

Find the Helpers
Yesterday during art time in my after-school yoga class here in NYC a boy sat next to me and drew a picture. “This is me, and this is...


The Gift of Private Yoga
The start of the new year is the perfect time to begin new adventures. And with the cold weather consuming us it's probably best to keep...


Planting the Seed: The reason to bring your baby to yoga.
Why start bringing your baby to a yoga class when they're so young that they don't seem to "get it?" Because you are planting a seed....


Why I Love Teaching Yoga to Children
My love of working with children began when I was myself a child. At the age of 12 I began babysitting. In high school I worked in a...


The Key to Teaching Kid's Yoga: Expect the Unexpected
If there is one thing I've learned in my seven years of teaching yoga to children it is to expect the unexpected. I am reminded of...


Relaxation for Toddlers
Savasana (pronounced shah-VAHS-anna) is a pose usually done at the end of yoga classes. Practitioners lay flat on their backs with eyes...


International Day of Yoga
In 2014 the United Nations General Assembly declared June 21st at the International Day of Yoga. According to International Day of Yoga...


2 Ways to Teach Breath Awareness to Toddlers
There's a very simple lesson that I wish I had learned as a child: "If you change how you breathe, you can change how you feel." When...


5 Reasons to Come to Story Time Yoga
I've been teaching Story Time Yoga for caregivers and children ages 6-24 months for a few weeks now. It's been so much fun and I love...


I want to teach my kid yoga but they won't sit still!
After years of teaching yoga to children, I have found that the most valuable thing I can offer in my parent/child yoga classes is to set...