The focus of the month was on Santosha (translated as “contentment” or “happiness”), one of the five personal disciplines of the yoga philosophy. When I taught for years in international schools, I was particularly curious about what makes children happy around the world. Now, as a mom to a two-year-old, I have been thinking a lot about […]
What is happiness? One of the yoga principles is Santosha, which could be translated as “contentment”. Patanjali wrote The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (translated by Alistair Shearer), and says that “From contentment results unparalleled happiness”. My teacher, Katie Manitsas, writes in her book Spiritual Survival in the City: Santosha – contentment Accepting. Working against the […]
This “passion” post is part of our monthly theme at Kids Yoga Stories. I asked my dear friend, Karen Hancock from KMHmakes, to share her thoughts on Passion. I consider her a Passion-Creativity expert. She’s also a phenomenal jewelry designer. On Passion, Part II In Part I of our chat about Passion, we looked at […]
This “passion” post is part of our monthly theme at Kids Yoga Stories. I asked my dear friend, Karen Hancock from KMHmakes, to share her thoughts on Passion. I consider her a Passion-Creativity expert. She’s also a phenomenal jewelry designer. On Passion: Part 1 “Follow your passion.” It’s a mantra you hear often these days. […]
I’m excited to introduce our guest, Jenn Aubert. Jenn is a Business Mindset Coach in the San Francisco Bay Area. She helps women entrepreneurs bust through their fears and self-doubts so they can start and grow their businesses. She is about to launch a year long writing adventure interviewing female entrepreneurs as part of […]
This month, I focused on Gratitude. In his book, The Yoga Sutras, Patanjali describes five Yamas as personal disciplines to becoming a responsible, productive, and happy person. One of the Yamas is Aparigraha, which is translated as “greedlessness” or only possessing what is absolutely necessary in our lives. It could also be loosely translated as being grateful. What […]
Last month at Kids Yoga Stories, I focused on Ahimsa (~Kindness). Ahimsa is one of the behavioral disciplines (Yamas) along the path of yoga. Ahimsa can be translated as “Non-Violence”, or Kindness to ourselves, others, and the environment. Practice Ahimsa – 15 ways that you can make the world a better place through your acts of […]
This month at Kids Yoga Stories, I focused on Tapas. Tapas is one of the personal disciplines (Niyamas) along the path of yoga. It could be translated as being self disciplined and courageous to follow one’s true Passion. In the Spirit of Yoga by Cat de Rham & Michelle Gill, Tapas is defined as “a […]
This month I focused on Santosha (translated as contentment), one of the five personal disciplines in the Yoga philosophy. I thought a lot about how we can be happy within the pressures and stresses of our modern day world. 10 practices you can do to make Happiness a habit: Clear it – your mind, that […]