Our next YEAS Yoga training is coming up on June 26th, at Sweet Pea’s Yoga Studio in Chicago, IL. The training goes from 8-5pm, and is packed full of an excellent combination of learning and doing. At the YEAS training you can expect: (1) Community You will learn with,...
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Summer Camp is Coming!
We are excited to announce that the KFS Summer camp is just around the corner! This year we will be offering both Lower and Upper Elementary camps. This camp will be individualized to meet your children exactly where they’re ‘at’ in life. Both groups will be packed with activity,...
Bootcamp Yoga!
Early last month I taught a 4th/5th grade yoga class for the first time. For some reason, I left feeling that it was the worst class I had ever taught. The children were acting silly and wouldn’t listen to me at all. I kept getting louder but nothing was...
Yoga on the Go
It is possible for you and your children to take yoga breaks on the go, without looking or feeling ridiculous. Here are three tips to get you started! (1) Parks and Playgrounds Use the space to stretch in an appropriate environment, either with your kids in a local playground,...
Benefits of the Choice Board
At YEAS Yoga, we recognize the benefits of giving children choices – especially children whose choices have otherwise been taken away. When a child has special needs, many of their day-to-day decisions are made by someone else – so giving children seemingly small choices can have a huge impact....
5 Ways to Encourage Relaxation in Kids
(1) Make it a habit When you and your family regularly take time to stop and mindfully experience the moment, you form a habit. By habitually calming your body and mind, you’re building in prevention against cumulative stress and anger. (2) Eliminate distractions When all of the world’s brightness...
3 Steps towards Mindful Eating
(1) Turn off Screens Food: that’s all it takes to eat mindfully. Limit other distractions so you can focus on on what is going in your mouth. Paying attention to your body, instead of the TV or your phone, means that you’ll identify when you’ve had enough to eat....
3 Reasons Yoga Promotes Unlikely Friendships
Time and time again, we have seen kids that appear to be worlds apart connecting through yoga. YEAS classes transcend any differences, disabilities, background, religion, gender and socioeconomic diversity, connecting kids with a shared activity. Yoga just brings people together. (1) Time set aside for the sole purpose...
What is Sensory Integration?
Sensory Integration (aka “Sensory Processing”) refers to the way the nervous system receives messages from the senses and turns them into appropriate motor and behavioral responses (SPD Foundation, 2015). Everybody processes sensory information in their own unique way, with the majority being able to appropriately act on what the...
5 Ways to Keep Yoga Fun!
(1) Give up on “perfect” form This is where adult and children’s classes differ greatly. Apart from positions that may be unsafe (e.g. tree pose, where the raised foot must be above or below the knee to avoid injury) be flexible about how a child makes each yoga pose....
