Month: October 2017

A Grateful Twist to a Pumpkin Craft

Tanuka GordonOctober 31, 2017

Today I had the opportunity to help with my 1st grader's Halloween party at school.Â We did a few simple yoga and movement games, but most of our...

3 Itty-Bitty Acts of Kindness

Tanuka GordonOctober 30, 2017

My younger daughter turned three earlier this month, and in keeping with our new birthday tradition I wanted us to do three acts of kindness in honor of her third birthday.Â We kept the acts...

As a Community We Rallied, We Assembled, We Helped.

Tanuka GordonOctober 17, 2017

The silver lining to a disaster is the power of community coming together to create positive change.Â After kickstarting our OrindaCares: Helping Hands for Houston project just 5 weeks ago, we...

"Wow, on behalf of our Girl Scouts troop, a heart-felt Thank You for the thoughtful and enlightening workshop! We are so excited about the breathing and movement skills you shared, linking the concepts of feeling good and doing good, and reminding us these calming tools are useful everyday! This was an invaluable workshop, really well done, and we so appreciate what you all do!”

— Bay Area parent and Girl Scout Troop leader

"I would 100% recommend this program to any school or district as a way to help students learn and utilize social/emotional life long skills and strategies to become more engaged and better learners."

— Michelle John, Superintendent, Paradise Unified

"I learned that in life you have ups and you have downs. I learned something...that is not easy to learn. I learned how much one person can change a whole community."

— 5th grade participant, Mindful Service Learning