Communications are so powerful, profound. We can do it simply by ‘talking’ to one another face to face, on the phone, computer, thoughts, telepathy….I was supposed to do a training this week with Nazreen Omar, CYKT. Those initials mean a Certified YogaKids Facilitator, in Johannesburg, SA, but due to various and sundry different circumstances it didn’t take place. On the day I was supposed to be there, we were thinking of each other, seemingly and supposedly random and unbeknowst to one another. She was meandering on this Saturday afternoon and walked into a local bookstore near her home. She was shocked and delighted to find that as soon as she walked in she was attracted to a 2008 Yoga Planner in the store. When she realized that my husband Don and I had authored this spiral bound calendar she was so tickled and delighted that she immediately texted me. On the other side of this modern world I sat at my bathroom mirror applying lipstick and blush to get ready to go teach yoga to children in New Buffalo, Michigan as part of Kids Day USA. Upon texting me she reminded me that even though I wasn’t there in the flesh, we were obviously hooked up anyway. So it is. So it goes. If you are looking for yoga for children in that part of the world or any part of the world for that matter, please let us know your interest. Contact Nazreen and check our website for training dates in the 2008-2009 time span. Namaste. Let the leaves fall where they may. Colors changing, remembering that the only thing permanent is impermanence.

YogaKids Tools for Schools was so well received in Canada this past weekend. We trained teachers from Nova Scotia to Vancouver and here’s what they said:

“It was very informative- love the lesson plans already prepared and the Om @ Home sheets concept.” - Sandra Collins, Teacher

“Outstanding! Great, practical info for teachers and parents. Balance is important to everyone-kids need tools to help them stay balanced to take on the world with self confidence and peace!” – Mary Lauton, Teacher

Thanks so much to Conference Founder, Ruth Dargan and her family team for making this event a great success.

Special thanks to our newly Certified YogaKids Teachers who selflessly assisted me in Toronto: Amanda McFadyen (amanda.mcfadyen@rogers.com), Tamatha Traynor (tamatha.traynor@yogakids.com), and Catherine Lesage (catherine.lesage@yogakids.com), who will be translating our YogaKids book into French. Stay tuned for more details.

Most importantly the YogaKids themselves. Here we are (from left, click for a larger photo): Amanda, me, Maia, Sara and Zoey and Catherine - happy, healthy and bright as we walk through this amazing city after a fabulous breakfast at Cora’s.