Jitterbug Music, Movement and Yoga

20/03/2020

20/03/2020

From the creators of Good Night Yoga and Good Morning Yoga comes a beautifully illustrated city adventure that introduces children to the delights and benefi...

20/03/2020

A reading of Good Morning Yoga: A Pose-by-Pose Wake Up Story by Marian Gates. Order the book today: http://bit.ly/1WDTpqx Subscribe to Sounds True for more: ...

20/03/2020

Good afternoon to you!! I wanted to share a couple of fun and simple things we enjoy doing at home. Did you know that there is a beautiful reading of Goodnight Yoga on You Tube? Fun and easy to do with your kiddo. ALSO I have posted a great sequence not just for body-but for mind, heart and soul as well! I will be posting more thoughts later on through the days we are all stuck in our homes. HOWEVER, please remember even though there are billions of ideas and activities posted out there, that does NOT mean we must FILL every nook and cranny of our days with them. Just having space-and NOT filling it is a wonderful meditation....and good training in mindfulness and relaxation. Happy Spring to you all!🌿🦜https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lfjNAXGPzA

11/03/2020

Good morning to you! While creating Little Singer's Nest🐦 classes for spring, I'm wondering how much interest there is for a gentle INFANT music "class".
Our time together will consist of: Singing
simple songs and nursery rhymes, (Never too early to learn those nursery rhymes, studies have shown!❤) We'll go with the flow of the morning with some simple sign language and gentle infant yoga, use soft scarves. The BEST part if our time together will be, bonding baby with mama/dadda/care giver in the beautiful sunshine and fresh air ! ❤.
This time together will be for infants up to age 8mo. (There is an 8mo-24 mo class also scheduled) 😊
******* Feel free to bring baby food, baby's favorite luvie...etc...anything you and baby will need in the morning. This class is intented for musical baby bonding in a laid back, slow, gentle and natural environment. ( which may include nursing...a quick snooze or a snack❤)
Class will be Thursday morning's in Strasburg inside the beautiful gazeebo behind library. Time of class TBA. Class price $10. Drop-in. Please leave a post if this is of interest to you.❤🌿🍀. You may also PM with comments and questions! Thank you.

19/02/2020

Hello!!! I wanted to share that I will be offering children's yoga stories in my Little Singer's Nest Spring and Summer classes! The class will be Thurday's 9:30-10:15. Other types of play classes will be offered as well. Check here for updates! Begin in May😊 You may also check my page: The Heart of a Teacher for updates and MORE!🍀💜🍀

19/01/2020

AMAZING! https://www.facebook.com/pg/segnimossi/about/?ref=page_internal

Brazilian visual artist, performer and art educator

02/12/2019

* Unfolding Movement Series - Part Eight *

"If we give children enough space and possibilities for free movement, they will move as beautifully and gracefully as animals: nimbly, simply, confidently and naturally" - Dr Emmi Pikler

The images of this guy really speak for themselves on this one...From laying on the back, relaxed, ready to move how he chooses... to sitting with ease, grace and fluidity.

A variation of the hands and knees posture must come before a natural, independently achieved sitting position. It makes perfect, biological sense. Try it for yourself...lie on your back and then naturally, with as much ease as you can, come to a comfortable sit position.... how did you get there?

I just adore this guys posture as he sits perfectly balanced, with his wee foot tucked against his inner thigh for an extra stable, secure base. How does he know to do this? Because he has achieved it all on his own.

His intelligent body knows exactly what next step to take. He is not at risk of losing his balance and hitting his head, because he is READY to be here. He chose to be here. He has done all the important foundation work in the months leading up to this, to prepare and ready his body. When he is ready to move on, he does so with grace and fluidity. He got up here on his own accord, so he has the skills to get down too. Because of this, he is free. He can work interdependently and does not need you to help when he grows tired of sitting or when he wants to move somewhere.

Imagine you have been propped up in a sitting position. You do not yet know how to use your arms, nor have the core strength, to help your upper body. You are stuck...rigid... Can you reach the things that interest you? Do you feel content and relaxed? What if you were to begin to grow tired? To wobble a little...nothing you can do to prevent your fall. In fact, your only way to get down from here, is to fall. Unless someone rescues you first.

When the infant is propped up to sit in this way, he is tense and stiff - he cannot relax fully. His airways and ribcase are compressed and jammed up, rather than open and free. He is, in this position, trapped. Yes, he becomes accustomed to it quickly if we place him here often, and he may grow to not want to spend time working laying down as much if this becomes his new normal. In a way, by sitting him up, we actually risk robbing him of the time on his back, sides and tummy - which we know is so important.

