytime Yoga® for Kids! I am a big fan of Bruno Bettelheim and his books, my favorite being "The Uses [...]
Storytime Yoga® for Kids after school class at Creekside Elementary School, Boulder, Colorado 2006. In 2006-2008 I taught Storytime Yoga® for Kids after-school programs at Creekside and Columbine Elementary schools in Boulder, Colorado in conjunction with The Wellness Initiative. I loved [...]
At my house in DeLand, Florida, there is a cute little playhouse in the backyard that has been so much fun to teach yoga to children nearby. The Queen of Bohemia came up with this little movement vinyasa to do with kids [...]
This vinyasa sequence develops concentration and breath awareness for teen yoginis as it connects mind to body with the gentle movements. Teen yoga is about coaching, as far as I'm concerned, coaching kids to find body confidence and inner resourcefulness of the [...]
Storytime Yoga® at Haitian Relief at Lyons Elementary School, Lyons, Colorado 2010. Many play, occupational and psycho therapists have studied with me over the years. Stories have the power to heal. The connection between listener and teller creating relationships and [...]
Storytime Yoga® for Kids Yoga Homeschool. My son at our house in Arvada, Colorado 2004. My son is graduating from high school this month. Frank Alejandro, 19, is graduating from Florida Virtual School, where he took online classes for the past [...]
Stories and yoga were a natural to pair together when I started teaching Storytime Yoga® after school programs in elementary school libraries around the Denver-Boulder metro area in 2005. For years I taught at the Shelton Elementary Library in Golden, Colorado. The [...]
