- Classroom Yoga
- Yoga for trauma
- Yoga helps folks with special needs
- Why we do family yoga …
- Having Fun in School!
- Family Fun Yoga!
- Salt Lake School District learns to Relax!
- Classroom Yoga Breaks
- Help kids learn to manage stress at home and school
- Energize your yoga practice with some new information!
- East meets West
- Healthier School Parties
- The Whole Family
- Connect the Family!
- Yoga thought for the day
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What We Like
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.
Classroom Yoga
We are in the thick of classroom yoga. 
KSL filmed us on Monday, stay tuned for which day at 5 am you can catch it (or maybe I will post the link..) Many thanks to Julie Iorg, our wonderful volunteer yoga teacher who said, “We started today! YEAH! They too are a great school and I feel so lucky to be working with them! All of the teachers and students were so thankful to have the yoga breaks. They were excited and welcoming and each class truly enjoyed the break that we shared ..Thanks Yael for everything. As your yoga breaks are a gift to these children- it is a gift for me to share them!” free breaks on our website!
Family Fun Yoga!
We’ve go two more Family Fun Yoga programs coming up!
We will be at the Kearns Library on Monday March 12th at 7 pm and at the Tyler Library on Tues March 13th at 7. Here’s a comment from last month: “Thank you so much to Green Tree Yoga for the family yoga class. My family all enjoyed it very much. I especially appreciate some of the skills that my daughters are using – as it happens, at this very moment as I am writing this – to quiet down. My husband liked it so much he’s willing to try an adult yoga class with me. Thanks!” Rebecca Howard.”
Classroom Yoga Breaks
Many thanks again to Salt Lake Community College 
for the generous donation to help fund our yoga classroom yoga programs! We are starting in four area schools and another one will follow. Many thanks to our fabulous volunteers too -Andrea Havemann at Silver Crest Elem (Herriman); Julie Iorg at MorningSide (Holladay); Rachelle Ballard at Newman (SLC); and Cayle Gabbott at Taylorsville Elem. For more info contact Yael yoga@greentreeyoga.org or listen to free breaks on our website!
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.
More Yoga Family Fun
GreenTree Yoga Family Yoga at the Kearns Library last night was so much fun! We had many families coming to enjoy Family Night with each other and new friends. One partner King Dancer pose had 7 family members in it! There was a lot of laughter and noise — yoga in a library! But no one seemed to mind. We’ll be at Salt Lake libraries the first two weeks of Feb and March, check our website for locations. Get some books and dvds from the library and enjoy family yoga at home! greentreeyoga.org
To Help Kids Relax and Learn a Life-Long Tool ~
If you are looking for a charming way for kids to learn how to relax, try introducing them to this book — Thich Nhat Hanh, a Zen Master and Buddhist Monk, gives us a book with simple diagrams and easy movements that will appeal to all ages, but especially to the young!
hover to look inside!
Family Yoga Fun
Family yoga is one of my favorite to teach. The kids have so much fun, and the parents are relaxed and get a wonderful introduction to the benefits of yoga. If you haven’t tried family yoga, you might like it! Ask a local studio if they offer a class, or suggest they introduce it!
It’s Winter Fun at our Family Yoga programs around the valley. We had a full house at the Hunter Library Monday evening. Here is our schedule for the next three months – Hunter Lib: Wed 2/1 and 3/7. Tyler Tues. 1/10; 2/14; 3/13 and Kearns, Mond. 1/9;2/13/ 3/12. All shapes and sizes welcome to come and laugh with us!
Help Kids Relax
Next Generation Yoga is a wonderful resource for helping kid to connect with yoga. Jodi’s easy style invites kids to explore and to experiment with yoga and all its benefits.
Watch this clip from her enchanting Whale Yoga DVD.
Yoga and rock climbing!
Sometimes you just get inspired! Before bouldering (rock climbing) at Joe’s Valley in southern Utah, Dylan did a downdog on the bouldering mats that were still on top of the car! Yoga and rock climbing go together so well — focus, calm, strength, determination, flexibility, and focus (again). Fun stuff!
Kids Yoga Teacher Training
We had a lot of fun at the Kids’ Yoga Teacher Training at the lovely Avenues Yoga in SLC on Saturday. We talked a bit about how to offer yoga to kids, and then we invited some kids to join us so we could see how it works! For more information on kids yoga, visit our website at greentreeyoga.org. Here are some comments from the training. I feel such gratitude that I am able to connect with folks who work with kids and share what I have learned in my 30 years of teaching.
“The services you provide for children in our community is truly inspirational… I also really appreciated you talking about yoga as a safe place- that was really good to be reminded of. ~ JI, SLC
“Honestly, the training was amazing. I don’t wanna just give you useless, complimental fluff, but in all sincerity the training was amazing. I’ve been wanting to volunteer w you guys for a while but I was nervous to work w kids. I’m good w kids cause I’m energetic and love to play, but I didn’t know to incorporate yoga. That was one of the best things that you taught me, being fun and noisy is exactly the point. Also, the ‘safe’ and ‘choice’ principles helped a ton. Just learning that if they don’t want to, that’s fine. I def appreciated your shpeel at the beginning where you incorporated the scientific aspect of yoga. “ – RB, SLC
Many thanks to Avenues Yoga in Salt Lake City for sharing their beautiful site!
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