Talk Yoga SLP

Join us, Amy and Kim as we reconnect and review the past few months at Talk Yoga!  We have reset and become refreshed and are so excited for our future plans for you all!  We have an updated online certification training coming soon and discuss some of the changes we have made to the training.  As always, we have lessons from the mat and share tips and our experiences with our classes and clients over the last few weeks.  We have exciting podcasts to come!  Stay tuned!

Join us, Amy and Kim as we talk with Jenn Nicholls, owner and lead teacher of Journey Preschool!  Jenn is an inspiration to us as she is passionate about early childhood education.  She started a preschool in her home and it has grown to include incredible programs designed to serve those children who are often underserved.  Jenn was trained in Talk Yoga and incorporates Talk Yoga classes into her weekly schedule with her little ones.  She recently was the recipient of the WeVision Earlyed Lab Solutions Site Grant from the Bainum Family Foundation.  Jenn has big plans for helping those she educates and providing the most enriching opportunities for these developing minds!  And bonus, she is an author and wrote the wonderful book, Sophia is a Super Friend! Find her book here!

Join us, Amy and Kim as we talk with Molly Lannon Kenny, founder of the The Samarya Center for Integrated Movement Therapy and Ashtanga Yoga, and La Ermita, a center for contemplative community, where she offers a beautiful, sacred and welcoming space, free meditation, classes, workshops and individual therapy sessions, both live and online.  Molly’s work was foundational to the creation of Talk Yoga™.  We have studied her research and early offerings and found inspiration in her belief in the power of bringing yoga into the world of speech and language therapy.  To find out more about Molly and her incredible work, visit her website at https://www.mollylannonkenny.org/.

Join us, Amy and Kim, as we talk about how we use guided imagery and visualizations in our speech and language therapy sessions.  We use these tools not only to support and help our clients and students, but also ourselves!  We can model new vocabulary, ideation, target articulation sounds, and so much more!  Not only can visualizations enrich our therapy, but they can also help reduce stress, improve self-regulation, and increase imaginative skills as well!  Visit our website for a free download of the visualization we shared on the podcast today!  Scroll to the bottom of the home page to find the download! www.talkyogaslp.com

Join us, Amy and Kim, as we talk about how yoga impacts our every-day lives.  We will share with you how we utilize the broader teachings of yoga to help us tackle every-day challenges that come our way, whether in our personal lives, or in our work lives.  Yoga teaches lessons beyond mats and poses, and in today’s episode we dig deep into those lessons!

Join Amy and Kim as we discuss the gifts we have been sharing this month on Instagram! Talk Yoga™ Articulation Poses! We also share some of our favorite poses, why we love them, and how they can be utilized to calm, strengthen, and /or energize. We also share some of our "lessons from the yoga mat" this week. We will be off for the holidays. Enjoy this wonderful time of year!

Join us, Amy and Kim, as we continue discussing how Talk Yoga can support social and emotional learning.  Today we share our thoughts on how yoga helps children build resilience.  It is so important to help young children learn how to manage challenges and discomfort.  Participating in challenging poses helps us overcome challenges in real life.  Introducing children to breathing strategies can help them cope with stressful times.  The use of mantras or positive self-talk can build self-esteem and resilience.  Lastly, yoga helps us build connections with others, which results in feelings of support and strength, especially during challenging times.  We have experienced this in our own lives and love sharing these strategies with our clients and fellow professionals.

Join us, Amy and Kim, as we discuss the benefits of using Talk Yoga™ techniques to support social and emotional learning. Approximately 35% of American children experience stress-related health problems. Using Talk Yoga™ we can help children (and ourselves) with skills such as emotional awareness and regulation which in turn impacts their ability to self-regulate and relate to others. We will share specific ways we address these skills during our sessions and classes. Enjoy!

Join us, Amy and Kim as we share more Talk Yoga™ breathing techniques! As promised, we are back with more ideas for incorporating breathing into your speech and language sessions. Get your pen and paper ready...you will want to take note of these powerful practices to help you and your clients or students get ready to express, play, and learn!

Join us, Amy and Kim as we discuss our experience at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health. Visit the website to see the many offerings at https://kripalu.org/. If you have ever thought about going on a yoga retreat, listen in! Kripalu has many wonderful offerings and can provide a beautiful experience full of self-care and self-discovery. We participated in amazing yoga classes, did a little yoga dancing (and laughed a lot!), and learned so much about yoga research. Stay tuned...wouldn't a Talk Yoga retreat be amazing?