#meditation

Let's find ways to feel grounded, calm, balanced, and empowered through yoga and mindfulness. All you need is your body, your breath, and your ability to pay attention to how you feel! 

Lara Hocheiser wrote a book to guide readers in accessible mindfulness practice -- with a variety of exercises that take ten minutes or less -- called Mindfulness for Beginners in 10 Minutes a Day: Mindful Moments to Bring Clarity and Calm to Your Morning, Day, and Night.

Children in particular can find that transitioning difficult, but it shows up in people of all ages in different ways. Just as we welcome a new season of rebirth, growth, and new light in spring, we can welcome in new activities as the clock ticks on. Yoga philosophical practices that come from the yamas and niyamas can guide us here

Breathing is central to life; we can only survive minutes without it. Short of life or death, the quality of breath can greatly effect our present-moment experience -- no matter our age and place in this world. Let's look at four different yogic breaths that can be helpful when we're experiencing four different emotions.

How can mindfulness help ease anxiety and fear during these times? Read how we visited a school and taught mindfulness to teachers.