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28 Mar 2013

Listening with Your Heart

Listening is one of the most challenging lessons that educators are faced with when teaching children.

One of the themes we explored this month in my yoga classes was LISTENING. After I introduced the theme, I asked the children to share why listening is so important and where they can listen. Many of them responded that they listen to teachers so they can learn and to their parents when they ask them to do something. We discussed how listening was a great way of helping too. Then I told them that we were going to practice our listening by reading 2 poems and asked them to “put on their listening ears”.

Poetry is such a wonderful resource for teaching.

Children are captivated by the sound of rhyming words and the singsong of your voice as you recite each verse. After reading the first poem, I asked the children to help me with the next “action poem” where I read part of the poem and we pointed to different parts of our bodies and they filled in the missing words.

This is the poem I used:

I listen mostly with my _____ (ears, point to ears)

But I sometimes listen with my _____ (eyes, point to eyes)

I look at your _____ (face, point to face)

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I listen mostly with my ______ (eyes, point to eyes)

That’s a really good place to start

But I learn a lot about you

When I listen with my ______ (heart, point to heart)

Playing listening games is a fun way to teach listening skills.

One was yoga telephone where the children sit in a circle and close their eyes. I placed a small animal puppet in one child’s hands and when they all opened their eyes, that child whispers the name of the animal to the next child and then each child whispers in the next child’s ear until it goes around the circle. Then the last child names the puppet and we all do the yoga pose together. For younger kids, we passed the puppet around the circle and the children had to listen to when the music stopped and the child with the puppet in their hand led the class in that yoga pose.

Most importantly, children learn that listening is not something they only do with their ears, but also with their eyes, their hearts, their whole beings. They understand the importance of listening to their teachers, parents, family and friends as a way to show that they care.

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By: beyogabelove Category: Children, Creativity, Kids Yoga, Poetry, Self Development, Teaching, Yoga

25 Mar 2013

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By: beyogabelove Category: Books, Creativity, Feminine Power, Inspiration, Love, Poetry, Relationships, Self Development, Spirituality, Transformation, Writing

24 Mar 2013

Creating Space

Yoga creates space for what you want to come into your life.

This week I was finally able to make it to my Tuesday night yoga class with one of my mentors, Becky Middleton at Garden State Yoga. Whenever I take Becky’s class, something opens up for me. At the beginning of class, she asked us to set an intention.

As I tuned into my breath, my intention was clear… I am devoting my practice to nurturing myself.

For the first time in a long time, perhaps ever…my intention was my own, for me and only me.

Becky led us through a rigorous Vinyasa class that balanced power with fluidity and grace. She incorporated some beautiful dance-like movements, which were reminiscent of a bird in flight. The sequence really opened my heart to what I have been exploring over the past year: keeping my attention on myself, loving myself and owning my power. Sometimes you do not recognize your own transformation until you take the time to really be present-in your body on the mat.
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At some point during the class, I had this deeply moving realization that yoga allows me to CREATE SPACE.

My body opens with each pose

My mind expands with each breath

My soul comes home

I am grateful for my yoga practice and my teachers. I am grounded in my intention to nourish myself, first and foremost.

In this spaciousness I have created, love can continue to blossom.

I am opening, ever opening to LOVE.

By: beyogabelove Category: Love, Poetry, Self Development, Self Love, Spirituality, Transformation, Yoga

21 Mar 2013

The Light Inside-Teaching Kids About Spirituality

As a yoga teacher, part of my job is guiding my students to find their own light.

How do you teach a young child about spirituality? Children may not understand the concept of a “soul”, but they do understand the idea of a LIGHT inside or the LOVE in their heart.

Over the past few months, my yoga lessons have revolved around finding PEACE inside or how we can express the LOVE in our hearts. The children have been learning how they calm their bodies and their minds through yoga, breathing and meditation. The other day, I asked my classes if they knew why we chant OMs before yoga, and they responded “to find peace”. It’s moments like these that make me love teaching!

Children are always learning…absorbing everything they see, hear and feel.

They relate what they learn to their inner experience. Teaching a child to pay attention to their breath, tune into their feelings, and listen with their heart will help them develop a strong connection to themselves and the world around them. This builds their sense of trust in themselves and self confidence. We may think they are too young to understand but they “get it”.

