Yoga In My School

Hanukkah, often called the festival of lights, is an annual Jewish celebration of the of the re-dedication of the temple in Jerusalem and the miraculous burning of sacred oil for eight days.

Andrea Creel of Shining Kids Yoga shares insight, tools, and resources to foster mindfulness during this festival. Listen for tips on how to be nourished by love and light in your family, kids yoga classes, adult yoga classes, and personal devotion.

There are a ton of resources from this conversation. See below for the links.

HIGHLIGHTS:
0:04 Welcome to the Yoga In My School podcast
2:15 Intro to Andrea Cree
4:39 Combining kids yoga and Jewish holidays
6:20 What is Hanukkah
10:39 Inviting mindfulness to Hanukkah
13:22 The Hanukkah kids yoga game
17:06 Bringing Hanukkah into kids yoga class
19:06 Celebrating the Light themes in adult yoga class
23:32 Yoga and Jewish faith
29:00 Respecting Jewish holidays
34:10 Final thoughts on mindful Hanukkah
35:44 How to connect with Andrea/Shining Kids Yoga

RESOURCES:
Zen Guide to the Holidays

Blog post on Hanukkah yoga activities for children
Online Dreidel Spinner

Yoga/Sanskrit Mantra to chant during Hanukkah:
Om Asatoma mantra
Another mantra that can be practiced is using a mala to chant the Hebrew word "Shalom" 108 times (shalom means peace or welcome)

Rabbi Yael Levy A Way In Jewish Mindfulness
Alef-Bet Yoga Book for Kids
Double the Fun Yoga Cards
Yoga Pose or Dare Card Game
Mystery Pose: A Yoga Guessing Game Book

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Learning to express your voice authentically is a journey of self discovery. If you are striving to align your offerings with your true self, or navigate changes in your voice/offerings over time, then this episode is for you. Betty Larrea, of Be Yoga Be Love, shares her experiences as she has moved from the corporate world, to the kids yoga world, to being an author, mother, and book doula.

Highlights include:
0:04 Intro to episode
2:24 Betty's background
7:06 What does it mean to find your voice
10:50 Hurdles that Betty experiences when finding her voice
18:05 Tools that help clarify your voice
22:30 How to face the fear of what others think/judgements
28:18 Calming your inner critic
33:59 Advice for finding your voice

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This episode of the Yoga In My School podcast challenges the restrictions placed on teaching yoga in schools in Alabama in the newly passed (May 2021) bill. Guest Crunch Ranjani explores questions raised by the bill that all yoga teachers, school administrators, and legislators need to ponder and discuss. Have a listen, spend some time considering all points of view, and let me know your thoughts.

Highlights:
1:45 Background of school yoga in Alabama
3:35 NOTE: Alabama Senate HAS PASSED THE BILL (May 21, 2021) see show notes below for reference
4:40 Initial reaction to lifting ban of yoga in Alabama schools
5:58 Less positive reaction to the new Alabama school yoga bill
6:55 What is cultural appropriation of yoga?
10:45 Why are people worried about Sanskrit?
16:25 Is some yoga better than no yoga?
21:31 Guidelines vs Illegal
28:20 Questions raised by the Alabama school yoga bill
33:30 Invitation to have the conversation

Read Crunch's article - Teaching Yoga in Schools: Examining the Questions Raised by the Alabama Bill

March 11, 2021 AP Article re passing of bill in the Alabama House of Representatives
May 21, 2021 NPR article re passing of bill in Alabama Senate

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Discover the wonderful world of phonics and how to use yoga to teach emergent readers essential language decoding skills.

This episode of the Yoga In My School podcast hosts Hilary Grierson of Bear Foot Yogis based in London, UK. Hilary is passionate about teaching children through play and has developed a kids yoga phonics card deck to do just that. Wondering how phonics cards are different from alphabet cards? Why kinaestetic learning is so effective? or how to create and publish your own set of yoga cards? Have a listen for all this and more.

Highlights:
0:40 Trauma Informed Yoga and Mindfulness
1:59 Introduction to Hilary Grierson
7:05 What are phonics?
10:55 Challenges to learning phonics
15:22 Kinaestetic learning
18:37 Combining yoga and phonics
26:00 Kids Yoga Activity: Sound bag
29:14 Breath work with sound
31:15 Creating, publishing, and marketing kids yoga products

FIND BEAR FOOT YOGI's phonics cards

Trauma Informed Yoga and Mindfulness Course
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The Saskachewan Indigenous Yoga Association (SIYA) is changing lives as they invite healing and growth through movement and meditation.

In this episode of the Yoga In My School podcast we chat with Dawn Deguire, co-founder of the Saskatchewan Indigenous Yoga Association. Discover the amazing work happening throughout the province through their yoga teacher training scholarship program and grass roots approach to bringing the healing benefits of yoga to indigenous populations and underserved communities.

