Transitions are an important time. Starting the school day. Shifting from work mode to having a family meal. Preparing for sleep. All are key times to shift our attention. They are also perfect opportunities to develop your mindfulness practice. Mindfulness is all the...
Yoga Calm users know from experience how it can help kids with ADHD. Still, it’s always good to see and know that scientific evidence supports this, too. Such evidence was on full display in a 2024 systematic review that echoes a similar one that ran just a year...
Just as important as helping kids learn to hear what their body is telling them is helping them hear their inner voice – the voice of heart, of our inner wisdom, of the essence of who we are and who we are becoming. In fact, through all my years of teaching Yoga...
In angry, challenging times like our own, it’s all the more important for us to pay attention to reminders of the best we can be. They are a source of hope, courage, motivation. One especially marvelous reminder can be found in the acclaimed documentary Won’t You Be...
It was a lovely, sunny, summer day, and there I was beating myself up a bit for slacking on my meditation practice. Then my 7-year old granddaughter Anna rushed up and tugged at my arm. “Come on, Grandma. Come out and play with me!” So I followed her as she ran across...
By Lynea Gillen It was clear that the young men in the psychiatric unit weren’t much interested in yoga. Struggling with addiction and mental health, they appeared cautious, wounded, apathetic. Lounging in their hospital scrubs, they shot us suspicious glances. “We...
