Monthly Archives: August 2009

Positive Parenting Tip: Your Job

What is your “job” as a parent? Listen to this :15 AUDIO TIP: Our Yogi Parenting audio tips are presented every Friday by Michaela Turner, BS Ed, CYKT, YKT, Co-Founder Yogi Parenting — Michaela is a 30 year veteran educator and a Certified YogaKids Teacher and Trainer. She teaches yoga baby and yoga kids classes…

How to See Gifts in All Experiences

I was totally inspired by this post from Scott Noelle. If you don’t subscribe to his Daily Groove, I’d highly recommend it. It sets a great tone for my day: “Perfectionistic parenting is rooted in the false idea that it’s bad to make a mistake or fall short of one’s expectations. But if you think…

Zen Mommy Minute: Less is More

Less IS more. And to drive that point home… that is all I will say on the matter. ;)

15 Weeks: Baby Name Game

Lots of information on the wed on pregnancy… and they’re RIGHT. I feel like a million bucks compaed to only a week or so ago. The fog of the first trimester settling in phase has lifted,the energy is returning and I feel more like myself again. My round ligaments are even stretching as predidcted by…

How to Get Your Preschooler Ready

Recently, I was on Great Day St. Louis doing a segment on “Back to Preschool.” Host, Matt Chambers and I talked about how to prep your kids for their first time out of the nest (sniff)! If your toddler is heading to preschool for the first time this fall, it’s a big step for the…

Positive Parenting Tip: How to Connect to Your Teen

How to connect to your tween/teen? Listen to this :15 AUDIO TIP: Our Yoga Parenting audio tips are presented every Friday by Michaela Turner, BS Ed, CYKT, YKT, Co-Founder Yoga Parenting — Michaela is a 30 year veteran educator and a Certified YogaKids Teacher and Trainer. She teaches yoga baby and yoga kids classes for…

How to Save on Back to School Shopping

It’s time to get your kids geared up for school. It’s time for squeaky clean shoes, shiny new lunch boxes and backpacks… er, maybe not. Everyone is watching their wallets so don’t think that your tikes will be the only ones using the same backpacks and lunch boxes they had last year! What are some…

14 Weeks: Prenatal Yoga

I started prenatal yoga tonight. Yep. I got a 100% A+ on my very first prenatal yoga exam…

How to Tackle Paperwork

Meet my friend Claire Keeling! If you are in St. Louis, chances are you’ve seen her on Great Day St. Louis. She’s a mom entrepreneur, the founder of Sort It Out Consulting. She’s an organization and efficiency expert (we all need more of that, right?) So we are quite pleased to be partnering with Claire…

Zen Mommy Minute: Back To School Tips

What is YOUR best tip for back to school? Mine is to…