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Peace Begins with Me

How are you a peaceful warrior? What do you stand for? In this class for kids ages 3-9yrs, Lani shares

Why YOU, Yes YOU Should Start a Gratitude Practice

and how a gratitude practice can bring more joy to your life. The definition of gratitude is the quality of

How to Create a Mindful Glitter Bottle

This glitter bottle represents how our minds can settle. It is an activity that your kids can use as a

School to Summer Transitions

This time of year is pretty challenging for some families. School is ending, routines and schedules are changing and the

Put Down That Cell Phone!

This past weekend we took a vacation to California to see all our west coast friends and celebrate LOVE at

Mindful Morning Routines

Are you someone who is basically pulling your hair out as you leave the house every morning, attempting to get

Mindful Bedtime Strategies

Do you struggle every night to get your kid/s to bed at a reasonable hour? Are they delaying every possible

Like a Boat in a Storm

Ten years ago on September 25, I gave birth to my first child Silas Orion Gallagher. It is not a

When Life Hands You Lemons…

There are some disappointments in life, some really HUGE ones, that are tragic and trauma filled. Then there are others

Let’s All Be Bored This Summer!

Bored, I’m so bored, bored bored bored. I’m bored to death, audible heavy sigh. Bored bored bored. Is this a common

Love Share Meditation

Please enjoy this meditation that begins in your heart and spreads love to others in need.

Creating a Peace Corner in Your Classroom

How to create a Peace Corner for your classroom.

In Between Seasons

From Winter to Spring As we head into spring, our bodies and minds are ready for the warmth yet it’s

Heart Meditation

Please enjoy this 3 min heart meditation that you and your children can do anytime you want to add a

Sharing in the Groove

DIY Queen I was a self-professed DIY queen. The first 10 years of my business was spent doing everything. I

New Intentions, New Year

As the new year begins, people tend to try to fix what they think is wrong with them by declaring

How Your Presence is the Best Present Ever!

It’s that time of year when when it’s all about buy buy buy and getting more stuff. Here’s are some

Breathe Your Power

When you think of holidays you think of joyous times, happy memories, family, friends, food & gift giving. But along

Hooray! It’s Earth Day!

When I teach the kids about Earth day, we always talk about what it means (being kind to the Earth)

Love, Love, Love

The month of February is always a great time to teach a little LOVE Yoga. We celebrate what we love

Let’s Hibernate!

So now we’ve moved into the dark, cold heart of winter. It’s here, we can’t do anything about it except

Let Your Light Shine Bright

I am not one to teach the holidays per se, since so many people celebrate so many different holidays here

Loving the Leaf – A Fall Lesson Plan

The transition from summer to fall has a lot of personal emotion attached to it BUT it’s hard to deny

Creating Kind, Giving Children

I grew up with parents who were givers. My dad was always super generous with us, he rarely said no

Breathing through Transitions

As we transition from summer to fall, from summer break to school, to new schedules, the month of September is

Back to Life…Back to Reality

This is it, the official end to summer and our regular life begins again. I tend to think of a

The Very Busy Spider Yoga

The other night, Zephyr picked the book “The Very Busy Spider” by Eric Carle as one of the books for

Superhero School Kids Yoga

This class has evolved in the most incredibly fun way. I started off with a few superhero poses, and it

Dinosaur Yoga

Dinosaur Yoga (Pre-k – K) I am the mom to a 4 year old boy, which means my whole life

Winter Animal Yoga

Winter animals do many things to prepare for the cold. Some of them hibernate, some migrate, while others adapt. I

in the New Year

Happy new year everyone! What a whirlwind these last few weeks have been! As the year winds down, I love

De-Stress your Family with Yoga & Mindfulness During the Holidays!

This time of year is a bit nutty for everyone. Whether you celebrate the holidays or not, its just a

Thankful Yoga

Yogis and teachers like to teach about gratitude and being thankful this time of year. We create classes and activities

Self Care 101: Stepping Up My Game

If I want to be able to take care of those around me, I’ve realized that I need to take

Spooky Haunted House Yoga

This is one of my absolute favorite classes to teach. I hear from kids throughout the year – “Can we

Yoga with Tweens

I will be the first to admit that this age group used to scare me a bit. Not because I

Fall Yoga for Kids

The fall yoga for kids lesson is one of our favorites! As the weather goes from hot to just gorgeous,

FOJY In the News!

