Celebrating 20 Years!
Jan 04, 2024
In 2004, Mira moved to Chicago. Her sister, Stephanie, and her husband sold everything – cars, furniture, silverware…..and the house. They bought land in Hawaii and settled in to start building their home on The Big Island. Our mom, Cheryl, was wrapping up her role as the office manager of a presidential campaign headquarters. It was at this time we found ourselves aligned with each other in a pause between professional endeavors.
Mira had already been training yoga teachers for a couple of years and had it on her heart to create a program that aligned with the deeper philosophy and lifestyle of yoga. A program that drew on her extensive yoga studies and experience teaching, as well as her degree in child psychology.
Since Stephanie was now living in Hawaii, of course this is where we all gathered for the holidays. There, we shared our dreams for what was next on the green sand beaches and dark sky nights outside on the lanai. This is where we sketched out our business plan and created the first Global Family Yoga teacher training.
A lot has happened since then. We’ve brought our training to several other countries. We’ve expanded to reach out directly to families with our Anxious to Awesome book and 21-Day journey.
But we’ve never lost touch with our roots – training people to share the life-affirming practice of yoga with children and families.
What’s touched us most in all this time is the people we’ve met. We’re always impressed with the caliber of people who attend our trainings and workshops. They are sincere, dedicated, conscious and kind. We feel wealth beyond measure in the realm of community.
So in 2024, our 20th year of training kids and family yoga teachers, we want to celebrate YOU! We’ll share stories and pictures from our times together and we’d love to hear from you too.
Do you have a recollection from a Global Family Yoga training or workshop you’d like to share? Or, a memory of teaching kids that made you laugh, or cry, or sweat or made your heart nearly explode with joy? Mira’s had many of those experiences over the years – often in front of a group of earnest teacher trainees lined up along the edge of the room watching.
Leave a comment below! We’d love to reminisce with you.
We’ll be sharing some behind-the-scenes stories too as we celebrate 20 years. Here’s one: the founder’s photo (above and in our email signature for many years)? That was taken at the time we were first putting together the business plan and training content in Hawaii. Stephanie’s house barely had the foundation cement poured. They were staying in a tent on their property and we rented a house down the road. The flowers in the background lined the driveway of the rental home. We just happened to be wearing clothes that coordinated with them.
The Dalai Lama famously said, “If every 8-year-old in the world is taught meditation, we will eliminate violence from the world within one generation.” Mastery of the mind and emotions is an incredibly valuable life skill. Kids of all ages need help managing their moods. It’s directly linked to positive outcomes in life and leads to a more fulfilling experience for all. This is what we do, and we’re deeply honored to be doing this with you.
Thank you for being a part of our community, whether you just found us last week or have been with us since Mira first hosted trainings in her apartment living room in Chicago.
