Thank you Eight year old Marlie for presenting me with this yoga book you wrote and taught to classes in your school. I appreciate your interesting chapters~ Yoga that keeps me calm Yoga that keeps me Grounded Yoga with more than two people Yoga with two people Yoga that keeps me happy and your very helpful notes~ Remember you will not get it the first time Breathe slowly Remember to lean your beautifully detailed art~ and your permission to share your work on our blog~ I am grateful that you have been a grounded student for three years and you continue to serve your school with yoga. With love, Cheryl Crawford
Gratefully, I wake up every morning, breathing, heart beating and mind wide open. As I breathe into my heart I pray, “God, thank you for this day, thank you for this breath and thank you for this life.” I am passionate about living life through peace and love rather than through fear and hate. My…
On this day, we invite you to practice the Love in Your Head pose gifted to us from Elie, age 6.
“Close your eyes. Breathe and get still. Pour love into the top of your head. Not just one thing you love! Pour everything and everyone you can think of that you love into your head. Keep going until your head feels full of love and joy.”
Love is the most powerful activator for positive change to manifest on this planet.
Thank you Elie, for being the light of awareness. You are living wisdom. You are Love.
I think it is safe to say that no one likes whining, but despite that fact, regardless of age we all find ourselves doing it. It creeps up on you suddenly, born out of a desire for something you don’t have, or to leave a place where you don’t want to be, or perhaps to…
There is a huge difference between going deep and going in. Deeply understanding and knowing something is not the same level of experience as ingesting or taking something in and transforming because of it.
Three years ago…a five year old Grounded Kid said her favorite pose was “Flat Like a Pancake” it was actually not an official pose, but rather a transition from Gratitude and Snake. To honor the wisdom and innocence of this child, we decided to make “Flat Like a Pancake” a pose that’s part of the Grounded Elevator Series. Read on to see how to griddle some pancakes the Grounded way.
Avoidable is the suffering that has not yet to come~ That feeling of shame That sticks like chewed gum.
How do we get through places That are stuck deep inside? Where the holdings, the collections The patterns reside?
The patterns of feeding Our suction cupped shames~ With secrets and silence And judgements and blames.
Attract the energy of movement~ And comfort with movement~ Comfort with change~ Comfort with improvement.
Create space between impulse And action that binds~ The stuck feelings that resists Our meetings of minds.
Space is the experience Of minds open and bright The Wisdom of Grace Is filled up with light.
Grace is the knowing Our mistakes serve an aim~ Instead of allowing Our mistakes to serve shame.
So to prevent future suffering~ And the feeding of shames~ Create a steady practice Of breath work and aims.
Here’s a mantra for you To embody and embed~ Press thumb into each finger And say in your head~
{I inhale to prepare~ I exhale to share~ I inhale to release blame~ I exhale to transform shame~*}
{Repeat 11 times}~
Keep your sitting bones rooted. Slowly rotate your core ~ Counterclockwise 3 rounds Your breath? Don’t ignore!
Inhale going backwards, Exhale going forward . Your movements ride on your breath~
It’s pretty straight forward.
Pause and move clockwise. Repeat 11 times. Close eyes and listen. To your heart beat like chimes.
Find someone you know, You love and you trust Show them your shames And watch your blames turn to dust.
May we have what it takes To transform all our shames~ To allow our mistakes To serve our Great Aim~
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Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Grounded Kids Yoga provides in-person and online training, professional development workshops, and ongoing support for educators, parents, and clinicians. We specialize in kids yoga, mindfulness, social-emotional learning (SEL), trauma and pain management, emotional regulation, and impulse control for preschool through high school students. Each year, we serve thousands of children and teens through school programs, after-school enrichment yoga clubs, summer camps, Girl Scouts, 4-H conferences, and yoga studios across Atlanta, the Southeast, and nationwide.
Thank you Eight year old Marlie for presenting me with this yoga book you wrote and taught to classes in your school. I appreciate your interesting chapters~ Yoga that keeps me calm Yoga that keeps me Grounded Yoga with more than two people Yoga with two people Yoga that keeps me happy and your very helpful notes~ Remember you will not get it the first time Breathe slowly Remember to lean your beautifully detailed art~ and your permission to share your work on our blog~ I am grateful that you have been a grounded student for three years and you continue to serve your school with yoga. With love, Cheryl Crawford
