Earth Day Mindfulness Practice: Exchanging The Breath
Exchanging the breath is a beautiful meditative breathing practice that encourages people to mindfully consider their connection with each and every person and living thing on our earth. It is deeply calming and healing. 1. Find a comfortable seat or other position. Take a few moments to relax your body and make sure that nothing [...]
Singing Bowl Send Out
After so many nice comments on the recent “Magic Singing Bowl” article, I thought you guys might like another activity that uses this simple but effective prop. I hope your students like it, and that you’ll let us know how it goes if you give it a try. Singing Bowl Send Out: This meditative activity [...]
The Magic Singing Bowl
There are dozens of potential uses for a singing bowl in a children’s yoga class, but the one that is the most potent is also the absolute simplest. The activity described below has a unique way of engaging children’s cooperation in the exact manner that you hope, while at the same time showing a profound respect [...]
Movement Activity: Seed to Forest of Trees
This simple activity is a great way to welcoming in the Spring with your children! Tree pose connects you deeply to the earth, sharpens your focus, strengthens your legs and builds balance in your whole body. 1. Start off in seed, or child’s pose, sitting on your knees, folding over them from the hips and [...]
International Journal of Yoga Therapy: Teaching Yoga in Urban Elementary Schools
written by: Jennifer Cohen Harper, Founder of Little Flower Yoga Teaching Yoga to children is a fulfilling but challenging journey, particularly in poverty-stricken urban school districts. The physical, mental, and emotional impact of poverty on children has serious implications for their academic achievement. Introducing Yoga as part of their regular school experience shows tremendous potential [...]
LFY on “Here Women Talk” Radio.
The Topic: Who owns Yoga’s Soul? as written about in the New York Times. Co-hosts Jessica Durivage and Diane Ferraro, both with extensive backgrounds in yoga, wellness and holistic health, welcome special guests Sheetal Shah of the Hindu American Foundation (“HAF”) and Jennifer Cohen Harper of Little Flower Yoga. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN CLICK HERE [...]
Music for Yoga
Little Flower Yoga has partnered with amazing singer and songwriter Celia Rose to develop our new collection of Children’s Yoga Music! Celia is a truly wonderful spirit, who has been teaching socially minded songwriting workshops to children throughout the world as an ambassador for peace. She has worked with children in Africa, Haiti, Israel, France [...]
Haiti`s Child Friendly Spaces
In June of 2010 LFY founder Jennifer Cohen Harper traveled to Haiti with the Life is Good Playmakers, as part of a group training 25 youth workers from AmurtHaiti, all leaders in developing what are called “Child Friendly Spaces” in tent cities around Port-au-Prince. The training was endlessly inspiring, and since then many wonderful developments [...]
