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Lumina Family Yoga, Windsor, ON (2025)

08/29/2023

Please help us welcome Rebecca to The Shala’s team of teachers - we are so excited to have her join the studio 🙏🏼✨

Rebecca will be bringing some cooling balance to our offerings by leading her Restorative Yin class on Tuesday evenings from 7:30-8:30pm. This class focuses on release, recovery, and greater flexibility. It’s also a great opportunity to bring along any yoga props that you have, and allow for extra cozy relaxation.

The first session is next week, on Tuesday, September 5th. Register at www.theshalawindsor.com/schedule, or follow the link in our bio 🫶🏼

06/30/2022

School’s out for Summer! ☀️🍉 It’s the best time of year to kick back and relax, and have fun!

This year I’m pleased to offer backyard yoga where I will travel to YOU and engage your kids (and their friends) in some yoga, mindfulness, and fun. Family classes are also available.

Don’t have an outdoor space? No problem! I can also travel to a park of your choosing and host a class there (parental supervision may be required).

For inquiries, please email rebecca.reagan01@gmail.com and specify the location, number of children, ages of children, and preferred dates. Questions? Send me an email or DM and I would be happy to answer them!

Namaste and have a wonderful Summer. 🕉🌻

04/16/2022

EASTER YOGA 🐰🐣

Today in my private girls group we did a special Easter class with the theme of “filling your basket”. After some self-hug breaths and an egg hunt with yoga poses inside, the girls all took some pom poms and filled each other’s baskets by giving a compliment, making the other person laugh, or giving a smile or a hug. The girls were all so sweet to each other and we discussed the importance of focusing on non-appearance based compliments, of which they showed me many examples.

However, my favourite part of the class 💓 was when I began to give instructions on who to give their pom poms to. I gave prompts such as “someone who makes you laugh” and “someone who is always thinking of others” and they all made sure that everyone had a turn to shine. ✨ By the end, everyone ended up with the same or close to the same number of pom poms that they started with too.

The best part about teaching kids yoga is that I’m always in a constant state of awe over the inherent thoughtfulness and compassion that kids have, at all ages. It is through these acts that I am reminded of my WHY and the way that yoga and mindfulness empower us to share the best versions of ourselves with others. 🌈💛

To all those who celebrate, have a blessed holiday weekend and Hoppy Easter! 🐰🙏🏻

01/13/2022

✨ BREATHING BALL BREATHS:

Using a Hoberman sphere, we can visualize our breath. Breathe naturally. As you breathe in, pull outwards to expand the ball just like the lungs expand when you fill them up with air. As you breathe out, collapse the ball inwards to contract the ball just like the lungs contract when you exhale to push air out of the body. Repeat as many times as needed to help you feel present.

*Tip: If you want to feel calm, slow this breath down and see how deeply you can breathe in and out. Try expanding your belly like a balloon as you breathe in, and feel your belly pull in as your bellybutton moves towards your spine as you breathe out. Notice how this makes you feel.

**For a fun variation, try using the ball to breathe quickly, taking short breaths in and out. Notice how this makes you feel, and how your body responds to this type of breathing. For example, does this breath remind you of what it feels like to be anxious, or scared? What kind of breathing can you use to calm down in these situations?

Even if you don’t have a Hoberman sphere to visualize the breath, I encourage you to use your hands or have children place their hands on their bellies to help them see their breath. Bringing awareness into the body can help children navigate tough feelings and calm down during heightened emotional states. Breathing together is also a wonderful family activity that can help you feel more connected to and closer to your loved ones. 🤗💛🙏🏻

10/29/2021

Happy weekend (or almost the weekend) everyone! 🎉💛

I wanted to share this quote today by author Roald Dahl because it describes one of the core values that I teach in my children’s, adult, and family yoga classes. That is, to think kind thoughts and speak kind words. I teach a lot about how much power our thoughts can have, and go through exercises with students that focus on coping with negative thoughts and replacing them with positive affirmations. But this quote also focuses on beauty, and how our external beauty is a direct product of how we feel on the inside and how positive our self-talk is. That is to say that, when we believe in our minds and our hearts that we are worthy, smart, and/or beautiful people - then we will appear that way to others too!