The greatest lesson you can teach young children is to LISTEN to their inner voice.

It’s not often that children get to just “be” and relax. At the end of every class,they lie down in Savasana or

DO NOTHING DOLL…Nothing to think, Nothing to Do, Doing Nothing is Good for You.

While my students are resting in Savasana, with their eyes closed, I tell them a “story”, a guided visualization where they are lying on a beach or going on a cloud ride in the sky. I ask them if they can try to be so still, so quiet that they can hear the sound of their own breathing. I tell them to breathe in that calm feeling from the top of their heads to their tip toes. It may take weeks or even months before they can lie down without wiggling around or talking, but eventually they can and even enjoy it. I let them know that no matter what, they can find that quiet place inside where they can always go when they are feeling sad or upset.

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I usually end my yoga classes with a soothing song, either Kira Wiley’s Namaste Song or Snatam Kaur’s Longtime Sun. I explain that just like the sun, we each have a LIGHT inside us and to remember to let it SHINE. When I look around our circle and see their blissful faces, I know that they are IN that peaceful place, shining their light!

I leave you with this beautiful blessing. May your own light guide you on your path so that you may find your peace. Namaste.

May the longtime sun

Shine upon you

All love surround you

And the pure light within you

Guide your way on

~ Celctic Blessing

By: beyogabelove Category: Children, Inspiration, Kids Yoga, Love, Meditation, Music, Peace, Soul, Spirituality, Teaching, Yoga

19 Mar 2013

Partner Yoga Fun

This is a repost of a prior blog entry because my Partner Yoga poses have been quite popular.

Here are some great ideas here for doing Partner Yoga with kids, tweens and teens. Enjoy!!

My niece has been doing yoga with her Auntie B (me) since she was a baby and is familiar with many of the kids’s versions of the poses. Now that she is older, she has been more open to learning new poses and has even come to a yoga class with me.

The other night, my niece and I decided to do some yoga.

We set up our yoga mats in the living room and I had brought my Yoga Pretzel Deck which has lots of fun yoga activities for kids of all ages. She looked through the cards and was immediately drawn to the Partner Poses, so she pulled out the cards and we gave them a try.

Partner Yoga is FUN!

We started with Partner Warrior and then moved on to some sitting poses like See Saw and Partner Boat. We had quite a few laughs trying to lift our legs up at the same time because my niece has extraordinarily long legs for a 12 year old! We tried every single one of the partner poses, some more than once.

Our favorites were Double Downward Dog and Lizard on a Rock, where one person rests in Child’s Pose (the “Rock”) and the other (the “Lizard” lays on their back…what an amazing back stretch! And from the smile on her face, it’s easy to see how much she liked this pose.

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Lizard on a Rock

We had a hard time (and non-stop amusement) trying to get up off the floor from sitting back to back in Partner Chair, but my niece would not give up. She was determined to figure out how we could lift each other up and we almost got up, but it didn’t happen. We really enjoyed some flying poses where we lifted each other up in the air!

Wheee!

Partner yoga is such a wonderful bonding experience for children and adults alike…it involves supporting your partner, helping each other stretch and looking at each other while in the pose. It was so much fun doing yoga together and hearing the sound of my niece’s laughter!

By: beyogabelove Category: Children, Creativity, Family, Love, Partner Yoga, Relationships, Yoga

18 Mar 2013

Missing Pieces- A Poem

Missing Pieces

There are lies we tell ourselves

to not face the reality

of broken promises, unspoken words

We look outside for answers, for truth

as if it could be found in

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someone, something, anything

and still find nothing

What if the missing pieces were inside?

in the stillness, the void

that holds everything

the thread that ties it all together

and unravels the truth all at once

By: beyogabelove Category: Inspiration, Poetry, Self Development, Spirituality, Transformation, Yoga

16 Mar 2013

AcroYoga: Dare to Fly

Last weekend I attended an amazing AcroYoga Elementals Playshop at Starseed Yoga in Verona, NJ. The class was led by Lorrie Sheppard and Brian Yuen of Interactive Yoga. I have done partner yoga with my niece before and love doing inversions on my yoga swing, but had never taken a formal acroyoga class.

