<![CDATA[MIRADOR Yoga & Creativity School - Blog]]>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 20:54:38 -0400Weebly<![CDATA[One More Week of Summer Camp: An Activity to do + Gratitude & Reflection]]>Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:07:31 GMThttps://www.miradorkidsyoga.com/blog/one-more-week-of-summer-camp-an-activity-to-do-gratitude-reflection
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​"Summer in a Jar"  A Sensory Time Capsule

This  week is   about   celebration, gratitude and reflection.   We   also   learn   to   manage   emotions   during   this   transition  to   a  new school   year.   Enjoy  this   fun   activity.

What we do:   In our summer camp activity during this last week, we will go on a mindful walk together on our retreat property here  at the Lotus Heart Centre (at home you can walk to your favorite summer spot—the backyard, a park, the beach).   
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I let the children know that we will be collecting small items that remind us   the season: a smooth stone, a feather, a shell, a fallen leaf, a flower petal. Each child will have a  jar and place the items inside. We can also decide to   write down our favorite summer memories on small slips of paper and add them to the jar.   I will   assist the younger children   with this task.   

Our Mindful element:    As we  collect each item, we engage the senses. 

"Feel how smooth this stone is. Smell this pinecone. Listen to the crunch of these leaves." This practice encourages presence and gratitude for the summer that has passed.

 **Later we can create a list of things that we are grateful for from the summer camp experiences we shared together.   I   will handwrite   this  list   on   a   big   board   while   the   kids   take turns   sharing.

For example: 
  • Something that made    you happy. 
  • Something that was fun to play with.
  • Something that tasted    delicious.
  • Something that made  a beautiful sound.
  • A place where you made a great memory.
Mindful element:  This directs our focus to the positive experiences of the past two    months, ending the summer camp season on a note of appreciation and abundance rather than loss.   

​The most important thing is to create moments of joy and connection that will become the final, brilliant chapter of the children's  summer camp story.

Cezarina Trone has 30 years experience teaching children and working with families in Canada and internationally and she facilitates engaging programming where children feel safe and soothed. Her greatest strength is her child-centered creativity and offering unique strategies that support co-regulation with children and youth. She finds the ‘spark’ in each child and creates spaces where all children are excited to learn. Cezarina has considerable experience working with children who experience neurodiversity or developmental trauma. 

Our Camp activities include nature hikes and explorations, arts and crafts workshops, mindfulness and kids yoga, music, cooperative games, picnics, drama, dance, scavenger hunts, SEL and science explorations, to name a few! Children spend the day outside and in the spacious indoor studio. 

Contact information: 

Please email cezarina.trone@gmail.com or info@lotusheartcentre.ca or call 1-416-543-4800 with summer camp-related questions for for MIRADOR Children's yoga & mindfulness teacher training certifications. 
]]><![CDATA[Our Three Brains]]>Sun, 21 Feb 2021 15:40:40 GMThttps://www.miradorkidsyoga.com/blog/our-three-brainsDid you know that we are born with three brains?
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 In my   many years of teaching  children  and families  to stay open to the connection between mind and heart , I knew there was always more to experience within our Body's Inner Universe. But it wasn't until  Oct 2019 that I fully  embarked into this deeper exploration of the  three brains and how we can practically   use this knowledge in our daily life (teaching,  living , embodying a sense of harmony within).   I   first began to apply   myself to what I had discovered   in my   Tepp Facilitator training   with   Philip Sheperd (author of  "Radical Wholeness" & "New Self, New World" books).   One basic tool of practicing this  embodiment was to BE AWARE  of how we simply tend to stay focused within our first brain  (most of the time) due to our cultural conditioning, and how sometimes we   do enjoy   travelling   between first brain anf third brain in the heart as we practice yoga and meditation...and lastly, how  we miss  "that something else"   we  had not been taught   to trust   as children growing up (our primal connection to our pelvic brain,   our   gateway to wholeness).    Here are a few notes to help you in your own path of Inner DISCOVERY  of these three brains and their constant flow of action in your daily life. 


BRAIN   ONE

is the brain in the head (this is where we consciously think. It is by nature exclusive and it excels at analysis, abstraction, known relationship, control, and systemization.)

