Happy new year everyone! What a whirlwind these last few weeks have been! As the year winds down, I love to look back on what I accomplished as well as make new goals for myself for the new year. I have lots of ideas & dreams for myself for this year. I have a few big things happening for Full of Joy Yoga which I’ll share soon! It always takes me a few weeks to figure out what I want for myself personally and professionally so I start thinking about it at the end of the year and figure out how to incorporate those new goals for myself as the year begins. As you all have read, self-care was a big one for me and I continue to bring it into my new year full force. I started doing Yoga Camp with Yoga with Adriene (my favorite online yogi- check… Read More »
Yoga Breaks for Classroom Teachers
As a former first grade teacher in the NYC public school system, I know what it’s like to try to teach over 20 kids how to read, write, do math, treat each other with kindness and everything else expected of teachers, all with very little outside help. The kids I taught came from a low income area of Brooklyn with little resources to help them succeed in the world. I struggled to get them to focus and sit still while also attempting to get them to reach the goals the system had set for them. I started teaching them yoga in between lessons, during lessons, in the hallway, after lunch, after school and it seemed to be working. After 5 years in the classroom, I knew I had a higher calling. San Francisco was where I started my biz Full of Joy Yoga. I decided that as a former teacher,… Read More »
FOJY In the News!
This week a sweet little news report aired about me teaching yoga to kids at Alphabet Academy in Hamden, CT where I’ve been teaching for years. When Meghan from WTNH (a local CT station) came to do the filming for CT Style months ago, I was so nervous! The work I’m doing and what I am trying to accomplish is a really big deal to me and I wanted it to come across in a way that makes an impact. I couldn’t have been happier with the results! Of course I wished I had said many things that I did not, but that’s ok. She really did an awesome job creating this beautiful piece about why yoga works so beautifully in the schools. I hope that this story encourages more schools to bring yoga in to give as many students as possible the opportunity to learn the tools to stay calm, focused… Read More »
