Full of Joy Yoga

Happy Podcast Thursday!

Couldn't think of a better episode to leave you with before my break. ♥️This week, I am joined by the wonderful Lani Rosen-Gallagher @fullofjoyogi

In this episode, Lani shares powerful insights from her over 20 years in the kids yoga industry. She shares what's kept her in this work over the years, her current passions, and some of her favorite stories. A wonderful and rich conversation, Lani has so much knowledge that we can all benefit and learn from- Listen in NOW!

https://www.thekidsyogapodcast.com/podcast/episode/262c13fe/106-full-of-joy-yoga-with-lani-rosen-gallagher

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Breathing Exercises for Kids: Heart Mudra Breath

My 5th remote class is over and i'm done for the day! We've been doing my happy heart yoga class and now my heart is super happy from all these awesome classes. Check out one of my favorite breathing exercises - the heart mudra breath (and a super cute little Zephyr)
https://youtu.be/dZm5unNi63g

Breathing Exercises for Kids: Heart Mudra Breath Lani Rosen-Gallagher of Full of Joy Yoga - fullofjoyoga.com teaches yoga and mindfulness to children in CT.Find Lani here:Website: fullofjoyoga.comWebsite: m...

Signing 11 copies of my book today for a group of sweet kiddos and their parents! I love that I get to share this with them and how fun for me to sign them all.

My book is still out there waiting for you! and I'll soon have videos to go with. You can buy on my website https://fullofjoyoga.com/product/yoga-games-for-kids/

or on Amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/Yoga-Games-Kids-Activities-Mindfulness/

Slowing Down in the New Year -
Happy New Year! This 50th year of life for me I'm making very different decisions for myself. I've found myself slowing down. I've given myself a lot of permission this last year to not always have to be "productive." I like getting things done, all the time, but this last year I am finding it ok if things don't get done. It is very necessary when having to make huge decisions about navigating our safety ALL THE TIME.
So what have I been doing you ask?
https://mailchi.mp/52dfa22cea77/slowing-down

Move - A 30 Day Yoga Journey

I just started the 8th year of Yoga With Adriene 's 30 day yoga journey. If you feel compelled to sign up and practice along with me, I'd love it! I even have a fb group you can join with others who are doing it too. https://do.yogawithadriene.com/move

fb group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/619375731828649

Move - A 30 Day Yoga Journey Sign up for Move: 30 Days of Yoga for the body and mind. Movement is how we engage with life...so how you move matters. This is a journey to move your mindset, to align with purpose, to love yourself, to live in truth.

Happy New Year from my family to yours! I hope you all have a restful, healthy and fun year ahead. Deep breaths everyone, we got this.

Thank you all for your support in my 19th year of business! I can't believe it myself. 🎉🧘

🔥happy solstice!🔥
Family firepit! Not letting omicron stop us from celebrating. You may have cancelled our party but a family firepit is essential tonight.

We are sending wishes for a new year into the fire and letting it go out into the world, AND also throwing in some things we want to let go of.
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#wintersolstice

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This kid took the job of lighting the Hanukkah candles so seriously that we needed to make up the last day last night bc we skipped a day over the weekend.

In the midst of all this darkness in our community and world right now, this is a month of also celebrating the light. Find the moments of light in these dark times. 🕎🕯️

✨ Giveaway! ✨

*Yoga Games for Kids* is out and we're so excited to be partnering with @myplinkit on this giveaway!

Have you read my must-read article on Plinkit: The Benefits of Mindfulness and Easy Ways to Practice It - https://myplinkit.com/2018/02/mindfulness-what-is-it-how-helpful/ As we move into the holiday season, center ourselves with gratitude and intentionally make space for calm and reflection with our children, *Yoga Games for Kids* couldn’t be more timely. So don't miss this awesome giveaway.

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Thank you to my friend Tamara who wrote this beautiful review and shared such an adorable story to go with it. I took a few screenshots because I can't figure out how to post those stories here. But you can check them out on my own instagram account. https://www.instagram.com/fullofjoyogi/ They are so cute!

"Oh my goodness, this book is so thoughtful! I confess that I know very little about yoga, but my two older children have practiced it in school or at extracurricular activities for years, and they respond beautifully to it. While also teaching me a thing or two!
I love the age-appropriateness of this book, with its easy to understand language, and relevant illustrations, but it goes beyond that. I think of it as the perfect yoga book for kids in this age range, and maybe even a little older. This book makes yoga fun and beneficial, by breaking it into 30 fun activities for mindfulness, creativity, strength building, and calming (wonderful for near bedtime). I also love that there are affirmations with every activity, because I use affirmations for confidence and anxiety management and these are awesome! So there are poses, games, and affirmations. And the book is broken down into simple sections, so that the poses about mindfulness, calming, focus, etc. all go together. No doubt, the benefits of this book are too numerous to mention. I keep it on the coffee table so that visiting loved ones can see it."

If you haven't purchased your book yet, or written your own review, you can do both HERE! https://amzn.to/3nxRVF7

"I have everything I need to grow."
I love this affirmation. We need to dig deep inside to find what we need to grow. And dig deep is what I did to write this book!

One of my favorite games in my book is "Wings in the Garden" because kids just LOVE butterfly pose and the sweet song I sing with it. I learned this song over 20 years ago from my very first kids yoga training with Shakta Kaur Kalsa of Radiant Child Yoga. It also lends itself to expand upon with all the flying creatures that live in a garden (and my garden is my fave place).

Here is a sneak peak photo from the video to go with this game as well as the page with this fun little sequence.

I'd love to know which game your kids really enjoy!

You can purchase your book here if you haven't already! https://amzn.to/3nxRVF7

I was so honored to have Shari Vilchez-Blatt of Karma Kids Yoga endorse my book! Shari and I go way back as friends & colleagues in the kids yoga biz. We'd get to see each other to play every year at the Kids Yoga Conferences- which I cannot wait to have back in person again one day.

“Lani's joy and expertise in children's yoga and mindfulness shine through in this adorable book for children! Kids will love the easy-to-follow instructions, beautiful illustrations, and how they feel after each game. They'll love this book for years!” —Shari Vilchez-Blatt, creator of Karma Kids Yoga

Thank you Shari for your endless support always and your kind words! I love working beside you in this biz of ours.

You can get your own copy of Yoga Games for Kids right here: https://amzn.to/3nxRVF7.

And if you’ve already gotten your book, you can now leave a review, I'd love to hear your thoughts!

What a gorgeous 🍁fall weekend🍁 the colors everywhere were spectacular. It's one of those weekends that ends with a full & happy ❤️.

Our Westchester weekend began with a super fun hike with my bro and kiddos and their first #geocache find. Such a fun one, easy and a box of goodies including a trackable! Next was a sleepover with our besties with a campfire and lots of Mario party fun.

The weekend finished with a ton of yard work & bulb planting on this beautiful Sunday and an epic sunset to finish it off - at like 4:30pm 🙄 (thank you daylight savings).

One of the most challenging aspects of writing this book was to effectively capture the way I teach onto a page. I have very specific sequences I've been teaching for almost 20 years! For those of you who know my teaching, I started teaching the mountain & volcano back in San Francisco in 2004. I teach that game/activity to kids from ages 2-12 and they all love it. Teachers too! Trying to capture the essence of it on paper was hard.

I can't wait for you to see the videos I created to go with my favorite games from the book!

If you haven't already ordered your copy, you can order it here: https://amzn.to/3nxRVF7