Yoga 4 Youth® Tucson: January 2013

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

A new year, new yogis

We sure did begin our year right! We had 16 yogis last week at Yoga Oasis. These kids were incredibly excited to begin their year with yoga. We talked about why we want to do yoga and what it means to be a yogi. They had great insights, as usual, and we created a posted with all of their definitions of a yogi.

Today at class, we'll be looking over a poster with over 250 yoga poses. The kids will get to choose which poses they'd like to focus on for the next few weeks. I'll be posting photos of their list after class today.

If you'd like for your child to participate in yoga, please bring them to our class at Yoga Oasis, or contact us about bringing Yoga 4 Youth to your school! We are happy to bring a program that's appropriate for public school to all ages.

Look for more pictures later today!

Namaste,

Nancy and Lori

Our Mission for Yoga 4 Youth Tucson

Yoga 4 Youth Tucson is a fun-filled and invigorating class for students ages 5-12. A variety of poses, short meditations, and breathing techniques will be taught. Our classes provide students an opportunity to improve flexibility, strenght, and mindfulness in a warm, inviting and playful atmosphere.

Lori Huggins and Nancy Gutierrez are Anusara^®Inspired teachers. Both Lori and Nancy have bachelors degrees in education and experience teaching kids of all ages. They share a passion for teaching yoga. They feel strongly that yoga benefits people of all ages, not just adults. Their fun teaching style will challenge students to try new things in a safe and positive environment.

About Lori Huggins

Initially, I was terrified to enter a yoga class. The very first OM nearly sent me running out the door! My conservative background made me leery of the spiritual side of yoga. I am from the south where every good girl knows that you have to "put on your face" before you go out in public. Needless to say, at a young age, I was already searching for what was behind my mask. This is what brought me to yoga. And this is what kept me from running out of my first yoga class in 2004 with my soon to be favorite teacher, Rachel Laing. This was the beginning of my journey - a journey that has continued to reveal deeper layers of myself through my practice of yoga.

By living through some difficult life experiences, I have learned to choose to live life from a positive, fun place. I have experienced the negative downward spiral and I have chosen to look for the good in the world, which, by the way, I see most clearly from Down Dog! I began teaching yoga in 2009, but I have been a teacher for a very long time. I began my teaching career as an art teacher, and it only seemed natural to teach what I had become so passionate about - yoga. I teach because of a firm belief that anyone can reap the benefits of yoga. They just need a teacher that makes yoga accessible to them, where they are and where they come from.

I am from Alabama (and still have an accent that I will never lose!) and I absolutely love SEC football! WAR EAGLE!

Our Schedule

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

A new year, new yogis