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really happy to be joined by an awesome

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yoga instructor for kids. She

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has written a book. She is

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a yogi-beater. on Instagram and I've

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already been following her for years

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and her name is Lauren Chaitoff.

2:06

Hi Eric, I am so excited

2:08

to be here with you. I can't

2:10

wait. Lauren, could you tell us

2:12

a little bit about yourself before we jump

2:14

into the questions and the story and all

2:17

that? I would love to Eric, so like

2:19

you said, I am a yoga teacher, however,

2:21

I am a yoga teacher just for kids.

2:23

I have taught adults, but my specialty is

2:25

working with kids and a lot of times

2:28

kids think, yoga, that's not

2:30

going to be fun. However, what we do

2:32

at Yogi Beans is we translate

2:34

this ancient practice of yoga that's

2:36

been around for thousands of years into

2:39

a language that kids can understand

2:41

and most importantly, that they can

2:43

enjoy. So our classes are kind

2:45

of like the name, you know,

2:47

energetic, fun while also teaching kids

2:50

self-regulation and breathing and all that good

2:52

stuff. Such important life

2:54

skills for kids and grownups and

2:56

we are going to get started

2:58

with our first question from a

3:01

listener named Selah. Hi, my

3:03

name is Selah. I

3:06

really, really, really

3:08

like Harry Potter and

3:10

dragons. My one

3:12

question is, what if

3:14

Fairlyse and Pixie Cotto went to

3:17

a museum, but all of the

3:19

things in it came alive? Thank you.

3:21

I love your podcast. Oh,

3:23

Selah, thank you so much for your

3:25

question. I'm spelling your name S-E-L-A-H, which

3:28

I researched, and I think that's usually

3:30

the traditional spelling, but please forgive me

3:32

if I got that wrong. We

3:35

have two more questions and

3:37

I'm just going to read them off to you.

3:39

The first is from Marshall who asks,

3:41

what if paintings could talk? And

3:44

Marshall likes dinosaurs and Pokémon, which

3:47

we'll see if we can throw

3:49

some creatures into this episode. And

3:51

then one final question from a

3:53

patron named River who likes

3:56

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4:06

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if world and has been for

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quite a few years. In fact,

6:47

her term was sort of coming

6:49

to an end but she was

6:51

still feeling pretty stressed out and

6:54

needed a day off. So she

6:57

decided to go to the unnatural

6:59

gallery one of what if world's

7:01

premier museums and she even brought

7:03

her daughter Pixicado with her. Now

7:06

Fairlyse needed some time off so

7:08

she made a quick reunification plan

7:10

with Pixicado as you kids might

7:12

do with your grown-ups when you

7:14

go out to a public place.

7:17

They were gonna cast a quick magic spell

7:19

if they needed to get in touch with

7:21

each other and they were gonna meet in

7:23

the lobby at noon no matter what. So

7:26

Pixicado went off to explore

7:29

and create some potions and magic

7:31

spells and the arcane creation wing

7:33

that's at the unnatural gallery leaving

7:36

Fairlyse at last alone.

7:40

Oh I really need this. It's been

7:42

such a long time since I've really

7:45

just been by myself. There's always people

7:47

asking me questions and coming at

7:49

me with their needs and I'm trying to

7:51

save the world all by myself it feels

7:53

like. Oh but finally at

7:55

last I get to just look at some

7:58

art. Oh! Oh,

8:01

what do you want to

8:03

see at the unnatural gallery?

8:05

How are you feeling today? I'm well,

8:08

I'm sorry, I do meet a lot

8:10

of personalities in my job. I'm

8:13

the judge since I see you here

8:15

before, respected. You must not remember. Was

8:17

there any particular artwork you wanted to see today?

8:20

Would you like me to give you a tour? Do you want me

8:22

to take you around? Oh, uh, uh, uh...

8:25

Now, Faraleece was one of those

8:27

people who grew up thinking

8:29

that she had to make everyone else

8:31

around her happy. And even though

8:33

she felt a little bit like being alone right now, she

8:36

had a hard time saying no. Uh,

8:38

well, uh, yes, oh, that sounds lovely,

8:41

of course. No, I would never... Like,

8:44

I did, to all its, its, um... Faraleece,

8:46

Faraleece, you do know it's

8:49

okay. You'd rather look at

8:51

the artwork by yourself, men. People come to

8:53

the unnatural gallery and they just want to observe

8:55

the art alone. I was just trying to be friendly.

