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Take everything as it comes, discomfort and comfort alike

October 9, 2012 by Kara-Leah Grant 4 Comments

by Kara-Leah Grant, Musings from the Mat The day we arrived at Anahata Yoga Retreat, nature and God were both sodden, and the retreat was wrapped in the clouds. I hadn’t thought to check the driving conditions before arriving at Anahata, and Samuel and I were traveling in my long, low, loaded-up station wagon. I made it round the first muddy gravel corner and thought. “Nope, there’s no way I’m going up there.” There was a sense of defeat in letting the road stop me now, after I’d got … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Musings from the Mat Tagged With: Acceptance, anahata retreat, anahata yoga retreat, child, children, respect, retreat

Yoga Explorations #2: Child, a posture of internal wisdom

July 28, 2012 by Kara-Leah Grant 1 Comment

by Kara-Leah Grant There's nothing flashy about child's pose.  It's unlikely to ever grace the cover of Yoga Journal magazine. No one ever gets all excited about how awesome their child posture is either. But child's pose is the rock of a home practice. Its the place we turn to when there is no other place to go, it's the place we go when we want to come home to ourselves, and it's the place when we find our internal source of power. This week, I've been experiencing grief and sorrow. It … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Home Yoga Practice, Home Yoga Practice Video, Reviews, The Foundations Tagged With: child, grief, home practice, online classes, sorrow, video

How yoga practice teaches you to listen to your intuition through life’s transitions

June 23, 2009 by Guest Author 1 Comment

by guest author Lynda Miers-Henneveld of Yoga Unlimited Yoga teaches us to embrace the natural rhythms of life. Through our practice we can ground ourselves in times of instability, or motivate and energise ourselves when we feel stuck. A personal practice has to reflect our changing circumstances if it is to support us in our journey through this life. If we stay present to what is happening in our bodies, minds and hearts, we can adapt our practice intuitively. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: How Yoga Helped Me Tagged With: change, child, intuition, patience, surrender

How to use yoga to help you be a better parent

June 1, 2009 by Guest Author Leave a Comment

Yoga is 'union' and there is no greater path to union than that of the relationship between parent and child - and a parent's relationship with themselves. by guest author Amanda Reid of Samadhi Yoga Where else do you have the challenge and opportunity to be your most mindful at each moment? Where your every communication has the potential to create conflict or upliftment?   Children respond either consciously or unconsciously to each moment and can make us painfully aware of our gaps … [Read more...]

Filed Under: How Yoga Helped Me, Yoga & Parenting Tagged With: child, parenting

How to introduce your children to yoga

May 6, 2009 by Guest Author 1 Comment

The power of yoga to improve the quality of life for our children is an untapped resource. by guest author Amanda Reid of Samadhi Yoga Although yoga has enjoyed popularity with adults for many years, it is only recently that we have come to understand how helpful it can be for children in their formative years, increasing their self-awareness, building their self-esteem, and strengthening their bodies - truly a welcomed oasis in a culture that offers little in the way of mindful yet … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Physical Practices, The Foundations Tagged With: child, playing

The Joys of Introducing Yoga to Children

April 21, 2009 by Guest Author 3 Comments

 By guest author Theresa Bowen Kids love movement and love exploring the potential of their bodies.  It is so much fun to offer them different options for doing so and watch them delight in the outcome. Yoga enhances children's strength, flexibility and general body awareness. It is quite powerful when kids explore and experience the effect of the breath as an extension of body awareness, and begin to use it as a tool to relax or energise themselves. Start with feeling where the breath comes … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Physical Practices Tagged With: child, yoga for kids

How to use the creativity of yoga to unleash the child within

March 31, 2009 by Seka Ojdrovic-Phillips 1 Comment

We’re all too often wrapped up in the tasks of life.  As we age, we run the risk of diminishing our natural creativity for the sake of ‘being a grown-up’.  The practice of yoga will help keep the inner child alive, and creativity flowing. By Seka Ojdrovic Children can be our best teachers Nearing the end of a particularly child-like weekend (spent tumbling down a waterslide, enjoying a double-scoop ice cream cone and visiting a toy store), I was thrilled when the sun shone bright so … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Physical Practices Tagged With: child, playing, Seka Ojdrovic

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