Yoga In My School

Trauma and toxic stress are all too often a part of life for today's youth. You want to help but don't know exactly what to do or say. Join experts Kathy Falminio of 1000 Petals and John Rettger Director of Mindfulness Stanford School of Medicine for a discussion on how yoga and mindfulness skills can help heal the effects of trauma. Learn how to increase resilience, empower and promote healing through breath, movement and mindfulness. We'll address how to create a sensory sensitive environment, specifics for what to include and what to exclude, and tools to use when traumatic events occur in your community/school. Hosted by Yoga In My School and K-12 Yoga.

Teens are known for being moody, stressed and highly emotional. They are undergoing a tremendous amount mental, emotional and physical growth during a short period of time. Each day is a mine field of peer pressure, academic demands, family dynamics and decisions that impact their future.  How can you help? How can teens be impowered with tools to help self-regulate, calm and find peace? In this episode host Donna Freeman will explore mindfulness for teens. Experts Dr Trish Broderick of Learning2Breathe and Dr Dzung Vo author of The Mindful Teen (to be released April 2015) will discuss how mindfulness can be used by youth to help them manage stress, strengthen emotional self-regulation and improve health and well-being. If your life includes teens at home, school, after school programs, sports, clincial settings or residential programs you'll want to tune in. Mindfulness is a powerful practice available to all, especially needed by teens. Discover just how effective taking a breath can be.  

Join Donna Freeman and guest Chelsea Roff, founder of Eat, Breathe, Thrive as we explore the relationship between yoga and eating disorders. We'll shed light on disordered eating habits, what to watch for and how to create a supportive, accepting environment encouraging all to become more body positive. We'll examine the positive impact yoga can have to reduce anxiety, rebuild body awareness and promote body responsiveness.  Plus we'll look at some of the dangers of yoga and how a usually healthy practice may exacerbate body image issues and compound compulsive behavior. Discover the key to helping create joy in your practice and a positive body image.

Are you looking to grow your kids yoga business? Do you see other ideas and want to implement them in your community? Do you want to impact the lives of more children and work from a solid foundation? Discover how two revolutionary kids yoga programs were created through collaboration. We'll chat with Grounded in Atlanta, GA, and Newark Yoga Movement in Newark, NJ, to find out how they combined their strengths to create the Atlanta Yoga Movement  Also hear how Zensational Kids and Radiant Child Yoga pooled their knowledge and expertise to offer training programs for yoga for differently abled children. Join hosts Donna Freeman and Karma Carpenter Shea (K-12 Yoga) with guests Cheryl Crawford, Debbie Kaminsky and Allison Morgan to find out how to energize your program through collaboration. You'll learn what to takes to join forces, some of the pitfalls to avoid and ways to enhance your current kids yoga business.

Want to bring calm & focus to your classroom? Get the low-down on all the happenings at the Yoga in the Schools Symposium. Join host Donna Freeman, founder Yoga In My School & Kids Yoga Academy and guest host Karma Carpenter, founder K-12 Yoga (IASYM), as we chat live with delegates at Kripalu during the 1st ever Yoga in the Schools Symposium.  Anne Buckley-Reen of Get Ready to Learn and Lousie Goldberg of Relaxation Now share their insights on the Yoga in Schools movement, the energy of gathering with leaders in the field of Yoga and Mindfulness for Youth, and what's next for yoga in schools.

Host Donna Freeman discusses how to work with kids darker sides with guest Cheryl Crawford, founder of Grounded. Discover how addressing kids darker states of mind can relieve their perceived expectations of always having to be happy. This awareness leads to lighter and brighter clarity. Learn how allowing and recognizing shame, doubt and fear in the lives of youth, helps them to feel whole, to recognize themselves and to know they are perfect just the way they are today. Cheryl will provide specific examples from her work with at-risk and under-served populations in Atlanta.

Join Donna Freeman, founder of Yoga In My School, as she hosts the queen of guided visualizations for kids, Carolyn Clarke, author of Imaginations: Fun Relaxation Stories and Meditations for Kids. Discover how guided visualizations can enrich imagination, stir creativity and invite peace into children's lives. Carolyn provides insight into the benefits of guided visualization and give tips on how to tailor make sessions for the children in your life. Banish stress and create a relaxing haven in your home or classroom. Join us to find out how. Learn more during Carolyn's webinar: Imagining Rainbows and Rocketships: Guided Visualizations for Relaxation and Learning  THURSDAY, Aug 22nd, 8-9 pm Eastern, 5-6 pm Pacific.

