Mums Bubs n Toddlers in Berwick

Casey Mums Online Marketplace

Mums Check Out This Great New Website!

Do you want to regain your garage or spare room and make some extra cash?

Are you looking to sell your baby and kid’s goods?

Casey Mums Online Marketplace is an online marketplace for mums where you can buy and sell quality preloved baby and kids goods.

Casey Mums Online Marketplace allows you to:

  • Buy and sell locally with other mums living in the City of Casey
  • Buy and sell from the comfort of your own home, day or night
  • List or find items quickly and easily
  • Manage your ads from your own user dashboard
  • See how many times your ads have been viewed
  • Subscribe to categories and be notified of new listings

There are too many benefits to list here but once you try it, you’ll love how easy it is to list your items and find great bargains!

 

Body Yoga Berwick Mums, Bubs n Toddlers Classes

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NEW to Body Yoga Commencing April 2012!!!

Share quality time with your toddler, meet other mums and get fit at the same time!

Our Mums, Bubs n Toddlers classes are for Mums with children aged between 3 months and 3 years old.  This is an opportunity to do something nurturing for yourself whilst bonding with your child in a playful, healthy way.

Yoga is a great way for Mums to strengthen their bodies and calm their minds. To be the best parent we can be, we must look after ourselves first and yoga is a wonderful way to learn how to do that.  It can bring balance and peace into our lives so that we can share that with our children. It is also a great opportunity to meet other mums in a non-competitive, non-judgemental environment. A time to come together, create new friendships and feel supported on your journey of motherhood.

For infants, this is a beautiful introduction to interacting socially with other children without any pressure to be anything other than themselves. Babies are natural yogis, all born with tremendous flexibility.  Yoga can help maintain this whilst also building strength in their developing bodies.  Yoga can also help improve sleep patterns, digestion, constipation and colic.

Dad’s, Grandparents, Carers and siblings are also welcome to attend our Mums, Bubs n Toddlers classes. Yoga really is for every BODY so come along, make new friends and share this valuable gift with your precious child.

Body Yoga Berwick Kids Yoga - Dolphin Pose

Kids Yoga - Yoga Cat Roger

Thank you to Jorja from our 8-12 year old Body Yoga Kids Class for sharing this photo of her Yoga Cat with me.  I love watching how animals do yoga!

“Hi Mary,

This is a picture of my cat Roger doing Dolphin pose. You may notice that there is something on Roger’s fur.

There is a funny story about that. One day mum and I were playing in our backyard drawing smiley faces with chalk on the pavers. Then along came Roger wanting to have a pat on his tummy and rolled on the smiley face we had just drawn. The smiley face drawing ended up on his fur!”  - Jorja (8-12 yo Kids Yoga class – Berwick)

I think the picture on Rogers fur looks like another animal.  Can you see one?

Kids Body Yoga – Book Review

Will you love me still by Valya Boutenko

I’m always looking for meaningful books to add to our Kids Body Yoga library and I am delighted to have been asked to review one such book.  I am a huge fan of Victoria Boutenko and the Raw Family (www.rawfamily.com) so to review a book written by Victoria’s daughter Valya, was an honour.

“Will You Love Me Still?” is a delightful children’s book aimed at a young audience.  Beautifully illustrated with a cat as the main character, this book explores, in easy to understand terms, unconditional love. Young children know how to love unconditionally and they do, but unfortunately they often see that adults don’t always do the same.  This book supports the idea that no matter what a child does, they will always be loved.  Books such as these are great ways to bring our “off the mat yoga” into the lives of our children.  They are also a lovely reminder to us to be more child-like (our natural state) and do as they do – love one another unconditionally.

Thank you Valya for such an inspirational book.

If you would like to support Valya (who self-publishes and prints her children’s books) you can purchase “Will You Love Me Still?” at Amazon.com

Healthy Eating for our Body Yoga Kids

The Naturopaths Kitchen - brownies

Thought I’d share this yummy sugar and gluten free recipe with you.  Oh and its not just for the kids…. its for all Body Yoga students :lol:  - view recipe here

Source: The Naturopath’s Kitchen

Dhanurasana (Bow Pose) – Body Yoga Berwick

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This pose stretches the spine and improves elasticity and can be beneficial to those with slipped disks when practised correctly. It also tones the abdominal organs.

To have a bit of fun in this pose roll to the right side and stretch the legs and chest. Inhale come back to centre then exhale and roll to the left side (Parsva Dhanurasana).  The kids love this one!

Kids Body Yoga Berwick – 8-12 year old class

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In our final 8-12 year old kids class for the year I felt incredibly proud of how far our children have come.  Our class began with Kiara telling us how she had chosen Yoga as the subject for her school talk.   Kiara stood up in front of her class and demonstrated various yoga poses and explained what they were.  She included a few of the more difficult poses too just so that everyone knew yoga wasnt just about sitting with legs crossed and chanting!  At lunchtime she was amazed when she saw her class mates at the local Berwick school attempting the diffucult poses she had effortlessly demonstrated!  Some even face planted :roll:  Well done Kiara for sharing your love of yoga.

In the same class, we were exploring the subject of “giving” and how this didn’t always have to be about the gifting of material things to others. My heart filled with pride as one of our students, Gemma, shared with us how she “gives away” her smile to others.   These children are angels and I am blessed each week that I am among them.

Congratulations everyone for growing into such beautiful, caring beings.  We love sharing our yoga with you and thank you for sharing yours with us.

See you all in 2012  :-D

Kids Yoga Teacher Training with Rainbow Kids Yoga

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Rainbow Kids Teacher Training is back in Melbourne! If you are you a school teacher, parent or yoga teacher and would love to teach kids yoga, this course is for you! Gopala, founder of Rainbow Kids Yoga, will again be running this course in Melbourne on 27-29th April 2012. Gopala is an amazing teacher and delivers a comprehensive 3 day training course that will give you the tools and confidence to spread the joy of yoga with all children.  I can highly recommend Rainbow Kids Yoga training. For further details click here

Body Yoga Kids – 2012 Promotional Offer

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Enrol your child in any of our Body Yoga Kids Classes for 2012 and you will receive $255.00 of professional photographs for only $29.00! We have previously offered this promotional gift and parents were delighted with the photographs so I am pleased to be able to offer it to you again for 2012 enrolments……… (more…)

Kids Body Yoga – Berwick

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Bookings are now open for Term 1, 2012!

At Body Yoga Berwick we have kids yoga for ages 3-5, 5-8 and 8-12 years old.

For preschoolers, kids yoga can be a great way for children to have their first experience of being away from Mum. At Body Yoga Berwick, we have created an environment that is safe and emotionally supportive for all children and parents. Our pre-schoolers have a positive experience so they feel confident and happy being in a group in a new environment.   Yoga is non-judgemental and most of all fun so children feel happy and at home in our yoga space.

For the older kids, yoga is a great opportunity for children to be themselves.  They are supported and nurtured and given the freedom to express themselves whilst always coming from a space of love and respect for one another.

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