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Stop Doing These 15 Things If You Want a Happier, More Fulfilling Life
The days are long but the years are short. That’s why so many people struggle to implement healthy habits in their everyday lives and come to regret it later on. But did you know that you don’t have to settle for a mediocre, unfulfilling life? By adopting healthy...
Benefits Of Yoga For Kids
Despite what many believe, yoga is not just for adults! Childlight promotes yoga for kids. Yoga can instill important life skills in young children, which can put them on the path for success in the real world. In fairness to kids, we understand that they are...
6 Life Lessons Yoga Teaches Kids
When we think of introducing kids to yoga, we normally consider the most obvious physical health benefits of the exercise regimen, like increased flexibility, balance, improved connection between mind and body, and the sheer fun of folding into different poses. All of...
4 Ways to Achieve Mental Wellness
Mental health conditions are becoming more prevalent in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 4.7 percent of adults reported feelings of depression and 11.2 percent reported feelings of anxiety, nervousness, and...
How Yoga Helps Your Romantic Relationships
Many people would agree that relationship difficulties can be one of the most arduous elements of our lives. When your romantic relationships are good, it’s a great feeling, but when it isn’t, all can seem lost at times. The greatest area of transformation and...
Five Ways Moms Can Get Ready to Reenter the World
It's common knowledge that being a mom can be one of the greatest joys in life. You may have chosen to take time off to fully devote yourself to mothering, but now you might be wondering how to rebuild your confidence and focus on your other goals. Thankfully, you can...
Four Ways To Find Mindfulness In Yoga
Yoga, for novice or seasoned practitioners, is a great catharsis for alleviating stress and enhancing your physical well-being. The benefits of yoga speak for themselves, but what happens when you combine mindfulness and yoga? Mindfulness is paying attention to what...
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 life stage. 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.