Truly inspiring work. Thank you.

Join Dawn for a special yoga class Sept 30, 2021 in honor of the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Topic: N'tl Day of Reconciliation Yoga
Time: Sep 30, 2021 07:00 PM Saskatchewan
Zoom Meeting ID: 792 652 4847
Passcode: skyoga

Highlights:
03:06 Intro to Dawn Deguire
05:36 Saskatchewan Indigenous Yoga Association
12:20 Why are Metis and Indigenous yoga teachers essential
14:57 Finding universal truths and discovering your personal path
20:22 Impact of graduates of the Indigenous yoga teacher scholarship
25:19 National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

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Learn about the origins of Orange Shirt Day 

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Initiate change in education through embodied consciousness and freedom. Dive into a new level of self-awareness in learning environments as our amazing guest Abbi Wills, co-founder of Shanti Generation, explores what it means to teach embodiment, student power, and self-compassion in order to facilitate optimal learning and growth.

HIGHLIGHTS
1:53 Intro Abbi Wills
7:08 Sovereign Bodies Learn Here
12:00 Facilitating Optimal Learning
15:45 How to Manage a Sovereign Bodies Classroom
20:04 Inviting Agency vs Forcing Compliance
25:49 Encouraging Self Exploration and Self Compassion
31:50 What embodied awareness looks/feels like
33:10 Fostering Self Advocacy

Abbi's First Interview with Yoga In My School

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Sun Salutations, Half Moon Pose, Star Pose, Moon Salutations, and more invite yogis to look to the skies.
In this episode of the Yoga In My School podcast guest Doreen Foxwell of The Children's School of Yoga shares her creative new Astrology Meets Kids Yoga curriculum. We discuss the impact of the pandemic on her business, following your passions, curriculum writing, acknowledging your kids yoga teachers, and more.
If you are passionate about your kids yoga business, this is a must listen episode.

HIGHLIGHTS:
0:30 Welcome Doreen Foxwell
2:33 Evolution of The Children's School of Yoga
6:45 The birth of Astrology Meets Kids Yoga curriculum
9:45 How astrology and kids yoga work together
18:40 Birth charts: free resource https://www.astro.com/horoscope
21:40 Intellectual property: protecting your rights and content
30:00 Importance of acknowledging kids yoga teachers, creators
37:32 For more information about Astrology Meets Kids Yoga curriculum

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In this episode of the Yoga In My School podcast we explore bringing the joy of music and multiculturalism into your homes, yoga studios and kids yoga classes.

Guest Dan Storper, founder and CEO of Putumayo World Music, shares his love of music and the world. The new Putumayo album Kids Yoga Dreamland is a beautiful compilation of eclectic world melodies to invite relaxation and sleep.

1:30 Intro to Dan Storper and how Putumayo World Music came about
9:54 Choosing music and the multicultural nature of Putumayo
14:29 Kids Yoga Dreamland - music for yoga & relaxation
19:43 Liner notes include yoga poses for relaxation
23:06 Emotional impact of music
26:06 Music promotes world understanding and citizenship
30:17 Using relaxing movement and music to help kids go to sleep
34:00 Music to take you on a journey
37:02 Putumayo playlists and radio show

DISCOVER Putumayo World Music

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Are you interested in writing a kids yoga book? Yes? You need to listen to this episode of the Yoga In My School podcast as Susan Rose, newly published author, shares her experience and insight from diving into the process during the Covid pandemic. Fifteen months later she has published two books with a plan for a series. It's been a learning curve from which you can benefit.

Note: There are some audio lags in this recording due to wifi connection during the live interview. Thank you for your patience.

Highlights include:
1:15 Who is Susan Rose
3:05 Inspiration to become an author
4:46 Finding an illustrator
7:05 Steps to writing a kids yoga picture book
9:00 The publishing process
12:01 Biggest surprise in writing a kids yoga book
17:16 Everybody is Good at Something
19:00 How it feels to hold your book in your hands
20:30 Essentials of marketing your book
23:20 Investment (time & money) to write a book
26:47 Advice for new authors

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In this episode of the Yoga In My School podcast the delightfully genuine Jen Berg shares insights and practices on using percussion instruments in kids yoga class. 

Jen is quick to remind me that she is not a professional drummer and that is what makes her the perfect example of following the heart and sharing what you love authentically. She provides 

Highlights include:
2:15 Intro to Jen Berg
4:07 Drumming in kids yoga class
6:54 How music impacts a kids yoga class
9:15 Using shakers in kids yoga class
13:08 Jen's drum and how she uses it in class
17:50 Benefits of using a drum in class
21:00 Using a singing bowl in kids yoga class
27:30 How to get in touch with Jen

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