

Mindfulness for Parents: The Awesomeness of Body Scans
After getting into bed last night, I lay on my back, my hands on my belly, and noticed my breath. For the next ten minutes, I brought my...


Three Reasons Why Mindfulness Benefits Parents
As part of my work over the past few years to develop a yoga and mindfulness program for adoptive families, I have focused most of my...


Yoga for Adoptive Families: Guided Meditations for Wellbeing and Connection
In my previous post (see part one, part two, and part three), I discussed mindfulness practices that you can do with your child to...
Yoga For Adoptive Families: Mindfulness for Children and Parents (Part Three)
In part one and part two of this post, I discussed several foundational mindfulness practices for children--mindful breathing, mindful...


Yoga for Adoptive Families: Mindfulness for Children and Parents (Part Two)
In part one of this post, I discussed the practice of mindful breathing and how it can benefit your child. For mindful breathing,...
Yoga for Adoptive Families: Mindfulness For Children and Parents (Part One)
Over the past decade, public interest in and enthusiasm about mindfulness has surged. So what exactly is mindfulness? Mindfulness has...


Yoga For Adoptive Families: Let's Breathe! (Part Four)
So far, in this four-part post about breathing, I have discussed fun ways to help your child connect with their breathing, the importance...


Yoga For Adoptive Families: Let's Breathe! (Part Two)
In part one of this post, I discussed the benefits of breathing for adopted children and their parents. I also provided a list of fun...


Yoga For Adoptive Families: Let's Breathe! (Part One)
Breathing, along with physical poses (asanas) and mindfulness, is one of the core practices of yoga. Breath work is important not only...


Yoga for Adoptive Families: Working with Early Trauma and Loss
Yoga is amazing! A growing body of research over the past decade has demonstrated how this practice--which includes asanas (physical...