Fen Yoga

http://www.upworthy.com/this-school-replaced-detention-with-meditation-the-results-are-stunning?c=ufb1

This school replaced detention with meditation. The results are stunning. Some schools are replacing detention with meditation, and science is backing them up.

http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/well/2016/05/10/the-mindful-child/?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&referer=https://m.facebook.com/

During meditation I use age appropriate imagery to guide kids through a 5-10 minute practice. Today we focussed on relaxation and afterwards one student shouted, "Wow, it definitely works! I can feel everything!"

The Mindful Child New research shows the benefits of meditation for the elementary school set.

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/sweet-photo-series-reveals-whats-in-a-preschoolers-pockets_us_56fbdde3e4b0a06d58041b04

Sweet Photo Series Reveals What's In A Preschooler's Pockets "These objects ... represent a chapter of boyhood, his imagination, and the magic of finding a 'treasure.'"

Most of these kids (grade 3-5) have been doing yoga with me for two years and they are so curious and engaged. They take meditation seriously, today they sat for 10 (mostly) uninterrupted minutes and we learned some neat transitions and read a favourite story.

at HECS, we made veggie pizzas for snack and turned into pizzas for yoga class!
We kneaded, stretched & twirled the dough in the air, I sprinkled flour, tomatoes and cheese on them and then chased them around with oven mitts on trying to put them in the oven.

A nice day in February calls for lunch time meditation in the bleachers because the grass made our butts wet

FREE YOGA for preschoolers this Saturday, Feb 6th during the Halifax Early Childhood School open house. Come see what our wonderful school is all about! Can't wait to see you there

http://copernicuslabs.com/train-our-robot/

Train Our Robot - Copernicus Labs Let your child train our robot

Who said colouring was just for kids? Calm your mind, explore your creativity and have fun!

http://flip.it/wz7j5

Psychologists Say Coloring Is The Best Alternative To Meditation - Expand your Consciousness Lots of us used to color as kids and… it made us happy. Current research by mental health experts suggests that it might make us adults happy too. Recently, psychologists found that coloring in or …

Wow, way to go Chicago and Dept. of Education!

http://www.newsmax.com/US/department-of-education-meditation-program-kids/2015/11/11/id/701647/

Feds Spend $2.5 Million on 'Mindfulness' Meditation Program for Kids The federal Department of Education is spending millions on a program for 3,000 schools in Chicago to teach a meditation technique aimed to help youngsters calm down - and get better grades.

We are so proud to be featured in the Chronicle Herald's new series My Family Matters. Kids who do yoga become adults with strong coping mechanisms for stress and (obviously) have so much fun doing it!

http://thechronicleherald.ca/more/family-matters/1293626-yoga-for-youngsters-local-instructor-aims-to-teach-kids-the-benefits-of-

Yoga for youngsters: Local instructor aims to teach kids the benefits of yoga from an early age A classroom filled with preschoolers doesn’t exactly conjure images of clam. Convincing them to sit quetly can sometimes be as easy as hearding cats. But when their yoga instructor invites them to some to their mats and sit quietly cross-legged, an eager and energetic group of four and five year old…

Now that spring is here, it's time to tune up that rusty bike in the shed and get out for a ride! Fen Yoga will be teaching FREE yoga classes for kids and cyclists during Halifax Bike Week on the Commons. More info to come...