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Monkey mind
Spot the monkeys šµ! We were ape walking today in class just before we had a sweet discussion about the monkey mind. At times our mind is...
Nihal Francis Xavier Amin
Oct 16, 20241 min read
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Nerves!
If the little ones are getting on your nerves, send them across for yoga class so they can understand why lol š The kids are exploring...
Nihal Francis Xavier Amin
Sep 24, 20241 min read
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August yoga summer camp
What a beautiful week we had just before the start of school! We meditated, played games, cooked, made some arts and crafts, discussed...
Nihal Francis Xavier Amin
Sep 1, 20241 min read
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Grade 12 students introduce to yoga therapy
Grateful for an opportunity to share my yoga therapy story with many grade 12 students. The interactive talk included poses for many...
Nihal Francis Xavier Amin
Jun 4, 20241 min read
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Closing our eyes
Recently, I had the privilege of teaching yoga to children at a school in Vancouver. During this experience, I discovered that for many...
Nihal Francis Xavier Amin
Dec 11, 20231 min read
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Quiet time for kids
Not sleeping but deep relaxing is being proven by neurologists to be so beneficial for retaining information and for re energizing. Yogis...
menkapurswaney
Sep 27, 20231 min read
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Standing on our hands/ handstands
Hand stands can also be standing on our hands, lengthening the spine, calming the nervous system, head under heart for blood flow to...
menkapurswaney
Sep 27, 20231 min read
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Kids Yoga with Menka - Taken from Blog for Iyengar Yoga Vancouver Why isnāt Kidsā Yoga More Common?
Yoga, as any experienced instructor knows, comprises numerous layers and nuances. Yoga is as vast and profound as an ocean. This...
menkapurswaney
Sep 4, 20236 min read
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Kids yoga Vancouver
Thursday Weekly kids yoga classes in Vancouver have commenced! Sign up your child today! A chance for children to learn meditation, poses...
menkapurswaney
Aug 26, 20231 min read
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Behavior management and health
This is his fake angry face š” donāt be concerned š Itās great to see more and more of those who love pill popping, considering a...
menkapurswaney
Aug 15, 20231 min read
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Body awareness
Body awareness is how connected you feel to your own body and recognize itās ability in space . It is the awareness of the position of...
menkapurswaney
Aug 14, 20231 min read
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Practicing joy in friendship
Kids yoga classes are filled with life lessons! n the yoga sutras (yoga text), thereās a mention of achieving mental peace through 4...
menkapurswaney
Jul 9, 20231 min read
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Kids yoga class Reviews
Words are so powerful, they can make us happy, inspire, chock, cry, delighted, sing, empathize, angry and even jealous. This review was...
menkapurswaney
Jul 6, 20231 min read
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International yoga day
šµ These are a few of my favorite thingsā¦..yoga, my red yoga pants from @justhypeofficial writing and singing songs ( album on Spotify...
menkapurswaney
Jun 20, 20231 min read
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Hug it out
Yoga classes are never just mindfulness and poses etc. Its also a small community of us learning, growing, playing, laughing and (in this...
menkapurswaney
Mar 21, 20231 min read
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Themed Yoga at schools
Another wonderful #nature themed #kidsyoga session @hkfis for 8-9 year olds! We discussed topics and did poses to: #reduce #reuse...
menkapurswaney
Feb 20, 20231 min read
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Mindfulness and Philosophy
The kids are learning a few Sanskrit words and their meanings in English . #satya #ą¤øą¤¤ą„ą¤Æ #truth #honesty #integrity is as easy as...
menkapurswaney
Jan 18, 20231 min read
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Upwardfacing bow from the wall
Drop back. I should have captured a video but sometimes itās hard to teach and video and watch the children all at the same time š . So...
menkapurswaney
Jan 16, 20231 min read
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Triangles
#trikonasana #trianglepose This pose reminds us that triangles are the most stable shapes in architecture and engineering. Itās wonderful...
menkapurswaney
Jan 12, 20231 min read
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Ahimsa/ kindness/ non violence
Even @u2 are singing about it. The kids are learning one sanskrit yoga word per day and a new mantra for the term. Todays sanskrit word...
menkapurswaney
Jan 5, 20231 min read
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