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Teaching Yoga and Meditation to Kids

Teaching Yoga and Meditation to Kids

FromSounds True: Insights at the Edge


Teaching Yoga and Meditation to Kids

FromSounds True: Insights at the Edge

ratings:
Length:
54 minutes
Released:
Apr 1, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Mariam Gates is a highly skilled teacher and yoga instructor with decades of experience, as well as the founder of the Kid Power Yoga program. Mariam is the author of Sounds True’s first children’s book, Good Night Yoga: A Pose-by-Pose Bedtime Story—a tale designed to bring parents and children together in a relaxing flow of postures and visualizations. In this episode of Insights at the Edge, Tami Simon speaks with Mariam about integrating yoga into public school education and the special considerations of teaching the practice to children. They also talk about Mariam’s vision for teaching yoga and meditation from kindergarten through twelfth grade, as well as the possible benefits from such a sweeping program. Finally, Tami and Mariam discuss the background and inspirations behind Good Night Yoga. (54 minutes)
Released:
Apr 1, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Tami Simon, Founder and Publisher of Sounds True interviews spiritual teachers, visionary writers, and living luminaries about their newest work and current challenges—the growing edge of their inner inquiry and outer contribution to the world.