BRAIN TWO 

is the pelvic brain in the belly (this is where we can consciously be. It is by nature inclusive and 
it excels at integration, felt relationship, harmony and Deep Presence).

BRAIN THREE
is the brain in the heart (this is where our wholeness meets the world's wholeness.)
 
All three brains are complementary and designed to work together. Unlike most cultures, our western culture has been committed to the strengths of the 1st brain (the one in the head) which has thrown our culture off balance, reinforcing the sense of isolation (a divided state) and making people incapable of moving into wholeness (which is their divine birthright).  

WHAT limits our sensitivity to wholeness is always found in the body.
 
I am sharing  an embodiment  exercise below that can help you sustain an easy daily practice for experiencing a DEEP Sense of Stillness (as it moves the mental energy down to the pelvic floor and activates the 2nd brain every time we can do this). Enjoy and repeat and be amazed at the Super intelligence that rises from the belly into the now moment.


Namaste,  Cezarina

]]><![CDATA[Collective Lotus Mudra with Children]]>Fri, 17 Feb 2017 15:02:27 GMThttps://www.miradorkidsyoga.com/blog/february-17th-2017
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Back in 2007 when I was a K-1 school teacher in Niger, West Africa...my early morning routine before I walked to
the school to teach...was a meditation of empowering mother Africa to shine forth. I had a big paper cut out of the whole continent on my bedroom door and I would place my hands on my heart, gather my heartbeats then transfer my universal love to the whole energy of what Africa stands for...I felt so privileged to have been given that assignment for three years while teaching beautiful children to become kind leaders of a new world.

My love and inner knowing that one day Africa will rise in the world and amaze us has never left me...in my yoga and mindfulness circles with my young yogis this week I shared an old African story and we moved through the poses until we reached a moment of divine synchronicity...the mother in the story was willing to befriend a lion and endager her life for her son. As the children came
to a cobra pose together on the classroom
carpet, I saw their hands connecting as a collective lotus mudra right on the African continent ( and this was not planned)...and yet what I witnessed next was miraculous:


We all became petals of this LOTUS of our collective heart and we took time
to breathe love into ourselves and then into all of Africa. Memories of my time in Niger paraded before my mind's eyes... All past and present and future as ONE MOMENT of Deep Reverence to All Life Everywhere!

NAMASTE,

Cezarina & Magical Mirador yoga friends
]]><![CDATA[Prickly Porcupine Kids Yoga : Fall Theme]]>Fri, 07 Oct 2016 21:23:22 GMThttps://www.miradorkidsyoga.com/blog/prickly-porcupine-kids-yoga-fall-themeyes, this very cute talking porcupine inspired a whole kids yoga adventure...and you can start by showing this video to the children and allowing them to imagine a new story emerge...where a talking porcupine sets on a journey to find delicious pumpkins...

DID you know...that porcupines even climb trees to find food if they set their mind to do it?
FREE Porcupine Yoga  Pose, Poem and COLORING Page

Life Coaching Skills & Mindfulness Notes to Enhance Your Lesson:


In this short & cute kindle story  for beginner reader phonics, the prickly porcupine has to  overcome his challenge  of not being able to play with other animals in the park due to his prickly quills.  This particularly prickly problem  gets resolved  in the end when a family of more prickly porcupines  arrive  at the park the next day.  (link to the book)

Coaching questions:
  • Should Porcupine be sad that she is different?
  •  What could she do if no other porcupines show up?
]]><![CDATA[Building Bridges to the Moon]]>Tue, 20 Oct 2015 04:33:27 GMThttps://www.miradorkidsyoga.com/blog/-building-bridges-to-the-moonHave you yet tried to take a Poem and TURN IT into MOTION with children? Allow each word to move you from inside out into a new space of WONDER? Let us play with this lovely moon Poem written by Kenneth E. Pennigton.
Staring out the window at the MOON up so high
I wish I could  touch it  If only I had
​the means  to try...

(Moon Yoga Pose...and mindful  tip toeing )

I'd build a castle up so tall
it would reach up to the sky
I'd stand on top and raise my hands
to touch the MOON as it went by.

(Kids can make up a castle pose...)