8:57

What would you like to do? Oh, well,

9:00

you know, it's one of those things where,

9:02

knowing that I have the ability to say

9:04

no now, I feel like I

9:06

kind of want to get to know you. Well,

9:09

I mean, I must help you to stay

9:11

alone. You know, our people are such funny

9:13

things, aren't they? Feelings, I

9:15

like to think of our feelings like

9:18

a rubber. They're constantly

9:20

changing, aren't they? I

9:23

mean, sometimes I feel really

9:25

stormy and dark inside, and

9:27

then a few moments later, I feel

9:30

like a rainbow. And then

9:32

sometimes I'm feeling really calm

9:34

and breezy, and other times

9:36

I feel like a swirling

9:38

tornado. That's the funny

9:40

thing about feelings, they're always changing.

9:42

Where I grew up, fairies and

9:45

sprites and pixies, we were all

9:47

encouraged to feel our feelings, but

9:49

lately I've been just so jumbled

9:51

up, so busy, I've sort of

9:53

lost track of it. And that's

9:55

why I wanted to come to

9:58

the museum today, to just... just sit

10:00

and enjoy some art. The

10:02

Unnatural Gallery is the perfect place for

10:04

that. You can sit and you can

10:07

just get immersed in the world of

10:09

a painting. And if you're feeling bad

10:11

or sad or angry, you might look

10:13

at a particular painting, and all of

10:15

a sudden that feeling changes and you're

10:17

feeling happy and elated and

10:19

light again. That's just the

10:21

sort of experience I'm looking

10:23

for, not to mention Elizabeth

10:25

of Quiet. All

10:28

right, kids. Pile in. Yes,

10:30

yes, yes. Oh, students,

10:32

no need to wipe your feet. You

10:34

could just stomp them around here. That'll

10:36

get all the dirt off. Yes, more

10:38

stomping. Very good, very good. Hello,

10:41

advocates. Hello, hello. I see Ronald is

10:43

shooting with you for your plaques. True

10:46

play. Indeed, yes, yes, yes. Oh, we're

10:48

going to explore this whole icy pixie

10:50

carto over there, making potions and spells.

10:52

If you want to. Oceans and spells

10:55

right down there, right down there. And we have some

10:57

more art that's perfect for children

10:59

right down that hallway. Oh, I

11:01

see some dinosaur skeletons and Pokemon

11:03

skeletons and dragon skeletons. Many Pokemon

11:06

skeletons, many, many and

11:08

beautiful dinosaur installations. Just

11:10

make sure, children, that you don't

11:12

bring anything to life. OK, now

11:14

here are your magic wands, everyone.

11:16

OK, use them wisely. Yes, yes,

11:18

yes. Thank you, thank you. I

11:20

want to keep all the pictures

11:22

happy and still and

11:25

quiet. Remember, we are in an art gallery

11:27

and there are some grown ups here that

11:29

are observing and looking for some

11:31

peace and still. Well, bravo.

11:34

We're still still. I think I'm going to

11:36

go hop on top of that dinosaur. No,

11:38

please don't hop on top of the exhibits.

11:42

Madam, say that. Don't worry, I'm on

11:44

top of it. OK, OK, yes, please. We don't

11:46

want the children disrupting the exhibits. An

11:48

abacus pee grumbler ran off

11:50

to try to manage a

11:53

busload of noisy children. Oh,

11:56

that's all right. You

11:59

know what? I'm is only have a few.

12:01

I'm rest away possibly.

12:05

Suits against a relief to submitted. I

12:07

didn't know that with it was going

12:09

to be a field trip down. I'm

12:12

going to do a little exercise that you

12:14

that's going to help you find that inner peace

12:16

and stillness such as in London for a

12:18

pet. sounds wonderful for the children suffer through. A

12:23

lot of. Murderers.

12:27

Oh. Now. That the children up

12:29

on this is what I'd like you to do. I'd like you

12:31

to sit down on the fence and k. And

12:33

I'd like to place your feet on

12:35

the floor and feel your speech connected

12:38

to the are You can even wiggle

12:40

your toes a little bit like you're

12:42

playing the piano and then press those

12:44

told down into the clown. Now.

12:48

I want you to imagine that there

12:51

is a beautiful think bubble. Around

12:53

him. And. That bubble. The.

12:56

Tech few and kid he say.

12:59

And inside despicable, You hold

13:01

your happy. A spot. Know.

13:04

One thing. That can

13:06

help us with our feelings. Is.

13:09

Alice. How.

13:11

We breathe. And

13:13

change how we. Feel.

13:17

So. What I like you to do this: Take your

13:19

hands and placed and right on top of your belly

13:21

button. Oh right. And I

13:23

want you to imagine that you

13:26

are blowing up a beautiful big

13:28

red balloon and you're going to

13:30

Hell. And feel your belly

13:32

get very big like you're blowing up

13:34

of of them. And.