This week a sweet little news report aired about me teaching yoga to kids at Alphabet Academy in Hamden, CT

Summer Sun Yoga

As we near the longest day of the year, and really my absolute FAVORITE time of the year, I love

Saying Goodbye

It’s the end of the school year and I’m saying goodbye to loads of kids that I’ve been working with

Ahhhhh….Relaxation

Savasana comes from the word Sava in Sanskrit which means corpse, and Asana is posture or seat. Corpse pose is another name for

Yoga on the Farm

After spending my Memorial Day weekend with friends up in Hadley, MA who live on a lot of farmland, I

Going with the Flow

I went into a classroom the other day with my own lesson plan in mind and I noticed they were

Ahimsa and Self Care

This week has been a particularly challenging one for me. I started the week at a local prep school teaching

Mother’s Day Yoga

At one of the schools where I teach, every year we do Mother’s Day yoga. It’s my favorite classes of

Birthday Yoga!

This week was my birthday and I had to teach a bit so I figured I may as well have

Sleepytime Yoga: Ideas for a Calmer, More Peaceful Bedtime

Bedtime can be a really tough time for both parents and kids. My 3 1/2 yr old will do everything

Spring Garden Yoga

Ah, can you hear the birds chirping with happiness? We can finally see the flowers popping up through the grass.

Yoga Fun with Props!

After all these years of teaching, I’m working hard to get creative and keep my classes fun and fresh. Props

Family Yoga Fun & Ideas

What could possibly be a better way to spend an hour with your family then by doing yoga together? Over

Finding Balance

When thinking about balance, and how to have more of it in my daily life, I decided to read a

Rainbow Yoga!

This month my theme is Rainbow yoga. I love when I start a themed class at the beginning of a

On Being Flexible (and not just in body!)

Yes, I am working on becoming more flexible with my daily yoga practice, but in this post, I’m talking about

Bringing Yoga to the Public School Day

In all these years that I’ve been teaching, one of my main goals has been to bring yoga into the

Teaching Yoga with Zephyr

I have been practicing yoga for almost 20 years now. I started when I moved to Boston from Miami (where

Sharing the LOVE – Through Peace, Joy & Kid’s Yoga Teacher Trainings~

Back in 2006 while I was still living in San Francisco, I had many people ask me if I could

Don’t Fear the Preschoolers!

I have been teaching yoga to kids way back since I was a first grade teacher at PS 288 in

I am Patient…I am Kind

These are 2 of my new affirmation/mantras I’ve been using while on my 40 day meditation challenge. My friend Giselle

Winter Warmer Sequence

Hi Everyone!As promised, I’m going to share with you a sequence I’ve been doing these last few weeks with the

The FOJY Blog is Back!

Is this thing on?? Well hello there! It has been quite a while since I’ve written on this blog, but

Together We Are One

This is the theme and mantra of this collaboration between Team Next Generation Yoga and Africa Yoga Project. I spent the

Lead The Change

Next June I will be traveling to Nairobi, Kenya with a group of yogis to do work that is very

Yoga Outside

Ah, this is a post I’ve been meaning to write all summer long! I love teaching outside and try to

Celebrating Mom

At Alphabet Academy, one of the preschools I teach at, we decided to celebrate our mom’s in a really fun

Spring has Sprung! (an ode to Earth Day)

Spring is finally in the air – a few times a week at least! We are having sunny days and

We Can’t Beat Our Feet!

People really have a hard time with feet. It’s no wonder since we spend every day shoving them into socks

Love is All We Need

I have mixed feelings about a holiday like Valentine’s Day. All the schools do projects and the kids exchange cards

Sno-ga!

All this snow here in CT has definitely affected my teaching. Lots of school cancellations have caused lots of yoga

Peace in the New Year

When I was a first grade teacher working in the inner city in Brooklyn, teaching about Martin Luther King filled

Reflecting on a Passing Year

As the year ends, it’s nice to take the time to think about all the good things that happened –

Warm up the Winter with Sun Salutations

Sun Salutations (Surya Namaskar) are a great way to warm yourself up as it gets colder out.This is a great

Partners Help us Grow

I love teaching partner poses. Partner work builds trust and promotes healthy and safe touch. Kids these days spend so

Full of Joy Yoga blog returns! (aka, another thankful blog post)

I am back! As you can see, I took a break from blogging – and in all that time, I’ve

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