Understanding that sometimes negative thoughts happen and that they can make us feel ugly on the inside, we should acknowledge that those feelings are okay and valid too. That’s when we can practice breathing in the “big me” (the best version of ourselves) and breathing out the “little me” (the part of us that feels insecure or unworthy). But more on that in another post!

I hope everyone goes into their weekend with the reminder that our thoughts can not only make us feel better on the inside, but they can also shape how we are seen by others and how we make others feel. So take the time to give yourself some happy thoughts, and share your good thoughts with someone else too. 🙏🏻💛

10/12/2021

I am thrilled to share that I will be teaching an all-ages outdoor family yoga class at the MHAD Fest Wellness Fair at Lanspeary Park. My class is on Saturday October 16th at 12pm but the event will be happening all weekend with lots of amazing workshops and classes (see full event schedule) as well as vendors. All workshops/classes are by donation. Looking forward to seeing some familiar faces and meeting some new ones! 🥰🙏🏻💛 Serenity Song Community Association

09/01/2021

Check out our feature on the Fashion And Beauty United Windsor page, and go give them a like!! 🙏🏻💛

07/23/2021

🕉 WELLNESS BOX ITEM #6:

The final items in the wellness box are class passes for both family yoga and children’s yoga!

The children’s yoga pass is valid for up to 4 children, so you are welcome to invite siblings, neighbours, or friends to participate in the class with you! The family yoga pass is valid for up to a family of 6, and any members of the family are welcome to participate.

If you have any questions about the class passes, please do not hesitate to send me a message! Have a great weekend everyone. 🙏🏻☀️

07/22/2021

🕉 WELLNESS BOX ITEMS #4 and #5:

Today is a 2-for-1 as I reveal both box designs AND the sweet treats included in the box!

First, the actual boxes are beautifully designed with uplifting messages - one reads “Let Your Creativity Shine” and the other reads “Radiate Kindness”. These boxes are well-made and perfect to use as a memory box or a place to store your child’s “wellness toolkit” - which can simply be a collection of their favourite things, or things that can help them feel calm and grounded when they are experiencing big emotions. It is very important for children to have a place to store their special things, so it could be a fun family activity to help them pick out some things in their room or around the house to add to their box.

Next, our sweet treat in the box is a package of cookies from . These cookies are unbelievably delicious and the two flavours selected for the box (birthday cake shortbread and olive oil + sea salt chocolate) are kid-favourites! Please note that gluten-free and vegan cookies are available for substitution upon request so please let me know of any dietary restrictions when ordering your box.

I hope you enjoyed seeing the box designs and sweet treats in the box! I will be posting our last box items tomorrow so watch out for that. Have a great rest of your day. 🤗🙏🏻

07/21/2021

🕉 WELLNESS BOX ITEM #3:

Today I’m featuring our mindful art activity! In this activity, children/teens are encouraged to use their creativity to create a beautiful mandala using the template provided. The double ended markers provided have different size tips on each end, allowing for variety in dotting or creating shapes in the mandala.

The goal in this activity is to be present and focus on creating art without judgment. Each mandala is meant to be unique and there are absolutely no rules with this art activity except to enjoy the few mindful minutes it takes to complete it. I chose this activity because it is safe and suitable for all ages, and the markers can be used for drawing or creating more mandalas on paper or other surfaces.

