CALMING KIDS

😱 CK awarded a grant to make the Foundations in Resilience for Leaders Certification program come to light at South Lakes High School in Virginia! Instructed by Gina Kane from Shine on Yoga and Maryam Ovissi from Beloved Yoga ☺️

🌟 We want to help YOU start a Movement, Mindfulness or Mental Health Awareness program in your school classroom, clinic or youth center.

🤩 CK will assist you with funding and materials to serve all ages and abilities!

👉🏻APPLY:
Visit https://calmingkids.org/grants/ to apply or email us at [email protected] with questions. We cannot wait to connect with you!

😇 Want to be a part of the revolution? Consider becoming one of our CK angels through a love donation of any amount.

💗 Our reputation and numbers continue to grow each year with support from our generous community. We cannot wait to continue our impact through our exciting new grants!

Tag anyone you think might be interested below! 👇

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Can you feel it? Summer is winding down and fall is starting to steep. 🍂

The seasons change throughout the year, just as our lives are constantly changing. These transitions provide us a perfect opportunity to check-in. 😌

Embrace the changes & shifts of life especially during or after difficult struggles or times of great joy. 💗

Fall into awareness: “Be kind to yourself & those around you; invite fresh energy & ideas to emerge; notice any positive changes you can make.”
 -Dee Marie & Gina Kane

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👋🏼 Fast Facts! What We Offer:

👉Online & In-Person Instruction for PreK- High School Students Suffering with Anxiety
👉🏻Online & In-Person Teacher Training for School Staff: Teachers, Counselors, Nurses
👉🏼Videos for At-Risk Teens & Young Adults to Help Balance Mental Health Disorders
👉🏽Summer Programs for Children & Teens- Both Without & With Disabilities
👉🏾Summer Classes for Low-Income Students & Families 
👉🏿Movement & Mindfulness Education for Students
👉🏾Training & Certification for Yoga Teachers
👉🏽Support & Wellness Sessions for Families
👉🏼Books & Hardcopy Support Materials 
👉🏻Inspiration for School Yoga Clubs
👉Classroom Streaming Videos
👉🏻Grant Funding for Teachers
👉🏼YouTube Channel
👉🏽Mentoring

Interested in learning more about any of these resources & services? Let’s connect! Contact info in bio 🥰 We can’t wait to chat with you! 🫶🏼

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📢 Pssst… did you know?? CALMING KIDS just celebrated 20 years of serving children, teens, and families. 😍

Since its inception, CK has impacted 4,925 teachers & 49,150 students with our successful school & youth programs. 😯🤓

Our reputation & numbers continue to grow each year with funding & support from our generous community! 🤩
 
We cannot say it enough, THANK YOU! 💗

Want to help Us Reach 5,000 Teachers & 50,000 Students By 2025? Follow the link in our bio or click here to donate! https://calmingkids.org/donate/

What is fond memory you have of CK over the years?? Share in the comments below!

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CK Community partners received a CK Grant to help empower the Virginia School District!  🙌🏼

Start your own mindful based yoga program at a school or youth center with our NEW CALMING KIDS GRANT GIVING PROGRAM. (Link in bio, or click here! https://calmingkids.org/grants/ )

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“With Great Respect & Love, I Honor My Heart, My Inner Teacher” 🙏🏽

This is the saying we open and close our classes with 💗 What a beautiful reminder! What is something that your inner teacher has taught you lately??💗

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How fun! CALMING KIDS Board Member, Gina Kane, presenting at a Teen Mental Health & Heart Health event in Virginia earlier this year! 🙏🏽💕 Are you looking forward to going back to school??

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~Meditation Tip~

The Elevator:
👉Start standing tall with feet & legs squeezed together. 
👉🏻Sit back with hips/pelvis as if sitting in a chair, “Chair Pose” in yoga. 
👉🏼Hands and arms in prayer position either in front of heart space or overhead with long arms aligned next to the ears.
👉🏽Slowly lower your body down as you lift heels off the floor to be in a squat position, keeping legs tightly squeezed together.
👉🏾For an adult, only go as low as comfortable for your knees and back. For children and teens, this is easier.
👉🏿Then, rise back up to standing. Repeat this movement imagining you are an elevator. Rising up to the penthouse and descending to the basement, stopping at different floors along the way to challenge your balance and groundedness.
😌Keep the breath flowing.

How did doing this make you feel? Let us know in the comments below and share with a buddy! 🥰

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~Meditation Tip~

The Elevator:
👉Start standing tall with feet & legs squeezed together. 
👉🏻Sit back with hips/pelvis as if sitting in a chair, “Chair Pose” in yoga. 
👉🏼Hands and arms in prayer position either in front of heart space or overhead with long arms aligned next to the ears.
👉🏽Slowly lower your body down as you lift heels off the floor to be in a squat position, keeping legs tightly squeezed together.
👉🏾For an adult, only go as low as comfortable for your knees and back. For children and teens, this is easier.
👉🏿Then, rise back up to standing. Repeat this movement imagining you are an elevator. Rising up to the penthouse and descending to the basement, stopping at different floors along the way to challenge your balance and groundedness.
😌Keep the breath flowing.

