For me, being a teacher is a lot like climbing the Himalayas. There are many peaks and valleys on the path. I had a choice to make, either go forward or go back, but I couldn’t live in the valley.
Kids Yoga Teacher Training – Continuing Education
October 20, 2011 By 4 Comments
If you’re a registered yoga teacher you’re probably required to take continuing education courses. Today I let you in on my experience of a training that is like no other I have taken. One I recommend for continuing education in yoga for youth.
Be Clear on What You Want in Kids Yoga Training
June 14, 2011 By 6 Comments
Before you invest in kids yoga training, do you know what you want to get out of it? This guest post is by Bekah Starr of Sproutin’ Yoga. She explains why she registered for our training this weekend even though she’s been teaching kids for five years. She also gives you two new classroom management tips and shares the challenges she still experiences as a teacher (and she’s not alone!).
Out Of The Workshop And On To The Mat
May 11, 2011 By 1 Comment
Today’s guest post is from Genera O’Reilly who attended my Kids Yoga Teacher Training last February 2011. Genera’s been teaching adult yoga for years, but found she’s “a novice in the world of teaching yoga to children.” Find out what happens after the training, when she takes kids yoga out of the workshop and on to the mat. That’s her beautiful daughter Soleil in the pictures.
Teach Yoga Kids Love
May 5, 2011 By 2 Comments
A teacher is like a forklift, Yogi Bhajan said, you have to meet the students where they are at, and only then can you lift them up. “Meet Kids Where They’re At” is the first point of three in these videos to Teach Yoga Kids Love. Watch Janet Williams of Children’sYogaBooks.com and Aruna Kathy Humphrys of YoungYogaMasters.com give three tips, highlights from their presentation at the Yoga Show.
Importance of Classroom Management for Kids Yoga Teachers
February 15, 2011 By 5 Comments
Finding a good kids yoga teacher isn’t easy according to kids yoga teacher and employer Antoniette Finelli of www.yogarocks.ca. She’s a specialist in yoga for kids on the lookout for teachers who can deliver a great class. In fact, she’s made a business out of it.
New Kids Yoga: Yoga Man vs. The Stressor
November 18, 2010 By 1 Comment
We’ve got to be strategic to get kids attention for yoga or they won’t participate. This new Training gets kids doing yoga and playing games that they love.
Terrible and Terrific Teachers
September 30, 2010 By 4 Comments
“Teachers have a greater impact on student success than ANY other in-school factor …and great teachers make great schools.” A look at the new expose: Waiting for Superman and what makes a terrible or terrific teacher.
To Diana – for 14 Years of Yoga
July 22, 2010 By 7 Comments
To Diana – for 14 Years of Yoga. For playing yoga games, listening to yoga music, and doing kids meditations on so many four hour drives to Ottawa. For having a yoga birthday party – because you love yoga (picture link)! For posing for countless yoga pictures. See how yoga can become a part of a child’s life with these remarkable results.
New Start, New Courses, & New York City
June 17, 2010 By 6 Comments
Did you ever notice how the word “news” has “new” in it? I guess its obvious but I noticed it when I started planning the summer. Mostly I think of news as doom and gloom. But when I realize it probably started a long time ago with someone saying, “Hey, what’s NEW?” News is way [...]
