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.

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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12
June
2018

Visual Cues for Kids' Yoga

A visual schedule is a common tool for children with special needs.  It can help a child get ready for school in the morning and negotiate their school day.  This is not just for children who have a cognitive processing challenge. Visual...

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10
June
2018

Yoga for Open Airways

Restricted breathing is scary.  When a child is coughing, wheezing, short of breath and experiencing tightness in the chest, you want him to feel relief right away. Yoga can help.  Many of these practices are preventive and may reduce th...

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