How did doing this make you feel? Let us know in the comments below! 🥰

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Embrace your inner spark with a firework pose! 🎇Happy 4th of July! 🎆 What pose do you think looks most like a firework? 🤔

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There’s Mind over Matter... But what does it Matter if there is no MIND in the HEART or HEART in the MIND?

Join CK in exploring ideas such as the Heart-Mind (via the Dalai Lama Center) in our monthly newsletters! Just tap the link in our bio to subscribe 🥰


Lama Center

Good morning (stretch), Monday! 🙆🏻🙆‍♀️🙆🏾‍♀️

‼️Update: Time change & now exclusively on Zoom‼️
🚨New Event Alert! Meditation Series 🧘🏽‍♀️
🙅🏼‍♂️You do not want to miss this series! 🤩
🤗 ADULTS & TEENS WELCOMED – DROP INS ENCOURAGED 💞

✅ RSVP:
👉🏻email: [email protected]
👉🏼call/text: 303-818-5693

✅Send payment & you will receive the Zoom Link:
👉🏽Venmo: -Marie-36 (mobile #303-818-5693)
👉🏾Check: Energy Source, 4750 Quail Creek Lane, Boulder, CO 80301

About Swami Yogacharya Dharmananda:
Swami Yogacharya Dharmananda is a senior discipline of H.H. Late Yoga Samrat Shri Vishvaguruji Maharaj, Mahamandaleshwar, the Founder of International Vishyaguru Meditation and Yoga Institute in Rishikesh, India.

Swamiji came to America in 2012 and established Om Radha Krishna Sangha to spread his spiritual teachings. Based in Loveland Colorado, his specialty is bringing ancient Yoga Philosophical and Psychological teaching to his followers, making this wisdom relevant within today’s challenges.

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New Event Alert! 🚨 Meditation Series 🧘🏽‍♀️

🙅🏼‍♂️You do not want to miss this series!

RSVP: [email protected] , call/text 303-818-5693

ADULTS & TEENS WELCOMED – DROP INS ENCOURAGED 💞

About Swami Yogacharya Dharmananda: Swami Yogacharya Dharmananda is a senior discipline of H.H. Late Yoga Samrat Shri Vishvaguruji Maharaj, Mahamandaleshwar, the Founder of International Vishyaguru Meditation and Yoga Institute in Rishikesh, India.

Swamiji came to America in 2012 and established Om Radha Krishna Sangha to spread his spiritual teachings. Based in Loveland Colorado, his specialty is bringing ancient Yoga Philosophical and Psychological teaching to his followers, making this wisdom relevant within today’s challenges.

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Our CK Grant Application is now LIVE! Visit calmingkids.org/grants to read more!

🌟 We want to help YOU start a Movement, Mindfulness or Mental Health Awareness program in your school classroom, clinic or youth center.

🤩 CK will assist you with funding and materials to serve all ages and abilities!

👉🏻APPLY:
Visit https://calmingkids.org/grants/ to apply or email us at [email protected] with questions. We cannot wait to connect with you!

😇 Want to be a part of the revolution? Consider becoming one of our CK angels through a love donation of any amount.

🫶🏼 Our non-profit organization CALMING KIDS (CK): Creating a Non-Violent World offers holistic mindfulness & nonviolence education since 2004. Since its inception, CK has impacted 4,829 teachers and 49,025 students with our successful youth programs.

💗 Our reputation and numbers continue to grow each year with support from our generous community. We cannot wait to continue our impact through our exciting new grants!

Tag anyone you think might be interested below! 👇

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As we jump back into the swing of things after the holidays, it is important we remember to take it easy, make sustainable habits, and continually check-in with ourselves.

This week, when you find a pocket of time to close your eyes and take a few deep breaths, perhaps you try out this mudra as well. Check-in. What do you need today?

Find this mudra and even more in our new book, ~ HAND MUDRAS ~ Channeling Energy for Emotional Stability

This booklet was designed for teenage students to help them with self-regulation (though anyone can benefit)!

Buy your copy today on our website store (link in bio) and tag someone in the comments who you feel could benefit from this mudra too!

What do you do to help prevent burnout? Share in the comments below!

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Movement & Mindfulness belongs at every age. Don’t you agree?? 🫶🏼

Early Childhood Education makes a Difference! 😍

Pictured above, CALMING KIDS fulfilling the April Fund Grant 🥰🙏🏽

We love working with yogis of all ages. This was such a fun group! Thank you, Red Schoolhouse on Fifth, for sharing your energy with us! 💞

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New here?? Welcome! Let us introduce ourselves!

