Little-Souls : Child Wellness

09/16/2025

✨ This. Moments like these are why I do what I do. After 45 mins of playful movement and mindful breathing, all these little souls lie in stillness… eyes closed, hearts open, bodies soft.

Watching, hearing, but mostly feeling the quiet that blooms inside a room full of kids fills something deep in me. It’s the reminder that even in a busy world, children can discover their own calm, and we can help them find it.

This is what carries me forward, what nourishes me to keep sharing these practices with children everywhere. 💛🧘‍♀️

09/15/2025

We start this weekend! Reach out to sign your child up! Guaranteed fun, great learning of the $ Habits and support in how to bring this off the mat into the home for you!

🌟 Sundays are the new FUNdays 🌟

Starting Sunday, September 21, 2025

🧘‍♀️ 11:00 AM – Ages 6–8
🧘‍♂️ 12:00 PM – Ages 9–14

This season, our Kids Yoga Program is going to be extra special. Along with mindful movement, play, and breathwork, we’ll be exploring The 7 Habits of Happy Kids (inspired by The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People).

✨ Each week, we’ll focus on one powerful habit:

1️⃣ Be Proactive – You’re in charge of you.
2️⃣ Begin With the End in Mind – Create your vision and goals.
3️⃣ Put First Things First – Prioritize what matters most.
4️⃣ Think Win-Win – Look for ways everyone can succeed.
5️⃣ Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood – Practice listening with your heart.
6️⃣ Synergize – Teamwork makes us stronger together.
7️⃣ Sharpen the Saw – Care for body, mind, and spirit.

💌 After each class, parents will receive an email recap of the week’s habit + a simple way to bring it into daily family life. Because the real magic happens when kids can carry these tools off the mat and into the home.

👉 Sign up through the link in the comments or send me a DM and I’ll share details with you.

I cannot wait to share these joyful practices and life skills with your kids (and you!). As always, I’m here for any questions you may have along the way. 💛

09/11/2025

🌿 Mindful Parenting Retreat 🌿

Are you ready to meet your child where they are — while honouring your own nervous system too?

Join us for a full-day immersion designed for parents who want more than just tips — you’re craving a new way of being with your children. This is a day of wisdom, restoration, and practical tools to shift how you see and parent your child. ✨

🗓 Saturday, September 20
🕘 9am–5pm (lunch on us)
💵 $222 (+HST) — includes lifetime access to CALM Kids 101 online ($327 value)
📚 A printed workbook will be provided on the day

Your day will include:
💫 Yoga Class
💫 CALM KIDS 101
💫 Human Design Parenting
💫 Lunch (provided by us)
💫 The Wheel of Time
💫 Love Languages for Kids
💫 Conscious Communication

Come fill your cup, connect with other parents, and return home with tools that nurture both you and your child. 🌸

📩 Spots are limited — register through the link in comments

09/07/2025

It’s happening Monday evening! Last chance to sign up! (Link in Comments)

09/05/2025

✨ Apply Now – Kids Yoga Teacher Training Begins October 9 ✨

This isn’t just a certification. It’s a journey that starts with you.

Before we can guide the next generation into calm, confidence and resilience, we first learn to cultivate it in ourselves.

That’s why this training is so transformational!

Over the course of the program you’ll discover:

🌀Breath techniques and movement you can use anywhere , the classroom, the gym, before a big game, in therapy, or at home.
🌀Practices that help kids (and you!) regulate emotions, ease fear before presentations, and find steadiness in challenging moments.
🌀Meditations and self-regulation tools far beyond “just sitting still”. Creative, playful and effective for real life.

This training is for parents, teachers, coaches, gym teachers, youth workers — anyone who touches the lives of kids and wants to make a difference.

If you’re ready to transform your own inner calm and learn how to bring these tools to children who need them most in these interesting times…

✨ Apply now and join us October 9.

08/30/2025

✨ Imagine a home, a classroom, or a community where calm feels contagious. ✨

I’m inviting all parents, teachers, and anyone who loves working with kids to join me for a FREE online masterclass:

📅 Monday, September 8th at 7 pm EST
💻 Link in comments or bio to sign up

Here’s the truth I’ve discovered over the past decade of guiding both kids and adults:

👉 We can’t expect children to find their calm if we haven’t first anchored into our own.

In this masterclass, I’ll share the tried-and-tested tools I’ve used for years that help adults shift into calm—so that the kids around you naturally begin to mirror that energy.

These are simple, practical, and profoundly effective strategies that you can start using right away.

💫 Come join me live, fill your own cup of calm, and walk away with techniques that will ripple out into every child you guide, teach, or parent.

This is free, online, and open to all who are ready to bring more peace and presence into their world.

✨ Your calm is their calm. Let’s begin together. ✨

08/26/2025

🌟 Sundays are the new FUNdays 🌟

Starting Sunday, September 21, 2025

🧘‍♀️ 11:00 AM – Ages 6–8
🧘‍♂️ 12:00 PM – Ages 9–14

This season, our Kids Yoga Program is going to be extra special. Along with mindful movement, play, and breathwork, we’ll be exploring The 7 Habits of Happy Kids (inspired by The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People).