AcroYoga is a form of partner yoga where one person (the “base”) supports the other (the “flyer”) in a series of aerial postures.

Lorrie and Brian created such a safe, fun space to explore acroyoga! We began with some partner and group stretching, where we were able to get a deeper stretch by working together. The instructors first went over some of the basics and safety guidelines and then we plunged right into the flying!!

We practiced some very challenging poses which involved doing advanced backbends. We also learned important techniques in “spotting” or assisting both the base and the flyer to feel supported and safe. It was a team effort, as we helped each other find the balance and alignment in each pose.

AcroYoga allows you to fully immerse yourself in a pose while your weight is being fully supported by your partner.

There is a fluid synergy between the base and the flyer, as you work together to discover creative ways to join your bodies in flight. Each of us took turns being the base, the flyer and the spotter, so we all got to experience the full spectrum of AcroYoga. The playshop was nourishing on so many levels and gave us the opportunity to connect with others and try certain postures which required openness and trust. But most of all, we all had FUN!

For me, the lesson was about trust and surrender.

There is something so freeing about being able to fly in the air and trust that you are being held and supported. Just like in AcroYoga, life is about learning to trust and surrender to the Universe, knowing that you are supported and will be taken care of. That is not always an easy lesson but daring to take risks and fly is the only way you can soar!

I can’t wait for my next AcroYoga Adventure! For upcoming acroyoga events, be sure to visit Interactive Yoga’s website at http://www.interactive-yoga.com.

By: beyogabelove Category: Acro Yoga, Partner Yoga, Relationships, Self Development, Teaching, Trust, Yoga

14 Mar 2013

Partner and Group Poses for Kids

A great way to teach children about working together is by doing partner poses.

Partner yoga teaches kids to work together and be gentle with each other and kids love it too! Begin with a discussion on how you can help others and then introduce how we can also help each other with our yoga poses. Select a few poses that can be done with a partner or all together as a group and then start by doing each pose alone. Some great poses to try together are TREE, FLOWER, BOAT, PRETZEL, and DOWNWARD DOG. Then pair children up with a buddy for some poses and do others together as a group. For example, when you do Tree or Flower with everyone holding hands in a circle, you can make a Forest of Tress or a Garden of Flowers together.

A garden of flowers!

Downward Dog Tunnel is a great activity to teach kids about focus, body awareness and working together. Children line up and come up into down dog together as one child goes under them through the “tunnel”. They really enjoy watching their friends as they crawl under them and waiting their turn to go through the tunnel!

Downward Dog TunnelPartner poses are not only fun but can be a great platform for teaching children the importance of getting along, working together and being mindful when interacting with one another. Doing yoga together teaches kids valuable life skills that they can use at school and at home and carry with them throughout their lives.

By: beyogabelove Category: Children, Creativity, Partner Yoga, Relationships, Self Development, Teaching, Yoga

7 Mar 2013

Teacher Thursdays- Imagination & Kids Yoga Props

Photo Credit- Embellished Minds

This is the first in my weekly Blog Feature called TEACHER THURSDAYS for Yoga Teachers of all ages or Parents who want to teach their child yoga.

The best part part about teaching children yoga is that I get to use my CREATIVITY and IMAGINATION.

Just like the children use their imagination to BE a Frog or a Lion or a Tree, I get to use my imagination to make yoga FUN for my students. There are so many amazing resources out there for kids yoga teachers, from Books to Yoga Card Decks to Games and Plush Toys. For some of my favorite resources and music, which are a staple in most of my yoga classes, you can take a look at my blog post Kids Yoga Playlist and Resources. While I have invested in many of these books, CDs and instructional tools, I have found that some of my most popular lessons have been when I used simple toys or props as a springboard for yoga poses.

Here are some fun prop ideas you can use in Class:

Finger Puppets and Stuffed Animals

Last summer I found some Animal and Sea Creature finger puppets that have become a big hit with the kids. I keep them in a bag and have each come up and pick a puppet from the bag and then we all do the yoga pose together. The children get so excited when I bring the puppets in and they have fun using their imagination to make up their own poses for some of the animal puppets, such as Giraffe or Zebra. At the end of class, I give them a few minutes to play with their puppets or put on a puppet show. They LOVE it! The puppets are fun because during our relaxation time, I place the puppet on their bellies and tell them to close their eyes and take deep breaths, feeling their bellies rise and fall as they give their puppets a ride.

