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A simple idea…so why is it so hard to just listen? In Radiant Child Yoga, we teach and experience Deep Listening.  Can we apply the idea of holding a space for deeply listening to Black people’s experiences, even (especially) if it comes through anger, rage, grief?   This is my point of growth, and that is why I am sharing it.   After the 2016 election, I had a phone call with a friend, who is Black, and the founder of a children’s yoga training program similar to mine.  I remember the moment we talked about the movement of resistance that was growing in the wake of ..read more

A question came to Shakta, founder of Radiant Child Yoga,  from a Radiant Child Yoga teacher and mother who was concerned about so much online time for her pre-teen children now that all their lessons are online. Question: My children are 13 (son) & 10 (daughter) who have been on remote learning for 7 weeks now. They are on zoom call from 8:30am -3:30 pm, with a 1-hr lunch break in which I have been doing twice a week a yoga class. They both are appreciating the class more & more, & have expressed that they really need the yoga. I am very concerns about their brains (espe ..read more

For about 2 years, my long-time friend and main organizer for China Kundalini Yoga trainings, Angad Kaur, had been asking me to bring Radiant Child Yoga to China.  She told me that especially there was interest in understanding how to connect with and help children who have Sensory Integration differences. When she said, “People are crying out for help with children with Autism.”, I knew I had to make it happen.  My hesitation?  Mainly the 16 plus hours of flight, and teaching many days without a break.  But I also knew that “there is a way through every block” as Yogi Bhajan’s ..read more

Did you know that when you take a Radiant Child Yoga training, you get personal feedback from your RCY trainer, when you submit your practicum after your first kids yoga class? Here’s a sample, provided by one of our students–with class management tips! Hi Dan, Thanks for your feedback on your first Radiant Child Yoga class! Just a couple comments— Great that you remembered breath instruction in each exercise. Was not clear if you also remembered to “bracket” each exercises with a clear breath ending. Very simply, you can just say “Breathe in….breathe out, and relax.” This will ..read more