✨ Each week, we’ll focus on one powerful habit:

1️⃣ Be Proactive – You’re in charge of you.
2️⃣ Begin With the End in Mind – Create your vision and goals.
3️⃣ Put First Things First – Prioritize what matters most.
4️⃣ Think Win-Win – Look for ways everyone can succeed.
5️⃣ Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood – Practice listening with your heart.
6️⃣ Synergize – Teamwork makes us stronger together.
7️⃣ Sharpen the Saw – Care for body, mind, and spirit.

💌 After each class, parents will receive an email recap of the week’s habit + a simple way to bring it into daily family life. Because the real magic happens when kids can carry these tools off the mat and into the home.

👉 Sign up through the link in the comments or send me a DM and I’ll share details with you.

I cannot wait to share these joyful practices and life skills with your kids (and you!). As always, I’m here for any questions you may have along the way. 💛

08/19/2025

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Are you or your child(ren) feeling the nervousness and worry about the upcoming school year?
Anxiety makes school hard for kids. For caregivers, it can sometimes be hard to notice. Anxiety can be confused with upset stomachs, acting out, ADHD or even learning disorders. And there are different kinds of anxiety that might come up at school. Kids may worry about everything from separating from parents, to school bullies, to speaking up in class, or even worrying that their work has to be perfect. These sorts of issues, and others can result in emotional, physical, and energetic challenges and changes. Kids may start talking about their fears about school, have difficulty with sleep, and/or appetite, experience irritability or go through bouts of crying, and frequent need for reassurance. If you or your child needs support with this transition or you have concerns about the upcoming school year, reach out, we can help.

Call or text, 705-665-1113 or via email:
melissa@insights-counselling.ca or find us on the web: www.insights-counselling.ca

DISCLAIMER: Social media content is for informational and educational purposes, and is not a substitute for professional treatment or diagnosis. Social media platforms do not establish a therapist-client relationship at Insights Counselling and Therapy Services.

08/17/2025

Our weekly schedule is now set — with classes every day of the week to support your practice. 🌙☀️

As routines begin to settle this September, we’d love to welcome you onto the mat. Whether you’re easing back into movement or deepening your flow, there’s something for everyone — gentle, grounding, energizing, restorative.

🌿 Drop-in classes
🌿 Monthly memberships
🌿 Annual options for your steady practice

All are welcome here. Come move, breathe, and reconnect in community.
We can’t wait to see you in class. Saturday kids schedule will be coming out soon!

08/13/2025

If this summer has felt like a blur of rushing, tending, and giving… this is your gentle invitation to pause.

Tonight at 6:30, I’m guiding a one-hour Yoga Nidra — a deeply restorative practice also known as NSDR (non-sleep deep rest). You simply lie down, get cozy, and allow your body to rest while your mind is guided into a state of calm repair.

This isn’t just rest, it’s a return to yourself. A chance to refill your patience, your presence, and your peace so you can finish the last leg of summer feeling grounded instead of drained.

Wear something soft, and let me hold the space for you.
You don’t need to “do” anything, simply receive.

Tonight | 6:30 PM | Lotus and Light Yoga Studio
Your body and mind will thank you.

07/31/2025

I’m teaching Tuesday evening Vinyasa and Wednesday evening Yiga Nidra! Come join us in our magical space!

Here is a sneak peek at our weekly class schedule for the month of August. You can join us for individual classes (22$) or purchase a monthly unlimited pass for $100+hst and attend all five classes each week. This monthly special is for August only. There are also 5 & 10 class passes also available.

In September, there will be more classes added to the weekly schedule including, Wednesday morning, Thursday late afternoon and evening, and Sunday mornings. Keep watch for workshops and our specialty 90-minute classes including Lunar Astrology yoga, Ladies nights, Couples Yoga, Kid's yoga, and more!

COMING SOON: An app you can access to directly schedule your classes, purchase packages, passes, or memberships. We are hoping for the app to go live prior to the beginning of August.

In the meantime, if you are interested, reach out and we can get you connected! Call or Text: 705-665-1113.
www.lotusandlightyoga.ca

Come check it out, and get a feel for the space, the teachers, and our trauma-informed community. We are looking forward to meeting you.

05/26/2025

Last chance to join the In person Workshop ( May 26 )+ lifetime online access! Come have some fun in person, bring your questions! Small intimate group tomorrow (Monday May 26!)

Details & Sign up below:
https://little-souls.com/studio-calm-kids-101-workshop

✨8 Modules. $16 each. A calm foundation for life. ✨

Have you ever wished you knew how to help a child regulate, breathe, and come to calm - without yelling, shutting down, or losing your own center?

That’s why I created Calm Kids 101.

This self-paced online training gives you simple, powerful tools to regulate your own nervous system and co-regulate with the kids around you. ❤️

You’ll learn:
✔️ Breath, movement + mindfulness practices
✔️ Tools for self-regulation (for you AND the kids)
✔️ Fun ways to create calm, connection, and confidence

What you get:
📘 40-page Calm Kids 101 Printable Book
🎁 BONUS: 5 Love Languages for Kids Workshop
🌀 Lifetime access + ongoing updates
💬 Monthly support calls (1st of each month)

Link in comments. Discount Coupon Code: CALM2025