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7 Tips to Engage Children Ages 7–9 in Yoga
Children ages 7 to 9 are in a golden stage of development. They’re growing rapidly—physically, emotionally, and mentally—and they’re finally ready to explore the ...
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Yoga for Kids with All Kinds of Needs
We used to call it Special Needs, but now we say Additional Needs—and I absolutely LOVE that! Because let’s be honest… don’t we all have additional needs? I know ...
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Change Your Mind, Change Your Life
Practical Yoga Tools for Making Life (and Work) a Joyful Ride – for Kids, Families, and YouBy Gopala Amir YaffaWe’ve already felt the goodness of yoga flowing thr...
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7 Ways To Make The Sun Salute Fun For Kids
Sun Salutation – Surya Namaskar in Sanskrit – is the traditional yogic way to warm up. Almost every joint and major muscle group participates in these movements. ...
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Yoga WITH A Yoga Mat
What?Don’t we always use a yoga mat?First of all, the ancient yogis didn’t have yoga mats… Nor yoga cloths and yoga water bottles and yoga blocks and straps etc.B...
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Start from where they are!
Here is a simple principle I emphasize a lot when I train yoga teachers: “start from where they are”.It seems so obvious, but so often we approach a class with ou...
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How to Adjust People in Poses
People crave to be touched, to feel a connection. They can watch a yoga online at home, but adjustments and human connection cannot happen there. Adjusting your...
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Community Yoga
Anyone who has taken more then just a few yoga classes knows that yoga is more than just physical exercise, it's a way of seeing and experiencing the world around...
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Family Yoga: Breathe Together, Laugh Together, Thrive Together!
Let’s be real—family life can be beautiful… but also chaotic. Between school runs, meal planning, endless laundry, and negotiations that could put international p...
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10 Important Principles to be able to Teach Children under 3
Vegetables are good for you, but what will you do if you don’t have teeth to chew them? Blend it, juice it, stew it, maybe make a soup… Yoga is good for you, for ...
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A Journey to Connection
I want to tell you about Rainbow Kids Yoga not as a sales pitch, but as an invitation, an opportunity to be part of something that has changed my life and the liv...
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Family Time!
We run around like crazy every day; we get the kids to school, we commute, we put in a full day’s work. When we come home, we have a house to organize, dinner to ...
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