Mira's Blog

Real life stories of Yoga with children and other related topics.
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Yoga with all who share her passion.

04
February
2019

3 Yoga Poses to Reduce Anxiety

Yoga postures (asanas) help cultivate a sturdy body, a steady mind and balanced emotions. Anxiety, for example, is an “out of body” experience. It’s like a turtle without its shell. It is not possible to have both full body aware...

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14
January
2019

Yoga for All Humanity – A Meeting of the Spines

New Year’s Day, 2019. I wanted to start this year right so I attended Matt Sanford’s workshop at MindBody Solutions titled, All-Humanity Class.  It blended both his adaptive and traditional students and highlighted our inherent co...

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12
December
2018

Heavy Coats, Calm Minds

It’s wintertime here in the Midwest and kids are piling on heavy boots and coats.  It keeps kids warm and it can also help them relax.  The felt sense of heaviness, whether physically felt or imagined in the mind, calms the nervous...

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09
November
2018

Patient Polar Bear Pose

Polar bears are big, white, smart and strong. A grown male polar bear typically weighs between 800 and 1300 pounds.  A female polar bear is smaller and averages between 350 and 650 pounds.  Baby polar bears are just about one pound when...

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22
August
2018

Kids Cool Down with These Yoga Poses

Each Yoga posture has an effect on both body and mind.   A pose like Mountain (Tadasana) helps a child feel strong and sturdy like a mountain.  A back-bending posture like The Wheel (Urdva Dhanurasana) can feel uplifting and energiz...

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22
July
2018

Children Hold Yoga Poses Longer by Counting Out Loud

An eight-year-old student in class yesterday held tree pose for more than a minute simply by counting out loud. Typically, children pop out of poses quite quickly. They are in and out and on to the next thing. Yesterday, I invited the students to ...

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