OR maybe I could build a boat
with sails that could catch the wind...
(Boat pose...Wind  movements)
to pick me up off the ocean
and take me to the MOON and then...
(Ocean  Breath...Moon Yoga Pose)

I would build a bridge
that would lead to my back door
Anytime I wanted to
I could go there and explore. 
(Bridge Pose)


So if you're staring out of a window
of your very own bedroom
with a little imagination
build your bridge to the moon
Maybe you could join me soon.

(poem by: Kenneth E. Pennigton)



ART by Kelly Ann (thepoppytree  on Etsy.com) 
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I thrive on using yoga, mindfulness and life coaching tools to children such as feeling their own inner power as they breathe, move and embody any story line... Today was a great day to introduce a flavor of Fall as we welcomed the Autumn Equinox into our changing seasons and lives.  I found this lovely apple star story and adapted it in different ways to teach 2 year olds during the morning... and then later in the day, I introduced it to 9-12 year olds ( as a creative experiment). 

WHAT FUN we all had indeed!
My favorite part...as we closed our eyes and pretended to be stars shining brightly and beaming our lights into the world around us.  You can do it now as well:
 "...let’s make sure we are RADIANT and Filled with LIGHT ourselves first to have enough to give to others later. Breathe in and draw the Light into your body slowly until you feel like a pure transmitter of Light. As you sit crisscross and with your back straight, open palms towards the center of the circle and feel light radiating out; feel your heart beaming light as well as your forehead and top of your head. Let us practice this state of being the Light Source. (I also took time here to ask them whom we should be sending light and love to…)

It is so delightful to hear the children take turns and share whom they chose to be sending light and love to... lost dogs, sick people, starving kids, etc...

Nevertheless, we added this story to our collection of others for   our MIRADOR Kids Yoga Teacher & Creativity Coaching  Practicum for the 95 Hour Children's Yoga Certification with Yoga Alliance.  Enjoy it for yourself  today! 


LET THAT INNER CHILD COME ALIVE!

The Story of the APPLE STAR

We beamed the light  to each other, then to the world around us...
We  talked about being stars in our own constellation...
ENJOY our FREE Apple Star Yoga Story here:

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]]><![CDATA[A World of Endless Play Possibilities...]]>Sat, 13 Jun 2015 04:31:01 GMThttps://www.miradorkidsyoga.com/blog/a-world-of-endless-play-possibilitiesAs we had embarked on our Mirador Kids Yoga Teacher & Creativity Coaching Training Journey back in March 2015, our first hour together was a CONTEMPLATION on what it really meant to BE with a child, and how to hold space for that miraculous and magical BEING we called  'child'. 
Then it was my turn to share this MAYA poem with my wonderful co-creators and told them how it was inspired by an actual yoga session with children. Maya (one of my brilliant yogini friends) simply came in with her bottle of fairy dust and asked permission to mark our foreheads... then she gifted us special stones she had brought from her journey to Yellow Springs OH. I will never forget that moment of watching her move around the circle with such Poise and Presence. In his book 'The Secret Spiritual World of Children', Dr. Tobin Hart reinforces that ..."children learn especially though their free play with the world...playing together brings out the inner seed, or soul. Play enables children to find and define themselves. Without sufficient free space, especially psychological space, it becomes difficult to play out our inner natures. Play is the holy work of children. And as adults, play can help nourish our own spontaneity, vitality, and simple joy. Do we give both our children and ourselves space to be playful?"

The answer: there is a world of endless play possibilities out there. 
Make sure you find some to delight in. 
MAYA

 A poem for every child of NOW…

She marked my forehead   with her fairy dust

And brought me magic stones…and oh, that smile

just pulled me back again into most dazzling

vortex of creation: the inner chamber of my own heart.

She knows I know one is the center of everything and

one is free in every direction… She thrives to hear me shout

out into the world,  “One must cultivate deep reverence

for a child’s presence…and then the Being called  ‘ child’

comes forth as a breathtaking force of Brilliance and Delight…

So, please cultivate reverence for every child’s presence.