13:37

Then we're going to pop. That.

13:43

Blue. And we

13:45

try that again. You could fairly. And

13:48

in fact, we do see our an actual

13:51

pink bubble of magic floating around fairly. of

13:53

course that's what if work for you. The.

13:56

One more prestigious I got one more Brad

13:58

Pitt those not the can. I'm

14:00

on your belly right? We still inside our

14:02

pink bubble and we're going to take a

14:05

big breasted like we're blowing up a beautiful

14:07

red balloon. Here we go there in house.

14:11

And everything. From.

14:18

The belly breath. Feel

14:20

more calm and settled and on. tell

14:23

you a little secret fairly. Oh

14:26

yes. If. You have a hard time.

14:28

Falling. Asleep at night like I do every

14:30

time I put my head down on the pillow.

14:36

You have a favorite, a low or

14:38

perhaps of autonomy you can trace it

14:41

on your belly, and you can take

14:43

some of those deep balloon breath and

14:45

you'll notice. That. The stuffed animal

14:48

or pillow. Racked up.

14:50

And down. And before you know

14:52

it, you'll be fast asleep. Who

14:55

I am like that. but I do hit

14:57

that busy brain that you're talking about. I.

14:59

Knew. I knew exactly how the

15:02

thief i call it a monkey mind

15:04

right? Like our mind is swinging like

15:06

a monkey from branch to branch to

15:08

branch. Oh, I quite like

15:10

that. I've certainly had monkeys swimming

15:13

through my mind. magically miss magical

15:15

as I ever that are, you

15:17

don't It's even better. literally every

15:19

art exhibits. As gonna lie, I

15:22

probably had doubts v I would.

15:24

Magic was a little too early

15:26

to kiss. You can see where

15:28

the children had a kindergarten knew

15:31

how to use them. Added a

15:33

little bit of it is. Very

15:36

out. I will take care of it or one. One

15:39

dinosaurs a dragon, saw a

15:41

book him on a designer.

15:43

Else any the like say

15:45

i just control right now

15:47

I need all the painting

15:49

supreme and they froze. Plant

15:52

your feet on the floor, Outfit

15:54

a good I just do my frame you. Can. To

15:56

to frame that signed. alright paintings i

15:59

need everyone to find stillness

16:01

because when we still our body, we

16:03

can often still our mom. Now

16:06

I know many of you have been

16:08

framed up for years, centuries, very long

16:10

time. When I need us all to

16:12

do though, we need to go back

16:14

into our frame. So

16:16

to calm ourselves down, I

16:18

want everyone to take one hand on their heart, one

16:21

hand on their belly, Pokémon, please follow

16:24

along, be so smooth.

16:26

Together, we're going to breathe into our belly,

16:29

we're going to breathe into our heart, we're

16:32

going to breathe out of our belly and

16:34

out of our heart. Alright,

16:37

Abacus, get the children out of here.

16:39

Are you sure you don't want my help with the

16:41

magic? You know, I could just cast a few quick

16:44

spells. Abacus, I think I've got it here. Okay, okay, here

16:46

we go. All

16:50

of you, dinosaurs,

16:52

ballerinas, nice and shining

16:54

armor. Here we go. One

16:57

more breath into your belly, one

16:59

more breath into your heart. Breathe

17:02

out of the belly, breathe

17:05

out of the heart. Alright,

17:07

I think we're starting to settle down and I

17:09

want to see all the paintings slowly

17:12

walk back into your frame.

17:15

Oh, it's actually working. I'm

17:18

feeling it too. All those

17:20

monkey-minded things that have been swinging

17:22

through. Sometimes those big breaths make

17:25

those big uncomfortable feelings a

17:28

little bit smaller. They might not go

17:30

away completely fairly, but they will get

17:32

a little bit smaller and they'll feel

17:34

a lot more manageable. I will continue

17:36

to work on this. This is sort of something

17:39

that's rather new. Oh,

17:42

Pixicado, would you like to join?

17:44

Hello, mother. Hello, Pixicado. Oh, I

17:46

remember you. You're Madame Selah. Lovely to

17:48

see you again. I did

17:51

make something that might help while I

17:53

was practicing my potions. This

17:55

concoction can turn animate artwork

17:57

back into inanimate artwork. Oh!

