Today Emily Gold, Doula and Little Lotus Yoga Instructor shares with us info about Birth Plans. You can find more about Emily on her website at www.birthbreathbeyond.com What is a Birth Plan As your pregnancy progresses you may have started hearing “do you have a birth plan” or “what’s your birth plan” or maybe even “there is no reason to have a birth plan”. A birth plan is documentation of how you ideally want your birth to proceed. As a doula I like to start by thinking of ... View Post
Sleepy Time Yoga
As a mom of two children (ages 2 and 4) and another baby on the way I completely understand the sleepless nights, the evenings were the kids are wired and running around when you are ready for bed and those nights where the fussy starts at 2p.m. and you have no idea how you will get through the rest of the afternoon, dinner, bath and bedtime routine. Yoga can be a great way to have your child relax, stay calm and focus. Here are some postures and techniques that you can try at home. Set ... View Post
Children’s Meditation: Candle Meditation
Looking for some new techniques and ideas to encourage your child to focus and concentrate? Why not try our candle meditation as a family. Enjoy some quiet time together. Light a candle in the middle of the room and have all the children sit in a circle a safe distance away from it. Have the children focus on the light of the candle. Is the flame high or low. Imagine feeling the warmth from the candle. Is the candle flame steady or does it flicker? Invite the children to focus their ... View Post
Meditation for Children: Calming Jars
This fun meditation comes from Peaceful Piggy Meditation (Kerry Lee MacLean). They can also be known as Calming Jars. Have each child fill a jar with water and notice how calm and clean the water is. Add some glitter, rice or sand into the jar. Each piece of glitter put in the jar is a “thought”. Secure the lid and have the child shake their jar up and watch all the glitter fly around the jar. Then let the jar be still and watch all the glitter settle in the bottom of the jar. ... View Post
Teaching Yoga- Getting Started!
So you have made the decision to start teaching yoga! Congrats! Maybe you are still in the contemplating stage and haven't really decided what you want to teach or where you want to take your training. Maybe you have decided that you want to teach yoga as complement to services you currently offer or as something completely different that you can do on the side. Maybe you are wanting to make a leap into something completely different and leave your current job to become a yoga teacher. No ... View Post
Meet Little Lotus Yoga Instructor: Sara Simon
A Note From Sara: I have been practicing yoga since 2006. While working at a yoga studio I was inspired to take the plunge and become a teacher myself, completing a 200 hour Hatha yoga teacher training in 2011. Planning to focus my energies mainly on prenatal and Mom and Baby yoga it was a happy coincidence when I discovered I was pregnant with my first child a week before the training was to begin! The intense focus on yoga during this amazing time was instrumental in what turned out to be a ... View Post
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