Stuffed Animals are also great props for a kids yoga class and the variety of animals out there make them perfect for teaching new poses or playing yoga games. You can play a game where each child gets to pick a stuffed animal from a bag and we do they pose together OR you have each child pick their favorite stuffed animal and DO YOGA with it. The stuffed animal helps the child to keep their focus on their body while doing the pose.. For example, they can balance the stuffed animal on their head in TREE POSE or lift their stuffed animal on their belly while doing BRIDGE POSE…the possibilities are endless!

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One day while browsing through the dollar store, I saw a sticker sheet of jungle animals and another one of sea creatures. So many of the animals were poses the children were learning in my classes, so I bought several sheets to try out in my classes. All children love stickers, so when I brought them out during class, they were thrilled! Each child gets a turn to pick their favorite sticker and we practice the yoga pose together! The wide variety of stickers available makes them perfect for teaching all kinds of other poses too, such as AIRPLANE, FLOWER or SUN SALUTATIONS.

Soft Ball or Stuffed Pillow Games

Passing around a soft ball or small stuffed pillow during games or sharing time can be a fun way to help children focus. Try playing a different variation of “Hot Potato” where you play some music and keep passing the object around. When the music stops, the child who has the ball or pillow in their hands, gets to choose their favorite yoga pose to do with the class.

Imagination is such an important part of learning and letting children discover yoga through play will make it a practice they can carry with them throughout their lives because it’s FUN!

These are just some of the many ways to use CREATIVITY to design yoga classes that all your students will enjoy! Be sure to stop by next week for more teaching themes and resources.

If you have any other creative ideas to share, I would love to hear from you…

Namaste

By: beyogabelove Category: Children, Creativity, Family, Kids Yoga, Props, Teaching, Yoga

19 Feb 2013

Heart Wide Open- Yoga for Self Love

This article was originally published online at the Soul-filled Cafe last week. We had such a powerful dialogue with some amazing women on yoga, love and nurturing yourself through your yoga practice.

Yoga for Opening Your Heart-Developing a Self Love Centered Practice

I have been on the path of my heart for over 15 years. For most of my life, I had been obsessed with love and finding a romantic partner. I spent so many years looking for love and validation outside of myself, until I realized that I had to find love in myself first. It has taken years of practice and reflection to remain on this path of self love. Yoga has been an integral part of that journey for me.

Self-love is a daily commitment to treat yourself with respect and compassion. Love begins with self acceptance, which is why yoga is such a powerful practice for nurturing self-love and opening your heart. Practicing yoga allows you to accept yourself, even the parts you don’t like.
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The first time I walked into a yoga class, I had the experience of being out of my body while simultaneously feeling fully IN MY BODY. I had struggled with body issues and perfectionism my whole life and here I was letting go of the judgment and settling into myself. I continued to go to yoga class over the years because it was the one place where I could to just “be”, without judgment or criticism. Some days I could balance in Tree Pose and other days, I felt all wobbly and out of whack, just like in my life. But no matter what pose I was able to do or not do, I always left my yoga class feeling good about myself.

Until last summer when I completed my 200 hour yoga teacher training, I did not have a regular yoga practice. Despite the fact that I was teaching 10 children’s yoga classes per week and could see the sense of peace in my students, I had not made a commitment to make yoga a discipline in my life. Throughout my rigorous training, I learned that yoga was much more than a physical practice, it had the potential to open my heart.

Each time I get on my mat, I am opening my heart to myself. I become more aware of myself ~ physically, emotionally, energetically. I am fully aware of my body, its strengths and its limitations. I can see where I am holding tension in my body, where I can let go more, ease up more, connect more and love myself more.

Special thanks to Heather Gray for inviting me to share my experience and wisdom. For more inspiring guest experts and resources to live a SOUL -FILLED LIFE be sure to stop by her website!

By: beyogabelove Category: Inspiration, Love, Meditation, Relationships, Self Development, Soul, Spirituality, Transformation, Writing, Yoga

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