18:00

Oh, that would be very helpful as

18:02

you saw our Pokemon dinosaurs, knights in

18:05

shining armors, ballerinas, they all came to

18:07

life and it got very wild in

18:09

here. Well, I'll go just putting one

18:11

drop on each little painting or knight's

18:13

armor or dinosaur bones. Much appreciated. Alright,

18:16

I'll see you in the lobby at

18:18

noon. Thank you, Pixicato. That was very

18:20

kind. Children sometimes surprise you

18:22

with their thoughtfulness. Oh yes, if

18:24

we listen to children, they do have a

18:27

lot to offer us. However, I

18:29

know, fair Elise, you came here to find

18:32

some peace and qual. And

18:34

now Mr. Abacus and his children

18:37

are gone. Pixicato is waiting for

18:39

you and I think it

18:41

is the perfect time to soak in

18:43

some of the beautiful artwork at the

18:46

Unnatural Gallery. You know, I think

18:48

my favorite piece in this gallery must

18:50

be you. After all,

18:52

you're a floating portrait of a

18:54

famous mind reader, right? Yes, yes,

18:57

that is I. I am Madame

18:59

Selah, the famous mind reader from

19:01

centuries long ago. I've made many

19:04

predictions that you've seen come true.

19:07

Have you been reading my mind this whole time? Is

19:09

that why you're so good at helping people find their

19:11

feelings? Yes, I

19:13

did see when you came in here,

19:15

right away, that you were feeling all

19:17

flummoxed and perplexed. And I wanted you

19:19

to know that this is a safe

19:21

space. The Unnatural Gallery

19:23

is a place that you can

19:26

return to anytime you want. All

19:29

you have to do is find

19:31

a peaceful, quiet place,

19:34

close your eyes, take

19:37

a few deep breaths and

19:39

let your imagination take you here. And

19:42

that's just what fair Elise did. The

19:49

End Why

19:52

is that so funny? That

19:56

was such a great time. Lauren,

20:00

I want to find out more. I know you've written

20:02

a book called 108 Awesome Yoga

20:04

Poses for Kids. Can you tell

20:07

us about that or anything else you've

20:09

got going on? Yeah, so this is my

20:11

first book and I'm so excited to share

20:13

it with everyone. What's really special

20:15

about this book is children often learn by

20:17

not always what we say, but what we

20:20

do. So this book

20:22

is photographs of 108 different yoga

20:24

poses. Children

20:27

can flip through the book, they might see a

20:29

pose they like, and the photographs are very clear

20:31

so they can practice all these poses. It's

20:33

very important that whether we're a child

20:35

or an adult, that we speak to

20:37

ourselves with words that are loving and

20:40

kind. So for every pose, there is

20:42

an I am statement, I am unique,

20:45

I am funny, I am brave, and

20:47

there's also some partner poses so

20:49

children can practice the poses either with a

20:52

friend or the grownup in their life. Yet

20:54

another thing that I wish I did

20:56

more of as a kid, it's

20:59

hard to build these habits as an adult

21:01

to say these wonderful things that you need

21:03

to hear. That's part of the reason

21:06

I created Yogi Beans. So children don't have

21:08

to wait till they're, I started yoga in my

21:10

20s in college. So we shouldn't have to

21:12

wait that long. Yeah, absolutely. If

21:14

you're on Instagram, go to

21:16

at yogi underscore beans. I've

21:18

been following Lauren for a

21:20

while. Even though I don't

21:22

teach in the classroom anymore,

21:24

I still think these are

21:26

just invaluable tips for

21:28

doing yoga with your own kids or just having

21:31

fun. You could sprinkle yoga. I always say it

21:33

doesn't have to be a full class, but you could sprinkle

21:35

your yoga throughout the day for a lot of children,

21:38

bedtime is a really hard time because

21:40

like we were saying, Faraleese and

21:42

Madame Seyla said, that monkey mind kicks

21:44

in and all the thoughts come into our head.

21:46

So when we practice our breathing, it

21:48

helps calm and settle that monkey mind. Do

21:51

you teach classes online? There are

21:54

some Yogi Beans classes on a streaming site

21:56

called Ohm Stars. And there's a bunch of

21:58

children's yoga classes on demand. There's a seven-day

22:00

trial or something like that. If people are interested, they can

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find me on Instagram and I can give them the code

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for that. Cool. So we're going to link a link

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for 108 awesome yoga poses for kids.

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We're going to put that in the show

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notes. We'll also link Yogi Bean's Instagram and

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where you can find these classes. We're going

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to put all that stuff in the show

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notes to help you folks find it out.

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Lauren, thank you again. I've been too sick

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to do a guest episode for a while.

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So this is like my celebration. I'm coming

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out of it. I'm happy to be your

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first guest bath. Yeah.

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Yeah. So it's really, really wonderful to have

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you and I hope we talk again soon.

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Yeah. Oh, this is so much fun,

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Eric. I had such a blast. All right. Thanks.

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