guest post by Tricia Brill, Next Step Multimedia Kids Yoga Brings Out The Inner-Child I found myself on my belly squirming around the gymnasium floor like an infant. I felt like a child again, wanting so desperately to put my hands in the bin of water beads. I was working with
If you’re looking for a pose that is challenging, helps improve balance and focus, eagle pose is for you. Eagle pose, also known as Garudasana, is a powerful yoga posture with many benefits. It is an excellent way to build strength in the legs and arms and to increase flexibility.
Yoga for two people may not be the first thing you think of when you think about yoga, but partner yoga poses are so much fun! Everything is better with a friend, right? Our class last week focused on partner poses. We tried several different yoga poses paired up with
Many of the students I have previously worked with have hypotonia (a state of low muscle tone) which means the muscles may seem loose or floppy. When relaxed, those with hypotonia can easily move their limbs and are very flexible. While it does seem like an advantage to be more
We all could use a savasana every day…I could probably use a couple! Savasana is Sanskrit and literally means “corpse pose”. While it may sound a little creepy when translated that way, savasana is simply a small period of time to rest your mind, body and spirit. Lying in corpse pose
Baby yoga poses aren’t exactly yoga poses exclusively for babies, but there are movements and poses that, yes, even babies can do. We have a great post written by Kevin Sinclair and also have some great resources for you too! Start An Early Path To Well-Being: Babies And Yoga Author:
Yoga and the Special Child by Sande Rutstein, OTR Last year, I began to see a seven-year-old girl, whom I will call Lisa. She had been diagnosed with ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) several years earlier. Lisa was a kind and anxious child who moved constantly. She was receiving occupational