I have mixed feelings about a holiday like Valentine’s Day. All the schools do projects and the kids exchange cards and it always seems to be quite a big deal. I am choosing to use the opportunity to get the kids to think about how we can make every day a Valentine’s Day. Why do we need one day to tell the people in our lives how we feel about them? Can we tell those we love, that we love them, every day? Learning to express our emotions and share how we feel with those around us is a gift. It is something we need to focus more on in our daily lives, and not just one specific day of the year. I like the idea though that Valentine’s day is a reminder and a good time to make ourselves and those around us feel good. We did the warrior… Read More »
Partners Help us Grow
I love teaching partner poses. Partner work builds trust and promotes healthy and safe touch. Kids these days spend so much time alone playing their video games with little interaction it’s no wonder social skills are so different from when we were kids. They just don’t know how to play anymore. (doesn’t everyone who grew up in the 70’s say that?) Kids LOVE to do partner poses. I have kids who ask for it every time I teach them. It naturally builds communication and promotes a shared experience. “How does that feel?” or “Are you ok?” gets kids to feel empathetic and takes them out of their natural state of being egocentric. I usually start with the little ones and have them help each other do tree pose. With the older kids you can start playing with trust and poses that requires each partner to use each other like a wall.… Read More »
