Preventing Diabetes: What to Do for Today’s Kids

Newsflash to most of us: diabetes is a common illness for today’s youth! As November’s American Diabetes Month awareness is in full swing, many families are actively trying to inform themselves of how to cope with diabetes in children. Since [...]

5 Children’s Yoga Tips from a Certified Elementary School Teacher

I had the honour of being interviewed by Aruna Kathy Humphrys of Young Yoga Masters.  She was curious about how I, Janet Williams, as a certified Primary/Junior teacher and Registered Yoga Instructor, recommend that yoga be used in the classroom.  These 5 Tips give you [...]

What To Do When Your Child has Poison Ivy – The Best Relief for Poison Ivy

The 4 Ingredients for Relief from Poison Ivy My Iyengar Yoga Teacher in Australia Shandor Remete, always told the class - as we were holding a pose for 3 minutes or more and muscles beginning to shake- that pain was an [...]

The Great Canadian Blog Bash 2012

I am Janet Williams and I am a proud CANADIAN!  I grew up in the northern town of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, and after travelling all over the world in my 20’s, I came to understand and appreciate that there really [...]

Raffi Teaches Respect in New Song “On Hockey Days”

I had the distinct honour and privilege to meet the famous Canadian Children’s Singer and Song Writer “Raffi“, who is an icon in his field and has delighted children with his music for decades.  I remember when I was in [...]

Announcing YOGA MATCH!!

Yoga Match is a brand new Movement and Memory Game that works like concentration, but uses yoga flashcards instead of regular playing cards.  Move over Hoyle!  Downward Dog is where it’s at!       The cards can be used the [...]

Yoga Helps Children Perform Better Academically

In a recent CBS News report, they uncovered how well Yoga is working in classrooms in schools, when it is integrated into the curriculum. As a certified Primary/Junior Teacher and Yoga Instructor, this information did not surprise me, given the many [...]

September is National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month

National Attention is being given to this Current Health Issue. On August 31, 2011 President Barack Obama declared September as “National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month”.  It is wonderful that national attention is being given to this serious issue and that positive [...]

Going to the Beach Yoga Game

The Creativity of Children and Yoga:  How We Started with “Sea Shells” and Ended Up with “Going to the Beach” I teach yoga to children ages 4-8, on a weekly basis, at a local yoga studio and I have used [...]

Ear Yoga – Children’s Yoga

I had a wonderful opportunity to enjoy a Jesse Cook concert with some good friends.  It was an outstanding performance by a guitar genius.  He was tickling our ears with beautiful guitar music, but also moving everyone into a deeper [...]