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    When the Body Says No: Exploring the Stress Disease Connection by Gabor Matte, MD (click cover) Wonderful and accessible insights into how our stress affects us, an important book for those working with children ~

    Books We Recommend

    Click cover. "Train Your Mind to Change Your Brain" by Sharon Begley. The is a book filled with reasons to do yoga as it celebrates the ability of the brain to rewire and to learn new tricks. We can do this at any age. It's filled with science and wonderful stories of why this all can work. A heartening book to share.

    Help kids learn to manage stress at home and school

    Education is all a matter of building bridges. ~ Ralph Ellison.  Free  5 minute audio yoga breaks for the classroom at www.greentreeyoga.org.  Help students and teachers take a break — and return to learning with more energy, less stress, and a more positive attitude! “Five Minute Yoga Breaks  are enjoyable and help our students focus on their work.  Teachers have said yoga breaks are great when transitioning to the next subject and they help reduce anxiety and stress before a test or quiz.  Yoga Breaks have helped us integrate more movement  throughout our day and reach our goals for Gold Medal Schools andWellness! “ Heidi Kunzler, Principal Uintah Elementary School.   ANYONE can volunteer to teach this in the classrooms, no yoga experience necessary!!  Find out how at greentreeyoga.org.

    Energize your yoga practice with some new information!

    William Broad’s new book, The Science of Yoga, can help energize and define your practice.  It can help you make informed decisions about how to incorporate yoga into your day — especially since it offers information about why your decision should be informed! It puts yoga in a context and offers solid science to help explain why yoga works.  And what that all means to you — Begin by listening to the NPR interview!  The Science of Yoga — the Risks and the Rewards.

    East meets West

     

    East meets west as yoga is practiced by over 17 million Americans — with millions more thinking about starting a practice . Author  (and GreenTREE Yoga founding board member) Charlotte Bell  talks about the evolution of yoga and injuries in this short interview.  The NPR interview was sparked by an article that appeared in the NY Times, “All Bent Out of Shape’”

    Healthier School Parties

     

     Check out these ideas on how to make the parties fun and healthy too. 

    Here are some ideas from the article on how to make healthy FUN for kids.  --  the Center for Science in the Public Interest and the Connecticut State Department of Education suggest:

    • SHARE -- find  a community project to benefit local seniors, chemotherapy patients or animal shelter animals.
    • Have a project with  art supplies.
    • Let the kids prepare their healthy treats
    • Read a book or tell riddles/jokes

    The Whole Family

    More Family Yoga!  It’s a great way to bond, to connect, to share some fun, and to build some memories.  Hopefully there’s a camera nearby!  If you want to try it at home, here’s fun dvd that will get the group involved.  Whale Yoga! by Next Generation Yoga. Check out theGreenTREE Yoga website for Family Yoga scheduled in Salt Lake FREE at libraries.

     

    Connect the Family!

    I love Family Yoga!  It’s a wonderful way for the whole family to share some positive energy, good times, and really connect with each other.  It helps to lower the stress levels of everyone who does the yoga, all shapes, ages, and sizes.  Parents will come for the kids… and leave excited about finding some yoga to do for themselves.  If you haven’t tried family yoga, look for some at a studio or library near you. Or find a dvd to do with the group at home (a kids yoga dvd can be just the thing!).  More free ideas click here.

    Yoga thought for the day

    "Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured."

    -B.K.S. Iyengar

    Exploring That Fine Line …

    Charlotte Bell has again given us a lot to think about in her articleWalking Your Talk:  Teaching Non-Competitive Yoga? My response to her ideas is:  Well, yoga is about exploring boundaries, and fine lines are included in that!  I took my first ever yoga class from you ... wow, 20 years ago!  Knowing nothing about yoga and not much about my body.  I was hooked on yoga after one class with you.  I always felt you gave your students plenty of room to explore within the safe boundaries of your class design.  And, I will say, having spent many hours in your classes all those years ago, that any demos of poses you did only made me feel open to the possibilities.  My forward folds in those days brought my hands to about my knees...  It's always good as a teacher, and a person, to evaluate and re-evaluate one's motivations for teaching and the language with which we teach.  So thank you for that reminder, Charlotte...along with thank you for so many other things! Shanti,Yael

     

     

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