One of the best things about being a counselor is the opportunity to witness another person when they have an aha moment or begin to break through an old pattern. I remember one boy who came from a very difficult family situation. Second grade, third grade, fourth...
It’s amazing to think that most of the cells in your body aren’t even human ones but a collective of microorganisms that work (mostly) synergistically to help us in a vast array of essential tasks, from digesting food to protecting our skin, even generating some...
If you’re a parent of school-aged children, you’re probably already looking ahead to booking summer camps. With COVID receding, it’s more important than ever to keep our kids moving, engaging them outdoors and with each other. If you’re a Yoga Calm instructor, you may...
With so much buzz about the new Netflix movie Don’t Look Up, you’d hope that at least some of it would transition to talk about the issue it allegorizes – and, most importantly, what we can do about it. But talking about climate change is difficult. And it’s...
Modern life has its benefits, of course, but also costs – most notably in the increasing distance it’s put between us and the natural world. Many of us grew up thinking of nature as something totally separate from human life. Today’s technology often widens the...
As we write this, we’re entering the final stage of work on our Yoga Calm Environmental Education Curriculum. This project has been some years in the making and now looks like it will finally drop within the next few months. We didn’t plan to be finalizing it so...
