In my city, Toronto (Canada), school teachers must guide kids on Character Development themes. Today’s theme is Integrity. Remember integers in math? They are whole numbers. Integrity comes from the same root meaning whole or complete. Sounds perfect for yoga and today’s post by Yoga In My School specialist, Donna Freeman. She gives Three Steps [...]
Character Development: Cooperation
April 26, 2010 By 2 Comments
( In my city, Toronto (Canada), school teachers guide kids on themes of Character Development. I went to the Yoga In My School specialist, Donna Freeman, for some yogic insight about them. Thank you to Donna for this monthly series.) Cooperation is Necessary in Partner Yoga Cooperation: The Essence of Yoga by Donna Freeman www.YogaInMySchool.com [...]
Character Development: Honesty
March 14, 2010 By 3 Comments
( In my city, Toronto (Canada), school teachers guide kids on themes of Character Development. I went to the Yoga In My School specialist, Donna Freeman, for some yogic insight bout them. Thank you to Donna for this monthly series.) Personal and Universal Honesty by Donna Freeman www.YogaInMySchool.com Teaching children to be honest is a [...]
The Word I DON’T Say In Kids Yoga, Do You?
February 23, 2010 By 9 Comments
A couple years ago I wrote about how I accidentally swore in a Kids Yoga Class. In my defense, it wasn’t a swear word when I was a kid! But this post about Yoga Music got me thinking about another word that has become TABOO in many kids yoga classes. The word? The word is: [...]
Character Development: Fairness
February 21, 2010 By 1 Comment
( In my city, Toronto (Canada), school teachers guide kids on themes of Character Development. I went to the Yoga In My School specialist, Donna Freeman, for some yogic insight bout them. Thank you to Donna for this monthly series.) Fairness and Balance in Yoga by Donna Freeman www.YogaInMySchool.com Fairness refers to justice, equality [...]
Character Development: Teamwork
January 25, 2010 By 4 Comments
( In my city, Toronto (Canada), school teachers have been given a monthly theme to teach in the classroom. The Toronto District School Board calls it Character Development. I went to the Yoga In My School specialist – Donna Freeman for some insight into the monthly themes. Thanks to Donna for this monthly series on [...]
Finding Meaning in Holiday Gifts
December 15, 2009 By 2 Comments
By Amy Brevan www.thepranamama.com A Charlie Brown Christmas(TM) Lucy Van Pelt: I know how you feel about all this Christmas business, getting depressed and all that. It happens to me every year. I never get what I really want. I always get a lot of stupid toys or a bicycle or clothes or something like [...]
Character Development: Kindness and Caring
December 10, 2009 By Leave a Comment
( In my city, Toronto (Canada), school teachers have been given a monthly theme to teach in the classroom. The Toronto District School Board calls it Character Development. I went to the Yoga In My School specialist – Donna Freeman for some insight into the monthly themes. Thanks to Donna for this monthly series on [...]
Character Development Theme: Empathy
November 21, 2009 By 3 Comments
Roots of Empathy Program in Schools ( In my city, school teachers have been given a monthly theme to teach in the classroom. The Toronto District School Board calls it Character Development. So I went to the Yoga In My School specialist – Donna Freeman for some insight into the monthly themes. Thanks to Donna [...]
Yoga, Obesity, and Weight Loss
November 17, 2009 By 9 Comments
Promoting Yoga as a Lifestyle Yoga has many role models from fat happy Buddha’s to skinny contortionists, although one of my pet peeves is that everyone in the yoga magazines leans towards the later. As someone who thought about weight a lot, especially as a teen, I found this info on Obesity from the Vitality [...]
