The Kids Wellness Podcast
The Kids Wellness Podcast
Podcast Description
The Kids Wellness Podcast is your hub for creating happier, healthier lives for children. Hosted by Giselle Shardlow M.Ed., founder of Kids Yoga Stories, this podcast features inspiring guests from all areas of children’s health and wellness. Whether you’re an educator, pediatric therapist, yoga instructor, counselor, parent, or anyone working with kids, each episode offers practical tools, engaging stories, and expert insights to help children thrive emotionally and physically. Join us as we explore easy-to-implement wellness practices to create calm spaces, foster resilience, and support young minds and bodies.
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Content Themes
The podcast covers a variety of themes related to children's wellbeing, including mindfulness techniques, emotional intelligence development, inclusive teaching strategies, and self-care for educators. Specific episode topics include mindfulness practices, adapting yoga for diverse abilities, and effective teaching methods for underserved schools.

The Kids Wellness Podcast is your hub for creating happier, healthier lives for children. Hosted by Giselle Shardlow M.Ed., founder of Kids Yoga Stories, this podcast features inspiring guests from all areas of children’s health and wellness. Whether you’re an educator, pediatric therapist, yoga instructor, counselor, parent, or anyone working with kids, each episode offers practical tools, engaging stories, and expert insights to help children thrive emotionally and physically. Join us as we explore easy-to-implement wellness practices to create calm spaces, foster resilience, and support young minds and bodies.
Join Giselle Shardlow, founder of Kids Yoga Stories, and Nicole Koleshis from Seattle Kids Yoga as they talk about how yoga transforms sensory experiences for children. Learn practical tips and get insights into integrating mindfulness and movement into your children’s lives from an experienced occupational therapist.
Some highlights: – Learn about Nicole’s background as an occupational therapist and how it informs her unique approach to kids yoga, which includes sensory integration. – Get valuable advice for new yoga teachers on slowly introducing sensory activities and ensuring they are tailored to children’s individual needs. – Understand the crucial role of choice in yoga classes for sensory-sensitive children, as well as how to adapt classes for sensory seekers and avoiders. – Find out about the sensory-focused kids yoga teacher training and workshop taking place in Seattle, and explore Nicole’s book “Yoga for Little Kids” for accessible practices
Find Nicole Koleshis here: Website: https://seattlekidsyoga.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seattlekidsyoga Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SeattleYogaforKids/ Nicole’s yoga card deck: https://seattlekidsyoga.com/cards Nicole’s yoga book: https://amzn.to/3v8euq9
🧘🏽♂️🧘♀️🧘🏿♀️ Kids Yoga Stories, a mom-run and mom-operated business, was founded in 2012 by former classroom teacher and certified yoga instructor Giselle Shardlow. During her travels and time teaching grades kindergarten through fifth grade in Guatemala, Australia, Canada, and the United States, Giselle witnessed the need to address childhood illiteracy, obesity, and stress. She blended her passions of yoga, mindfulness, and education to create books, card decks, and educational resources to provide classroom teachers, school staff, coaches, and parents with the tools to bring yoga and mindfulness to children everywhere.
Connect with us: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kidsyogastories Website: https://www.kidsyogastories.com/ Shop: https://shop.kidsyogastories.com/

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