Child Health Week 2010: Reaffirming Commitment to Kids
Those of you who have known us or the program for a while know that Yoga Calm was born out of real world, classroom need. At the time – right around the turn of the millennium – Lynea was working as a counselor in a rural Oregon elementary school, where, as we write...
On Nurturing Mindfulness
"Habit is one of the antidotes to inattention," says ADHD expert Dr. Jeff Sosne, one of our featured presenters at our inaugural Children's Wellness Conference earlier this year. In the clip below, Dr. Sosne gives some tips for creating habit and countering what he...
Yoga Calm Goes Green(er)
Did you know that the heating and cooling of our buildings creates more greenhouse gas emissions than our cars and all transportation? That’s why earlier this year, we replaced our home furnace and also "earth conditioned" our yoga studio, which is able to be cooled...
Creating a Positive Class Routine for the New School Year
A new school year begins. As the children file in, they are happy to see their friends again, have many stories of summer and are ready to embrace a new teacher. Those of us who are teachers and counselors begin to assess our students and think of all the goals...
7 Tips for Heading Back to School with Confidence
This week, we’re pleased to feature a guest post by Donna Freeman, yoga instructor, author and founder of Yogainmyschool.com. With the new school year already underway for some and on the verge of beginning for others, Donna offers some terrific tips for making a...
A Better-for-You Sweet Treat: Still Meadow Chocolate Cake
Last month, we shared some of the highlights from this year's Yoga Calm Summer Intensive, which included our rave review of the food provided by Kristin and Thomas at Still Meadow Retreat. And we promised to share one of our favorite treats from this year's menu,...
Still Thinking of Still Meadow…and This Summer’s Yoga Calm Intensive
The week of our Summer Intensive - an annual event encompassing all three of our basic Yoga Calm curriculum courses - is our favorite week of the year. Not only to we get to spend time at the beautiful Still Meadow Retreat, but we get to meet and share our life’s work...
Tips to Help Kids Make Healthy Food Choices in a Junk Food Filled Environment
cproppe/Flickr One of the biggest and most persistent obstacles to kids' making healthy food choices is the heavy marketing of highly processed, usually sugar-laden junk food. It's not just about outright advertising such as commercials on TV - though there's plenty...
A Healthy Summer Treat
There are a few times each year when we're more apt than usual to indulge in delicious but not always healthy foods. Thanksgiving. Christmas. And summertime? You bet! Think of burgers, hot dogs and corn dogs at a theme park, ballpark or beach boardwalk. Think of the...
Yoga Calm for Pre-K & Other Sessions Added to Children’s Wellness Conference
Yoga Calm's inaugural Children's Wellness starts just a few weeks from now. This annual two day event features presentations, discussion panels and expert guest speakers on a variety of children’s health topics including Yoga Calm applications for ADHD, preschool,...
Becoming Mindful of Mindfulness
We live in a world of buzz and hum, light and noise, constant motion. We're constantly multitasking and living in future tense. We're bombarded with information, both through electronic media and the physical environment which seems ever more crowded and cacophonous...
This Summer, Relax, Renew & Refresh with Yoga Calm
One of the things we often hear from people who take our workshops is how surprised they are to learn so much in two days while leaving the workshop refreshed and relaxed. What’s the secret? It’s no secret at all to education researchers who have found that active...