SonJoria’s book “Our Family’s Doing Yoga”, in my opinion, is a go-to book if you want to diversify your child’s library. Mindfulness, yoga, and the life of this sweet 5-member Black family - all in a self-published book (@sydnorvillebooks) out of St. Louis, Missouri in 2020. The love is real, and the intention is deep as SonJoria declares to the world that Black Kids…
Read moreHonouring Our Cycles This Mother's Day
Photo by Zack Melhus from Pexels
Although I am not someone who has ever been with child, I honour all who have carried life within their womb, no matter the duration. So often when someone is pre or post-partum the focus is on baby, but through the process of building life and providing for that life, the one carrying life goes through a tremendous amount of…
Read moreWhat is Yoga School?
We wanted to create a holistic, child-led alternative or supplement to traditional school, because we know that it’s been a year! Whether your child has been in and out of in-person schooling, you’ve chosen 100% virtual schooling, explored homeschooling or unschooling, or a combination, it hasn’t been an easy year! So we put our heads together, and Appleseed Yoga School was born! [cue Ross, “PIVOT!”]
So What Does Yoga School Look Like?
Read morePlacenta Art
Placenta Art by @laurenjturnerfineart (Instagram)
A year after my oldest was born, I found myself with tears in my eyes desperately digging a hole in our front garden at dusk to bury his placenta in my pyjamas. His birth and all the change and love that emerged over that past year were overwhelmingly magnificent and I was searching to find a way to keep it all close inside me and never ever ever let it go. Burying our placenta on this evening felt like a…
Read moreGuiding Kids To Sleep: Our Bedtime Practice
A couple weeks ago, a sweet Mama (who I taught prenatal to way back when) asked about our kid’s sleep practices and if I would share what has helped us guide our kids to sleep. Of course I said: YES!
Let me say right off the bat that sleep time is not a walk in the park for our family the majority of the time. Do not be deceived! Between fears, teeth-brushing woes, and…
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