On July 6th, 2013 the first cross Canada live yoga event is being held. Purple Power Yoga hosted by Yahoo! joins yogis via live streaming to simultaneous live events in Toronto and Vancouver. This one of a kind event celebrates healthy living, unity and fun and raises money for community programs New Leaf Yoga and Yoga Outreach, two yoga programs in Canada who reach underserved populations. Laura Track of Yoga Outreach joins us to talk about bringing yoga to under-served populations and the impact Canadians can have through Purple Power Yoga. Get involved - help raise funds simply by tweeting #CanadaLovesYogahttp://

Anyone who works with children knows that they are often noisy and rambunctious. This natural energy is a wonderful part of childhood.  Aruna Kathy Humphries of Young Yoga Masters also knows how important it is for children to be quiet, to tap into their inner stillness and to discover personal peace. Aruna stops by YIMS to chat with host Donna Freeman about the power of quiet, the benefits of meditation for children and youth and her advice for parents and teachers on accessing inner calm quickly and easily. Join Aruna during her upcoming webinar Indispensable Meditations for Children on July 2nd. Connect with Donna: Twitter @DonnaKFreeman

Shari Vilchez Blatt loves kids! This is the first thing you notice when you walk into her yoga studio, Karma Kids Yoga in New York City, a studio which caters to young yogis. Shari's enthusiasm and fun, creative approach to life infuses everything from the colorful wall paintings and bright green floor to the kids birthday parties, special events (such as Downward Doll Yoga and Pajama Glow in the Dark Yoga) and award winning music CD "Come Play Yoga!" Shari joins Donna Freeman to talk all things kids yoga and share the impact she's seen in the lives of families who participate. We'll also delve into how partner poses influence children, youth and families creating connections, building trust and improving balance along with adding laughter and excitement to yoga class.

Robin Schwoyer, founder of Happy HeARTs Yoga, is on a mission: to bring the benefits of yoga to children with autism and their families. April is Autism Awareness Month and Robin is in full swing encourageing friendships, increasing learning and promoting healthy hearts, minds and bodies. Join host Donna Freeman as we discuss how to create engaging, welcoming and effective kids yoga classes which meet the needs of children on the autism spectrum.  If you want to improve the life of someone impacted by autism be sure to tune in and enjoy Robin's many stories and practical tips from her extensive experience and expertise.

Donna Freeman, founder of Yoga In My School and Kids Yoga Academy hosts a discussion on the religion/education/yoga debate when it comes to teaching children. Guests Karma Carpenter Shea, founder of K-12YOGA,  Rachel Glowacki, Kids' Holy Yoga Director, Lisa Flynn, founder Yoga 4 Classrooms & ChildLight Yoga, and Lynea Gillen, Yoga Calm, will delve into spiritual health for children. Wondering if yoga is a religion...get the answers here. Discover How spiritual health is addressed through children's yoga classes whether they be religion based or not Should spiritual education be addressed in a public school setting How to teach yoga without religious connection How a Christian based kids yoga program works And much more. Join the discussion - LIKE Yoga In My School on Facebook and share your opinion.

Host Donna Freeman shares an engaging child health conversation with Yoga Healer, Cate Stillman. Join us and discover vibrant health for you and your kids. Get rid of snot, tune into the body's natural rhythms, learn body care techniques for every age and more. Cate loves to share effective, practical life skills which can simply and profoundly change the way you feel, think and move. You'll love her tips, grounded in the traditional wisdom of Ayurveda (traditional Indian medicine), and will be surprised at how easy it is to use them with kids. Take small steps today to improve how you feel, what you do, and what you think about. Cate makes it easy. Listen to find out how. LIKE Yoga In My School on Facebook to join the conversation. Register for Cate's upcoming webinar - Snot-Free Kids - March 4th, 8:00  pm EST/5:00 pm PST

Yoga-Recess-Day is January 25, 2013.  Donna Freeman hosts a discussion on the importance of health and wellness in schools and how Yoga-Recess-Day brings the many benefits of yoga and mindfulness to children of all ages. Find out how you can get involved. Join thousands of school teachers, parents and passionate yogis and pedge to bring mind body exercises, breathing and stretching into classrooms everywhere.

Donna Freeman hosts special guest Dr. Bob Butera, founder of Yoga Life Institute and publisher of Yoga Living Magazine. Bob will be sharing his extensive expertise on how to bring the many benefits of meditation into your life easily and consistently. Bob's recent book Meditation for Your Life focuses on adapting a mediation practice to fit your personal disposition and needs. Discover six specific types of meditation as well as learn tips on how to prepare for meditation and what to do to stay motivated in a meditation practice. Find out which type of meditation suits you best and make it an enduring part of your life to achieve wellness and calm.