To those that have received the box, happy creating and I hope to see your mandalas posted online! 🎨💛 Feel free to tag in posts so I can see your work. Have a great day everyone! 🙏🏻

07/20/2021

🕉 WELLNESS BOX ITEM #2:

Each box will include one of two books, based on the age of the child receiving it. The book will be either:

▫️I Am The Jungle: A Yoga Adventure by Melissa Hurt - this book takes you on an exciting adventure as you combine movement with imagination to experience all the sights, sounds, and feelings of the jungle. As you can tell by the cover, the illustrations in this book are absolutely beautiful (and so is illustrator Katy Tanis’ Instagram ). This book is a wonderful introduction to yoga for children and fun for many ages. Not only that, in this book children will also learn to identify different emotions while practicing the yoga poses. There is also even a section for learning pose benefits and their Sanskrit names! It was such a perfect find that I knew it would be a great addition to this box.

OR

▫️Be Happy. Be Calm. Be You.: A Mindfulness Journal for Teens by Sara Katherine - this book is a great introduction to journaling for teens and tweens or a great addition to their current journaling practice. Filled with 100 creative journal prompts, this book is designed to relieve teens of worries and stress and instead focus on being present in the here and now. Journal prompts include everything from writing exercises to drawing, with lots of tips, affirmations, and meditations to help teens navigate all types of situations. And, with a release date of earlier this year, it includes current and up-to-date examples of the issues teens care about most. This is the type of book that I wish I had through my tween/teen years and one that I think will have a profound impact on youth wellbeing.

Please let me know what you think of these books if you’ve received a box, or like this post if your child would love to receive one of these books! Have a great day everyone. ☀️🙏🏻

07/19/2021

🕉 WELLNESS BOX ITEM #1:

An affirmation shirt by ! I am so excited to feature this Canadian brand. I found them online when searching for ethical loungewear and absolutely fell in love with their mission. These super soft shirts have the positive message “Just Be You” written on the front with a special tag on the bottom that has an affirmation written on the inside. I have worn this shirt teaching so many times and kiddos always want to know what the secret message on Miss Rebecca’s shirt is!

Want to know the best part of the affirmation shirts? Pure Balanxed also has adult sizes available for purchase on their website, so you can match with your kids!

As a reminder, when ordering your box please specify which size of kids shirt you would like included in the box. Sizes available include 8, 10, and 12 (the size 12 fits loose and similar to a women’s size small). If you have any other questions about the fit, please don’t hesitate to send me a message! Have a great day everyone and watch out for a detailed post about item #2 tomorrow. ☺️🙏🏻

07/16/2021

Feeling like a kid on Christmas morning finally being able to share this with you…

I’ve created a limited edition WELLNESS BOX FOR CHILDREN AND TEENS. 🙏🏻🕉 Valued at over $120, this box includes several items to support your child’s wellness including yoga class passes, books, a mindful art activity, a special affirmation shirt (Miss Rebecca has the same one!), and some sweet treats! I will be posting about each item in the box individually next week, but I couldn’t resist revealing the entire box today.

These boxes are available now for purchase at $50 each, including delivery within Windsor. If you are outside of Windsor but within Windsor-Essex County, delivery will be an additional $10. There is also an option for free pickup in Walkerville!

If you are interested in purchasing a box, please send me a message with your child’s age, the size of shirt you would like included in the box (sizes available are 8, 10, and 12), and whether you would prefer delivery or pickup. For reference, a size 12 shirt fits like a women’s small (loose-fitting). I have limited quantities of each shirt size so some sizes will be first come first serve!

Finally, because one of the core values in my business is to make yoga and wellness accessible to all, regardless of financial situation - I will be giving away one box to a child of a family that demonstrates financial need. If you would like to nominate your child or a child of someone you know, please send me a direct message letting me know why you believe they would benefit from this box and the class passes in it. Please do not be shy about submitting to me for this giveaway and remain assured that all information will be kept confidential.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask! Thanks so much everyone for your support so far and have a wonderful weekend. ☺️💛

07/15/2021

When I was first telling some of my close family and friends the idea for my business, I frequently got asked about my business name. Now, I didn’t just pick it because it sounded nice - I actually spent quite a bit of time deciding what yoga meant to me and what values I wanted to bring into my business.

