Boys Will Be Boys? Telling the Difference Between “Normal” & ADHD Behavior
We all know that ADHD is rampant – but just how much is “rampant,” exactly? As they say on Marketplace, “Let’s do the numbers.” As of 2007, almost 10% of children between the ages of 4 and 17 had been diagnosed with ADHD at some point in their young lives. Most of...
“Strategies That Really Work!” – Yoga Calm in the Classroom & for Kids with Special Needs
First time isn’t always a charm, but failures often bring blessings in their wake. For instance, the first time we offered a training in Colorado, low enrollment forced us to cancel. But one who had registered offered to help us try again. An occupational therapist...
Yoga Calm Goes Global: Teachers Bring Lessons of Strength & Community to Guatemala
Guest post by Kathy Flaminio & Laurie Ellis-Young It was serendipity – our meeting at a Health Expo: two yoga teachers who shared a passion for wellness, peace and human connection, and a vision for expanding that passion to a global audience. Having lived in...
4 More Activities to Get Kids Moving & Connecting with the Natural World
We’re blessed that our work lets us regularly meet so many wonderful school teachers, counselors, OTs, nurses and others who work with children. You inspire us with your stories of using Yoga Calm so successfully and your shared commitment to the health and well-being...
3 Simple Activities to Get Kids Moving & Connecting with the Natural World
Another way to counter the problem of childhood obesity is by encouraging kids to get outdoors and moving. It’s not uncommon for the average American youth to spend up to 90% of waking hours indoors – and to spend much of that plugged in to computers, video games,...
Childhood Obesity – Sleeping May Prevent Pounds
Sleep serves important biological functions, giving the body time and opportunity for a host of metabolic processes that just can't be done while we're conscious and actively using our bodies and minds. It also serves important cognitive processes, such as solidifying...
Nurturing Love for the Natural World
The average American child now spends over 8 hours in front of a screen each day. She emails, texts, and updates her status incessantly. He can name hundreds of corporate logos, but less than ten native plants. She aspires to have hundreds of online friends, most she...
Adaptations: Yoga Calm for Children Who Have Been Abused & Neglected
Guest post by Laurie Schlosser, MA, LP More than 1.25 million children in the US – 1 in every 58 – were abused or neglected in 2006, the most recent year for which data (PDF) is available. Those of us who work in schools, outpatient clinics, day treatment and...
Adaptations: Yoga Calm for Children on the Autism Spectrum
From the time we began to formalize and integrate the activities that became Yoga Calm, it was important to us to keep the program flexible and adaptable. We wanted to create something that could meet the needs of all students yet be tailored to those of specific...
Community Matters: Yoga Calm Summer Intensives & at ASCA Seattle
It's a little astonishing, how quickly a year passes! Yet here we are, Lynea and I, getting ready for our annual Summer Intensive at beautiful Still Meadow Retreat in Damascus, Oregon - the first of two Intensives we're offering this summer. (The second will be held...
Natural vs. Virtual Worlds
"Serendipity" - the idea of the happy or fortuitous accident - is a wonderful word, inspired by a Persian fairy tale in which three princes from Serendip (the old name for Ceylon, now Sri Lanka) who "were always making discoveries, by accidents and sagacity, of things...
Win a Free Copy of Yoga Calm’s Kids Teach Yoga: Flying Eagle! (Yoga In My School Giveaway)
We've long admired Donna Freeman's work through her site Yoga In My School - an ever-growing compendium of information and resources on yoga for the classroom. So suffice it to say, we were honored by her review of the debut DVD in our Kids Teach Yoga series, Flying...