Infants do not need to be propped up to sit! They will achieve this position in their own time, in their own way. When they do, their spine, neck and core will be ready. You will notice that infants who achieve sitting naturally, sit like little Yoga teachers with beautiful straight backs and a posture to envy.

Babies truly are incredible!

21/08/2019

Good morning..Hoping you can find some time for this today.

20/08/2019

Good morning my sweet friends!❤. Try a little yoga today.

27/06/2019

What is more natural for children than to play? Just as we can’t separate learning from living, we cannot separate playing from learning. There are certain universal urges that can be witnessed in children’s play –things they just feel compelled to do and driven to repeat, in many ways and wit...

21/06/2019

I LOVE this and 100% believe this...

ART is how you live your life creatively ♥️

Art comes from He’art’ and I believe to live a full creative life then one must come from the Heart ❣

Children need myriads of creatively inspiring people around them so they hear art... feel art... see art.... taste art... smell art and literally download creativity through LIFE!!

If I gave you a penny for each time I hear someone say “ I am not creative because I can’t draw”
I would BE a millionaire
Why do we always associate ART with only 1 or 2 expressions???

Children need adults who embrace their right side of their brain...

Adults who throw caution to the wind and wear what they love irrelevant of the “ fashion”
These people have STYLE!!! Style never dates fashion does!

Children need to hear “ artists of the lips .... poetry... song writers... story tellers... conversationalists ... musicians ...

When we restrict ‘ art’ and put art into a small box children get ripped off from ART being who and how we choose to live this life ... create our story and BE ourselves.

Play in its purest and rawest form is ‘art’ unfolding...
Imagination is the highest form of intellect so children playing are in their heart and play is a natural human art💚

13/06/2019

13/06/2019

AHHHH..my friends, it's been TOO long since I've shared a music and movement session with you all....Maybe a free pop-up class this summer? Strasburg area? I will post a NEW little verse I've learned for the little one's before I am off to bed..Very easy to memorize-sure to be a favorite at bedtime.🌙❤️
"BLUEBERRY EYES
BUTTON NOSE
STRAWBERRY LIPS
TICKLEY TOES
OFF TO THE SLEEPY LAND OF NOD BABY GOES....."

23/05/2019

12/04/2019

Good morning little yogis! Anyone practicing yoga today? HAPPY FRIDAY! Make sure you add a little music to your day! ❤️🐞

25/03/2019

Spring is here! Breathe it in!

11/02/2019

WOnderful

11/02/2019

How wonderful...Sharing this from Musical Baby Bonding

15/01/2019

Emily replied on Fri, 2016-11-18 12:19Permalink I don’t find to join a gym, so I use yoga mats for doing exercises for a flat tummy and slim looks. Thanks! Emily Log in or register to post comments

25/11/2018

"Momma. Climb tree." said Joshua at the same time every night after dinner. This past summer we had a fabulous routine of going outside to climb trees, kick the ball, play chase, and walk around...

16/11/2018

Having a snow day tomorrow? Or a snow delay? Practice some yoga- A little music.. a cuppa tea-and a little mum and bub yoga time..💜❄️❄️❄️Found these neat images that inspired me...Here's a nice relaxing music mix for some chill yoga. What music inspires YOU to practice yoga with your little one? timehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo6cDlk61v4&list=PLKdfCjiYqSSJteW-nmvpGnc9k8qvYluOd

15/11/2018

Wow,! Love it!

These are great!

14/11/2018

We just adore this! Her voice is so soothing-and the poses helped the little one's learn about body parts like the spine, ankles, lungs, palms....parts that we don't usually talk about right away. At 18 months...during moon pose they could say: SPINE! Yoga has SO many benefits to young children..let's not forget about the language aspect! :) And if you do not want ANY screen time for your child-you can read the book..available on Amazon..:)
Maybe try this tonight!! Let me know what you think. This can be for ages 12 months and UP.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lfjNAXGPzA

A book excerpt of Good Night Yoga, read by Sounds True Founder, Tami Simon. Order the top-selling children’s book today: http://bit.ly/1870jSh Get two free g...

14/11/2018

This is a piece on benefits of yoga for children who are on the spectrum....How wonderful if we could incorporate bits of yoga and meditation into our early learning centers here in the US? Are admin. and Child care center owners afraid of the cost? What's the hold up all about? I think there will be a high cost to pay..(NOT monetary) if we don't offer ways for our wee one's to learn self-regulation..and offer ways to learn through movement instead of SITTING in a circle..forced to be still and "learn." Any ideas out there? Are there any educators who can have a program firmly planted in their school, or center, and can attest to the benefits? For ALL children...?

https://yogainternational.com/article/view/yoga-generates-huge-benefits-for-children-with-autism

How yoga facilitates effective change for special needs children.