As many of you may already know, the wonderful co-founder of YoKid…Stretch Your Limits, Michelle Kelsey Mitchell, was featured in a delightful article by the Chicago Tribune entitled “Yoga in the Classroom”. I have to admit, I almost teared up a little as I read the article realizing all that it stood for. Seeing Michelle read more»
Studio Yoga vs. School Yoga
I journeyed over to Henderson Middle School today to see one of our very first Richmond YoKid programs in action. I arrived right before the kids were getting ready to move to their “yoga room” a.k.a the middle school Health Room. The school was bustling with kids being dismissed from the school’s after-school program, heading read more»
Kid-Friendly Yoga Philosophy
For many of us, The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali can be quite a daunting text. With hundreds of translations in over 30 languages, this primary text of yoga outlines what yoga is and how a practitioner can practice yoga in order to reach samadhi, the bliss state. Yogis spend years reading, contemplating, analyzing, re-reading the read more»
What I Gained from the YoKid Teacher Training
This past weekend, Michelle and I facilitated the first 20-hour YoKid Teacher Training in my home city, Richmond, Virginia. We had a group of fourteen awesome trainees join us at Project Yoga Richmond: women of a variety of ages, backgrounds, and interests; from Colorado, Maryland, New Jersey, Northern Virgina, and Richmond; yoga teachers, yoga practitioners, read more»
YoKid is Hiring | Event Coordinator (Position Filled)
General Summary: The Event Coordinator will work directly with the Executive Director to coordinate YoKid’s annual outreach and signature events. Coordinator responsibilities include: Scheduling events, maintaining and developing community partnerships/sponsorships, staffing events, promoting & advertising events. Annual events vary and may include Combined Federal Campaign fairs, YoKid Challenge, Marine Corp Marathon, Kid’s in the Kitchen, read more»
Yoga Intern | Leave Ego Out of It
William Broad, a senior science writer at The Times published an article last week entitled “How Yoga can Wreck Your Body.” This article is adapted from Broad’s book The Science of Yoga: The Risks and Rewards, which will be published next month. The article makes shocking claims about the risks of yoga. Studies suggest a read more»
5 Ways to Embrace 2012
Many things have happened in 2011 that have made us all notice a certain shift in the atmosphere. Be it global, local, or personal, rapid change seems to be abundant. Looking back on 2011 and looking forward to 2012 how will we be different? What will happen amidst all of this change? And how will read more»
Yoga Intern | 5 Tips for Getting Rid of the Holiday Crazies
It’s that time of year again.. After a busy year, the holidays are a time to relax and let yourself go. Indulging in chocolate cake, egg nog and couch potatoeing are great ways to unwind before making a commitment in the new year to not do those things. But with this holiday season comes more read more»
T’is the Season of Giving!
This is the time of year when people are in their giving-est of mind sets: giving gifts to friends and family members over the holidays, volunteering time and energy to serve others, and making donations to nonprofit organizations before the end of the calendar year. It’s a beautiful time of year We encourage you to read more»
Yoga Intern | Can Yoga Be Owned?
I recently read an article in the New York Times… Bikram yoga is an amazing way to detox, relax, challenge, and strengthen your body in ways you never have before. It is a twenty-six posture series performed in a hot room (about 100-105 degrees) and is designed to work every aspect of your body both read more»
