05/15/2026
Yesterday at Big Blue Marble Windy Hill, the kids danced to I’m a Survivor the Chippettes rendition… and honestly? It hit different standing in a room full of educators.
A few days ago, I listened to a talk from the Covid era about first responders.
Doctors were applauded.
Nurses were applauded.
Rightfully so.
But there was very little acknowledgment for teachers, caregivers, and school staff... the people who still showed up every day to hold together the emotional atmosphere of childhood while the world itself felt emotionally feral.
Because schools were never just about academics.
They’ve always quietly been places where children learn safety, expression, conflict, confidence, grief, friendship, frustration, regulation, and trust.
That invisible labor?
That’s the real underbelly of education.
And still, there are people who hear words like mindfulness, movement, breathwork, emotional intelligence, and immediately reduce it to “cute yoga poses” or “hokey pokey wellness stuff.”
Meanwhile, educators are carrying classrooms full of tiny nervous systems trying to make sense of an increasingly loud world.
Big Blue Marble Windy Hill understood the assignment.
They are intentionally creating language, movement, and experiences that allow children to feel seen, heard, affirmed, and emotionally equipped. They are giving children opportunities to practice emotional intelligence instead of merely defining it on a classroom poster.
And The Little Yogis Enrichment Program is honored to support that mission.
Because yoga in schools was never about turning children into miniature gurus sitting silently on meditation pillows.
It’s about helping children recognize themselves.
It’s about breath before reaction.
It’s about confidence in their bodies.
It’s about kindness that isn’t forced.
It’s about helping educators and students move from merely surviving the day… into actually impacting one another in a career built almost entirely on care.
And frankly, that work deserves more applause
