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Why Kids Love to Lead Yoga

Why Kids Love to Lead Yoga

Learning to lead and follow are important life skills. Learning to balance leading and following are essential in relationships. (Who hasn’t known a person who negatively affects relationships because of their need to always be in charge or someone so passive, they...

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Breath Work with a Breathing Sphere

Breath Work with a Breathing Sphere

Because breathing patterns have such a profound effect on our general health and mental states, breath awareness is at the heart of almost all yoga practices. Breathing interacts with and affects the cardiovascular, neurological, gastrointestinal and muscular systems....

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Mindfulness to Put an End to Bullying

Mindfulness to Put an End to Bullying

When principals, teachers and parents are asked about their greatest concerns for children, the need for emotional and physical safety tops the list. All parents want their child to be liked and treated well by others. Concerns about safety and overall school...

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Child Health Week 2010: Reaffirming Commitment to Kids

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...

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On Nurturing Mindfulness

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...

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Yoga Calm Goes Green(er)

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...

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Creating a Positive Class Routine for the New School Year

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...

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