Fall in love with their silent teachings of Light and Love…”

She also knows I often grow quiet after our playtime together

So all the wisdom we have shared can seep

through our cells into the New Earth…

 (Poem by Cezarina Trone ~ March 2014)
]]><![CDATA[Celebrate Mother's Day with a FUN yoga story]]>Thu, 07 May 2015 03:22:27 GMThttps://www.miradorkidsyoga.com/blog/celebrate-mothers-day-with-a-fun-yoga-storyAs you watch the video, take a mindful break and observe this beautiful mother and her son. Go beyond the surface...

Yes, we showed up to have fun together and to co-create a magical experience in the moment, but there is MORE there and you could miss it if you rush through.

I am asking you to breathe in the energy of this 
                                                                    love affair with life.


Savor the sweetness of a mother's love for her child during PLAY time together. Notice the silly moments, the freedom to simply be comfortable in one's skin without expectations. Feel the excitement of the adventure we embarked on for no other reason than being in JOY. 
And perhaps...you might drop us a delightful note or comment to expand our JOY of knowing you live in the WONDER of your inner child-like kingdom as well.


HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!


Namaste,


Cezarina :)  
]]><![CDATA[He Showed This Wild Woman The Way]]>Mon, 27 Apr 2015 17:40:53 GMThttps://www.miradorkidsyoga.com/blog/he-showed-this-wild-woman-the-wayWe were honored to have Jenn Prine as a guest yesterday during our MIRADOR KIDS YOGA TEACHER TRAINING as she shared her personal journey of mothering a beautiful autistic boy for these past seven years. When teaching autistic children and other special children, we must truly MOVE from within the highest vibration to be able to support them energetically as needed.
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HE SHOWED THIS WILD WOMAN THE WAY
Poem By Jenn Prine


She tried doing it the world’s way — she really did.
She had the marriage.
She had the kids.
She had the house.
She had the dog.
She had the successful career.
And for what? To be dead inside?
At what cost? Her soul?
And why? Because the world told her it was so?

But then he came along.
He wasn’t in alignment with what the world saw as the perfect formula for a happy life.
He was different.
He never did what was expected.
People didn’t understand him.
And the true beauty of it is — he still doesn’t.
This is why he is magic.
He’s just her beautiful, magical autistic boy.

She did grieve at first.
But slowly over time all those egoic formulas and societal paradigms just fell away
And she finally got to see him in all his radiance
And he just came to life right before her eyes.

Through it all she was transformed from the inside out.
She set her entire life up in flames.
Nothing at all looks the same around her.
She’s surrounded by magic, beauty and light.
She absolutely went to hell but ascended to the heavens
In order to rise back up and be with her son.

She also does things her own way now.
She forges her own path through the wilderness
In search of her truth and her bliss.

She is a wild woman.
And he is the one that graciously came 
into her life to show her the way…



]]><![CDATA[The Praying Fish: let children lead]]>Sat, 25 Apr 2015 17:35:17 GMThttps://www.miradorkidsyoga.com/blog/the-praying-fish
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You will always hear me say:

LET THE CHILDREN LEAD parts of your yoga classes...

The New Children know how easy it is to shift energy by using the right pose...

I AM thrilled now to introduce the PRAYING FISH, a new yoga pose created by Maya (my beautiful & brilliant seven year old yoga student & co-creator of magical experiences). 

Fish yoga pose allows for enhanced communication and speaking our truth (activating the throat chakra ). Take a moment now to look at this pose and observe what your body sensations are (even without trying the pose yourself). This is a simple embodiment exercise where all parts of you (mind, senses, emotions) come together to BECOME ALIVE from within. Make a wish for: Clear Communication = Easy Flowing Relationships

Maya modified the regular fish pose in our kids yoga class this week (by bending knees and adding the prayer hands above her heart center). It all happened spontaneously, as the life force energy (prana) in her body was simply flowing and then it easily allowed her to express by showing us something brand new and exciting: the praying fish! I was speechless again... as I often am around these brilliant children. 


WHERE CAN WE TAKE THIS CREATION NEXT?

In our Mirador Kids Yoga Teacher Training, we can take this new pose beyond the form into the design of an entire YOGA STORY (using specific yoga sequences, songs, dance and empowering affirmations) and then it becomes pure creative alchemy: teacher/parent and children weaving magical miraculous experiences together. 

WISHING YOU LOVE & CREATIVITY in every step...
Cezarina
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