Lumina (plural of lumen) in Latin means light. To me, light is symbolic of a few things - starting with when we say to each other “the light in me sees and honours the light in you”, which is commonly associated with the meaning of “Namaste” (which actually means something else - but that is another discussion). When I first started practicing yoga, this phrase stuck with me because I see light as goodness that we all have inside of us. And it is important for the goodness in us to recognize the goodness in others. To me, that is how we feel ‘oneness’ with others which is the literal experience of yoga.

Another reason that I chose the name Lumina is because I have always felt a special connection to the sun - a symbol often used to represent joy and life. In Astrology (which is another interest of mine), your sun sign is the version of yourself that you shine out into the world and it inspires you to be the fullest expression of yourself. To me, yoga and mindfulness have allowed me to become my best and most authentic self, as well as empowered me to share my light with others. Not only that, as mentioned earlier - it also allows me to see others for who they really are and not who I think they should be. It allows me to see their goodness as it exists and accept it fully. These are the foundations of what I teach in my children’s yoga classes, as well as what I will be incorporating into my family classes.

There you have it! Those are some of the ideas behind my business name and mission. If you enjoyed hearing about my thoughts and opinions on yoga and mindfulness, please like this post and leave a comment about what yoga and/or mindfulness means to you. I’d love to share in this community with you. ☀️🕉 Have a beautiful day!

07/14/2021

MEET THE TEACHER! 👩🏼‍🏫🕉

Hello friends! I’m Rebecca (or Miss Rebecca to my students). I’m both a Registered Yoga Teacher (RCT-200hr) and Registered Children’s Yoga Teacher (RCYT-95hr). I’ve taught children’s yoga for nearly two years and am currently teaching mindfulness classes to children in the GECDSB.

My educational background is in Neuroscience (BSc) and Human Kinetics (MHK). In my undergraduate degree I started working with children, and particularly enjoyed my experience at the Summit Centre for Preschool Children with Autism. In my Master’s degree, I continued my work with children but switched gears a bit to pursue a thesis in child and family nutrition. And I began teaching children’s yoga. 🙏🏻🥰

My mission in my work (even before I knew I wanted to be a yoga teacher) has always been to create and contribute to safe and supportive spaces for children. Throughout my work and studies I have learned that while programs and interventions for children are beneficial, real lasting change is more likely to occur when the whole family is involved - and that is how Lumina Family Yoga came to be created. More on the business name in another post. My goal with this business and this page is to promote healthy and cooperative relationships between all members of the family - whether that’s siblings, child and parent, child and aunt, uncle, grandparent, non-family mentor, etc. Family and close relationships are so important for adults and especially for children, and too often these relationships weaken or grow distant as we go through various life stages. I want to help families maintain these important relationships through yoga and mindfulness.

Outside of yoga, other interests of mine are reading 📚, creating art 🎨, growing my small garden 🌱, and spoiling my cat with snuggles 😽.

If anything in this post resonated with you or you could relate, please give it a like and feel free to share! I would love to connect with individuals and families who are interested in learning more or just chatting. My DMs are always open. 🤗🕉

Have an absolutely wonderful day everyone! ☀️🌼

07/13/2021

Hi there! 👋🏻 And welcome to Lumina Family Yoga, a new small biz in offering children’s and family yoga classes. 🙏🏻💛

I am so happy to have you here on my page, and would appreciate it if you followed to stay updated on class (and other - stay tuned for something special coming this week) offerings! 🤗

If you have any questions or just want to chat, my DMs are always open and I would love to hear from you. 🥰

I am very much looking forward to bringing yoga and mindfulness practices to children and families in Windsor-Essex County. Keep an eye out on the socials this week to learn more about me and to make sure you don’t miss an exciting announcement! Have an absolutely beautiful day everyone. 🕉💛

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