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How A Yoga Practice Can Help With Anxiety
Triggers for anxiety have always been relatively ambiguous, but there are several factors that can lead to it. Some of the common factors include stress, fear, self-esteem issues, environmental problems, and chemical imbalances in the brain. Symptoms of anxiety vary...
Guided Visualization: Favorite Place
I like to read this guided visualization to my students just before Savasana to help them rest a little easier. If you decide to share this with others, take your time with the words. Let each sentence really settle in. You can practice along to the recording here....
Grief: Feeling, Dealing + Healing (Part 2)
Part 2 of 3: Discerning Awareness When I was a kid, we did this thing called the Nestea Plunge. Standing on the top rung of the pool ladder (or on the pavement at the deep end if you were super brave) with feet separated and arms out in a “T” like five-pointed...
Using Mindful Awareness to Cultivate and Sustain Health, Happiness, and Well-Being
Mindful Awareness is the resource I have used for the last couple of decades to cultivate the skills necessary to surf when the water is calm, choppy, and turbulent. I have practiced mindfulness and yoga for 31 years. I first learned about Mindful Awareness when I...
5 Ways to Celebrate National Yoga Month
September was designated National Yoga Month in 2009 by the Department of Health & Human Services as a way to raise awareness, educate and promote the health benefits of yoga and a healthy lifestyle. Want to join in the celebration? 1. Learn about the practice....
Grief: Feeling, Dealing + Healing (Part 1)
Part 1 of 3: What It’s Like “It’s okay to not be okay.” I’ve seen this posted time and again as a meme, article headline, and caption. It comforts me—momentarily. And in the blink of an eye, I am once again washed away in grief: nostalgia, sadness, denial, longing,...
Celebrating May Day with Children
May Day is celebrated on May 1st as a welcoming of the return of Spring. The day is rooted in agriculture, falling in between the Spring Equinox and Summer Solstice. May Day is a time to celebrate the blooming of flowers, warming of the ground and connecting with the changing seasons. Here are some ways to celebrate May Day with children!
Yamas and Niyamas (New House Rules)
New House Rules: Yamas and Niyamas Sibling fighting has kicked into high gear at our house this week and it is an unfamiliar, very unpleasant new stage of life. As an only child, growing up with only a few extended family members nearby, I have virtually no experience...
As Teens Face Stress During COVID-19, Some Silver Linings Emerge
The coronavirus pandemic has reminded us that humans are resilient. Like many adults, though, teenagers have never experienced the kind of uncertainty they are feeling now. In having to deal with the pandemic, teens have lost key moments in their lives. Many have...
Reclaiming Resilience: Through the Lens of Recovery
Reclaiming resilience is a cumulative process. It is a series of saying yes to the things that foster freedom and saying sayonara to the things that no longer serve.
Three Steps to Mindfulness
Yoga and mindfulness is a consistent practice regardless of location. I have been working virtually online since 2014 when I first stepped into the role of ChildLight Director of Trainings. To say it was a struggle to adapt to working online for hours at a...
Social Isolation: Six Tips during a Pandemic
This year found many of us moving from interactive, overscheduled days to living in virtual isolation. Though there can be some sense of relief to step off the fast-moving-train contemplating life choices and cleaning out closets, it can be easy to slip into the mode...
Megan’s Digital Detox!
Sally Quadruple Dog Dared me to put my phone away for four days while on vacation.
Self-Care At-Home
I was never keen on at-home pampering until COVID-19 hit. Suddenly, professional pedicures, floating and massages were no longer available. This is clearly a first world problem and I realize how privileged I am that these services were ever a part of my regular life...
Star Wars Yoga Class Plan: Created and Written by Ridge Morris, 4 years old
Ridge is co-owner, Megan Morris’, four year old son and has been a big fan of Star Wars for years! After spending a long night “battling” air travel challenges, Megan mindfully chose to spend the day with her kids. Leisure time is clearly how creativity is...
What Were You Doing in January of 2010?
As we close out a decade and move into the 2020’s, many people are taking inventory of their last 10 years. What were you were doing in January of 2010? Take a couple of minutes to ponder these questions: ~ What was I celebrating 10 years ago? ~ What were some of the...
2019 ChildLight Holiday Sale!
Now through December 15th! *Cannot be combined with other promos Upcoming Trainings: Yoga & Mindfulness for ChildrenJan 25-26: Dover, NHFeb 21-23: Torrington, CTMar 6-8: Burlington, VTMar 14-15: Harrisburg, PAMar 21-22: Sarasota, FLMar 27-29: Washington,...
ChildLight 95-hour Children’s Yoga School (RCYS) Graduate Interview: Teri Sexton
How did you find your way to ChildLight? I had been looking for a while and someone I don't know had randomly mentioned Childlight in a conversation. I checked it out and made my to Dover one icy January weekend to take my first training with Meg! Why are you...
ChildLight’s 95-hour Children’s Yoga School (RCYS) Graduate Interview: Courtney Pepe, RCYT
1. How did you find your way to ChildLight? I found ChildLight after using the internet to research available trainings. I realized that a lot of the trainings were local to me and other ones that I had to travel to were actually places that I would love to...
Bringing Mindfulness into Back-to-School
Who can ever forget the Staples commercial where the mom is joyfully tossing school supplies into the air and catching them in the shopping cart, while the kids drag their feet behind her. All the while the classic Christmas song, “It’s the most wonderful time of the...