Category Archives: relaxation

Phys Ed Standards and How Yoga Meets Them

Public School Physical Education Standards Elements of Yoga   1.    Balance while bending or stretching 1.    Many yoga poses incorporate balancing and all use stretching 2.    Recognize that skill development requires practice 2.    Practicing over a period of time yields … Continue reading

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How do You Live in Your High Heart?

In response to the question above, Karen Dabrosca, a graduate from our Radiant Child Family Yoga 200 hour teacher training, and a long-time health and well-being high school teacher, responded eloquently to the question I presented.  So with her permission, … Continue reading

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Bringing Children’s Yoga into the Community

Meet Diana Brubaker, and hear her amazing success story as a new children’s yoga teacher…thank you Diana! As a Radiant Child Yoga (RCY) Instructor, my journey began with one student and has grown to over four hundred students, with new … Continue reading

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After Gravity….Before the Stars

I don’t know if you saw the movie that came out this past November called Gravity.   The movie is beautiful and horrifying at the same time. In any case, it is not essential that you see the film in … Continue reading

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My First Children’s Yoga Class, Part 2

Children’s Yoga Lesson Plan by Charansev Kaur Radiant Child Yoga Teacher Training 1-3, BUDAPEST, June 2013  *Shakta’s notes in caps below; all materials from RCY store This yoga lesson was carried out in a children’s yoga camp in Kecskemet. Sessions … Continue reading

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Kid’s Love Spaghetti…and the Spaghetti Test too!

From Fly Like A Butterfly:  Yoga for Children, by Shakta Khalsa: During the relaxation phase of children’s yoga you can do the Spaghetti Test.  You will alternate a few times between creating tension, followed by relaxation of the entire body, … Continue reading

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