“Yoga disguised as pretend play!” A couple of weeks ago, I received an email that brought tears to my eyes. Gail, a speech-language pathologist, wrote to tell me about her success with incorporating yoga and speech therapy into her integrated preschool classroom. The miracle of yoga is everywhere. Who was involved in this collaborative yoga […]
Yoga in schools? Yes, please! At this year’s Yoga in Schools Symposium, it felt like there has been yet another shift toward acceptance of yoga in schools. The research of the benefits of yoga for children (ex. self-regulation, task performance, attention, and social behaviors) is hard to deny, and schools are taking notice. More and […]
This is part of the post that was written for Edutopia.org, a website dedicated to sharing evidence- and practitioner-based learning strategies that empower teachers and parents to improve K-12 education. To read the whole article, click the link below. Mindfulness in Schools: Is mindfulness part of your classroom curriculum? Why it should be! Now more […]
This is an excerpt from a post that was written for my friends at The Inspired Treehouse, a website written by a team of pediatric occupational and physical therapists. Lauren and Claire are passionate about sharing playful activities that promote development and wellness. They believe that with a little help, kids can build strong, healthy […]
Are you looking for easy yoga poses for kids? One of the challenges readers have shared over the years is how to add yoga into their curriculum, classes, or home life with ease and simplicity. There are tons of ways to integrate yoga, but teachers and parents with limited time are finding it difficult to […]
Thank you to all of you for helping to make 2014 such a huge success at Kids Yoga Stories. Last year, the sales of our yoga stories doubled, and traffic to our website tripled. Wahoo! Though we only released one new yoga book (Hello, Bali), we spent a lot of time analyzing how to improve […]
This month, Virtual Book Club for Kids is spotlighting books by Marcus Pfister. Mr. Pfister lives in Switzerland and has written and illustrated almost fifty children’s books over the past thirty years. Though Marcus Pfister is best known for his Rainbow Fish series, he has loads of other enchanting books your children will enjoy. My […]