We are CALMING KIDS (CK): Creating a Non-Violent World, a non-profit organization that offers holistic mindfulness & nonviolence education since 2004. 💡

Our primary goal is to promote a positive, peaceful, strong, and self-confident attitude leading to calm and effective communication among members of the school community. 🙇🏽

Since its inception, CK has impacted 4,829 teachers and 49,025 students with our successful youth programs. 👇

CK Offers:
1. In person & Online Classes for Students of All ages and Abilities

2. In person & Online Teacher Training for Elementary & Teen Educators 

3. Nurture the Nurturer Classes & Workshops 

4. Enlightened Parenting Education Programs

5. Online Video Streaming

6. Hardcopy Support Materials for Teachers and Families

Our reputation and numbers continue to grow each year with support from our generous community. We are so happy you found us!

If you like what you see, you can support us by tapping that follow button, sharing who we are and what we do with your peers, or even consider a love donation of any amount by clicking on the link in our bio! 🫶🏼

Thank you for your consideration. Your continuous love & support are greatly appreciated!! Stay tuned, we’ve got a lot of GOOD in store 🥰

Namasté & Love
Dee Marie, MA, CYT

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Did you know? CALMING KIDS graciously receives 50 yoga mats per year from to offer to schools. 😍

The 2024 CK Gift was awarded to Truscott Elementary, a Dual Language Immersion School in Loveland, Colorado. Go Tigers! 🐯

Pictured above, CALMING KIDS fulfilling the Give Back grant! 🥰

Thank you, for your continued generosity and support of the community!! 💗

🌟 We want to help YOU start a Movement, Mindfulness or Mental Health Awareness program in your school classroom, clinic or youth center.

🤩 CK will assist you with funding and materials to serve all ages and abilities!

👉🏻Contact us: [email protected] for information and applications.

😇 Want to be a part of the revolution? Consider becoming one of our CK angels through a love donation of any amount.

🫶🏼 Our non-profit organization CALMING KIDS (CK): Creating a Non-Violent World offers holistic mindfulness & nonviolence education since 2004. Since its inception, CK has impacted 4,829 teachers and 49,025 students with our successful youth programs.

💗 Our reputation and numbers continue to grow each year with support from our generous community. We cannot wait to continue our impact through our exciting new grants!

Tag anyone you think might be interested below! 👇

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🌟 Happy New Year! 🌟

We hope you & yours enjoyed a wonderful holiday season 🥰 What are you hoping to manifest in this New Year??

Bonus points, can you name the special Boulder, Colorado location in this photo?

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Happy November! 🥰 🍂

Checking-in is a tool we focus on with anyone we work with. Taking stock of your being in the present moment and learning how to tap into what your body needs or is trying to tell you, has benefits that reach far beyond the classroom or yoga practice. 😌

This foundation for mindfulness is a skill that can be built and will allow you to show up in your life more in-tune with your whole self. Who wouldn’t want that?? Here’s how you can practice:

Before any activity change, (starting the car, beginning a household project, enjoying a meal, composing a text) focus the mind while taking 3 deep, full breaths. 

Before exiting the car, (completing the chosen task) take another 3 deep, cleansing breaths.

Ah. Now you’re owning the moment.
You’re ready for your next destination. 😎💗

How do you like to check-in with yourself?

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There is immense wisdom in nature, and especially during the fall. 🍂 In the fall we are reminded of the beauty of change, the significance of letting go, and the importance of being present through the change.

What does fall mean to you? 🤔

As we seek these moments of reflection and connection, here is a Mudra that can help you tap into your inner wisdom. 😌

Find this mudra and even more in our book, ~ HAND MUDRAS ~
 Channeling Energy for Emotional Stability

This booklet was designed for teenage students to help them with self-regulation (though anyone can benefit)!

Buy your copy today on our website store (link in bio) and tag someone in the comments who you feel could benefit from this mudra too 🍃

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Some snaps of our family yoga session in Canada last month! It was an honor to work with such a huge group! More pictures to come 🥰

We had a BLAST working with this group during our Preschool Curriculum Yoga Teacher Training last month at the Red Schoolhouse in Loveland! (Big thank you to them for sharing their beautiful space with us 🥰

Sending another big thank you to our attendees for investing their energy & light with us, and back into their own students. You are helping to make the world a more peaceful planet 😍

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Quote of the day 😍🥰🌳

This is what pure JOY looks like! 🥰 We love getting to share yoga with everyone, especially kids. The joy WE feel watching them freely express & embrace themselves & their peers fills our hearts 😊

How old were you when you were first introduced to yoga??

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Another snapshot from one of our summer camps! Psssst… You do not have to be in summer camp to enjoy chill moments like this. Give yourself permission today to lay down and take a break, away from screens, and let your mind be free… even for just 5 minutes. 😌😊

Where will you take your break today? Comment below!

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