Mindfulness and Children’s Yoga
Staying in the moment keeps us grounded and present, as much as we all love to think of the bigger picture, it is much less overwhelming to take small steps and to thoroughly complete each task as it comes up. That’s not to say you...
Be the change you wish to see :)
Taking timeout for yourself is always a good thing, I was watching an Urban Yoga YouTube clip on Russell Simmons approach to bringing Yoga into his business and he said something that struck a cord (and I have mentioned in a previous blog) He said...
Teaching Children To Use Yoga to Self Regulate
One of the many benefits Yoga has is giving children tools to self regulate, in other words, how to calm your-self down. Children are encouraged to use breathing techniques and postures to move from an energetic state to a relaxed state within Yoga classes....
Spring Time! An inspiring time for Creative Yoga classes for Children.
The smell of Jasmine as you walk through the garden, the warmth of the Sun when you go outside, the lightness in the hearts of the children when they play outside. Spring has sprung! Yay!...
Sharing the Kids Yoga message
Sharing the joys and benefits of Children’s Yoga is even more important (in my eyes). Yoga for Adults is well accepted and appreciated around Town. Kids Yoga is relatively new and for those of us who are witness to it know how much love and...
Using Creative Yoga to cope with stress – for Children and Adults
There’s no denying we live in a hurry up, rushed, be here, go there, quick paced society. It is so easy to get caught up in it. Those moments when you stop and breathe, and have a quick realization at how you were running around...
Creative Yoga – The Concept
We are all creators, sound weird? If we look at creativity in the sense of how it is explained in the Oxford dictionary 'the use of imagination or original ideas to create something; inventiveness' you can see that being creative doesn’t only mean creating a...
Yoga for kids in Cape Town
I have been teaching children Yoga for the past 5yrs, I remember starting up and feeling quite lonely! At the time, I only knew of another 3 people teaching Yoga to children in Cape Town and 2 of them I only knew via the grape...
What does ‘a holistic approach’ to teaching children Yoga mean?
The Oxford dictionary defines the word Holistic as 'characterized by the belief that the parts of something are intimately interconnected and explicable only by reference to the whole'...
June July Winter Yoga and Art Workshop – 2014
The winter holidays are always my favorite, I love being inside when the grey skies and rain hit us here in Cape Town. This year I hosted two workshop’s with the fabulous Susie Apple by who is an incredible Art teacher. We used our usual...