These emotional well-being exercises will help kids become aware of heavy emotions like anger, sadness, and fear. And teach them the steps to take when they experience a heavy emotional “cloud.”

The books help spread the message that feelings are not bad; you are allowed to feel them fully; and they will eventually always pass. With or without a heavy emotion, you are unconditionally loved, always.

Understanding the intention behind actions and behaviors unveils so much about what we believe to be true. And what’s great is that the moment we become aware of the beliefs, they can be seen through as anything but real and true.

Flow is when all systems are “in sync.” There is no resistance towards the present moment - meaning, you aren’t trying to think back to the past or project into the future. You are fully in the moment, present in the task at hand. You have more creative juice, attention, and energy. 

When you walk into a room with a conditioned mind, there will be expectations and judgements that already exist without any external cues. Walking in with an unconditioned mind, you experience (see, hear, smell, taste and touch) with a new lens. Unhindered by preconceptions that could limit the experience.

Live with presence and act with joy. As opposed to, living with anxiety and acting from fear. Having the fear and anxiety is totally okay, it’s normal. But, letting them drive your life direction isn’t.

We want to avoid anything that makes us feel uncomfortable, vulnerable and guilty. So, we put on armor that prevents us from touching anything that might activate those feelings.

That feeling of “not enough” isn’t your true self speaking. It’s just the layers of beliefs we’ve taken on from the outside world.

If you find yourself stepping into that type-A persona and your body starts to feel burdened with the task of forcing and striving, the best thing to do to embrace the flow: listen to your intuition.

Somehow when you are in the present, an inherent sense of trust naturally comes up. Without any effort on your part. It is just there.

When does the mind become unhealthy? When we define ourselves by it. This is where the Ego comes in. When we become attached to the mind’s information, problems, judgements, and thinking.

A great question you could ask yourself is: “Is there joy, ease, and lightness in what I’m doing? Or is life feeling like a burden and struggle?”

It could be helpful in understanding whether you’re forcing yourself to act or allow.

I have found that “feelings” can both describe the mind and the heart. And the key here is to bring in your awareness (when you have a feeling) to understand where it is coming from.

If an old wound keeps making itself known, it means it’s time to heal it. So instead of stuffing that wound down with food and wine and tv and engaging in busy tasks, allow yourself to break it down and let it go. 

We have all felt low before, maybe for hours or days or even years. But what has become abundantly clear to me is that the reason for feeling low and for feeling like life (and everything in it) is (are) out to get you, is explained in the word, “expense.”

If I can allow my highest alignment for myself, if I can love myself to do what and be who I truly want, and if I can trust that life is always leading me to my next fun experience then that means anything is possible and allowed.

When the Mind sticks with what it does best (take action, problem solve based on what it has learned, and learn), it complements the Heart well. When the Mind gets into negative thinking, overthinking, and reacting without catching its negative chatter, that's where the Heart can step in and bring us back to ourselves.

What do you want? Why do you want it?

These two questions are, I believe, the starting point to any transformation. Getting super duper clear on what you want is the first step because you have to know exactly what serves your heart.

Exactly a year ago, I taught a yoga workshop for kids on how to put postures together to create a flow. But we also discussed the purpose of yoga and why breathing and present-minded awareness (aka meditation) were essential to the practice.