Have I told you about my new job?
A couple weeks ago, I gave notice at The Nature Conservancy. While I've enjoyed the last two years writing newsletter articles about their global conservation programs, I'm finding myself more and more drawn to teaching yoga, specifically to kids. So starting this fall, that's what I'm going to do.

Some of my classes have already started. Recently, ten three-year-olds and I went on a trip. We packed our bags, took an airplane ride, went swimming on the beach, and went dancing in New York City, all without leaving their colorfully decorated classroom in Northwest DC.
Partial class plan for Planes, Trains and other Mobiles:
pack our bags
- wash our clothes: twistee
- dry our clothes: nahbi
- hang them on the clothes line: half moon
- iron the fancy stuff: moon toe
- fold the shirts and pants: toes to nose
- put everything in the suitcase: forward bend
pack the car: in-out breathing
drive to the airport: red light-green light x2 or x3
check our bags at the airport: ring around the yogi
airplane ride: play The Airplane Song: jump, spin, gallop, dance (Laurie Berkner)
visit the beach
- make a sand castle: wide angle forward bend & variations
- read book: sing These Are My Glasses (Berkner)
- take a bicycle ride
train ride home
Sure yoga teaches patience and mindfulness and is a physical exercise that's good for kids, but it's also wildly fun.
Join me in new classes this fall:
Mondays at Capitol Hill Yoga
Itsy Bitsy Yoga
- 9:30 am - Tots, crawling to 2 years
- 10:30 am - Tykes, 2-4 years
Next session starts Sept 12.
Tuesdays at Yoga Chai
Itsy Bitsy Yoga
- 11 am - Tots, crawling to 2 years
- 12 noon - Babies, newborn to nearly crawling
Next session starts Sept 13.
Fridays at lil omm -Arlington
- 9:30am - Movers (crawling to 2 years)
- 10:30am - Preschoolers (2-4 years)
- 11:30am - Itsy Bitsy Yoga for Babies (newborn to pre-crawling)
The new lil omm schedule starts September 6. Classes are all drop-in for the month, so come check it out. (Sign up online to reserve your space.)
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Photo credit: Preschooler demonstrates tree pose, a pose taught in Tyke Itsy Bitsy Yoga. Yoga Girl photo by Flickr user naturalmom / CC BY 2.0





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