Heartwell Yoga

Heartwell Yoga Jana Dean Gunby, M.Ed., RYT, RCYT
Yoga & Mindfulness for Kids, Schools, Families, & Communities

Back to clouds, rain, and snow. Ah, such is March ❤️This is probably one of my favorite classes. ☁️ With older kids, we ...
03/12/2026

Back to clouds, rain, and snow. Ah, such is March ❤️

This is probably one of my favorite classes.
☁️ With older kids, we might talk about feelings being impermanent. Feelings come and go like clouds in the sky (or weather patterns in March 🤷‍♀️).
☁️ With younger kids, we play “pass the rainstorm,” we turn our bodies into clouds and then change shape.
☁️ If the weather allows, we might spend some time outside observing clouds, maybe counting them or noticing the shapes and sizes.
☁️ Finally, we rest in Savasana with clouds on our bellies or in our hands.

Here’s a peek into my “cloudy, rainy, stormy” bag;

🌧️ Felt cloud, rain, storm
🌧️ A rain stick and ocean/rain drum
🌧️ Piece of cotton or wool for clouds during Savasana or “cloud breathing”
🌧️ Cloud, rain, and worm books

Hope you’re having a cozy, rainy day where you are 🥰 8 days to spring!

Expressing some gratitude for the sunshine this week! ☀️ Sun Salutations☀️ Sun Breath (Breath of Joy)☀️ Savasana with su...
03/11/2026

Expressing some gratitude for the sunshine this week!

☀️ Sun Salutations
☀️ Sun Breath (Breath of Joy)
☀️ Savasana with sun warming our bodies

I have my yoga materials and books organized by season. Here’s a little peek into my bag of sunshine:

☀️ Suns to hold during sun salutations (these can be great for cueing the poses, “jump your feet to your sun,” “reach up and hold your sun in the sky.”
☀️ Sun themed books
☀️ Yellow scarves to help us imagine the warm sun rays over our bodies while we rest

9 days to spring 😊

🌱 Welcoming SPRING with Yoga at WeeHive Social 🌱 🗓️ Friday, March 20th⏰ 9am📍 WeeHive Social, Ambler, PA✌️ Register on We...
03/10/2026

🌱 Welcoming SPRING with Yoga at WeeHive Social 🌱

🗓️ Friday, March 20th
⏰ 9am
📍 WeeHive Social, Ambler, PA
✌️ Register on WeeHive’s website

Yay!

✨ After school yoga was extra sweet today ✨  The sunshine and warmer weather gave everyone a little extra pep in their s...
03/10/2026

✨ After school yoga was extra sweet today ✨

The sunshine and warmer weather gave everyone a little extra pep in their step.

I do hope yoga can be a place where kids can show up as they are. Some days the energy is more frenetic. Sometimes kids are tired and the energy is low. All of it is welcome and we meet what is ❤️

FirstUp and ANSA Conference Folks, I have a discount for you 😊 If you’ll be attending either conference, and you’d like ...
03/05/2026

FirstUp and ANSA Conference Folks, I have a discount for you 😊

If you’ll be attending either conference, and you’d like to sign up for our teacher training next month, use this QR code to register for $25 off the cost of the training.

Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow!

FirstUp and ANSA Conference Friends, I have a discount for you! If you’re attending either conference this Friday, and w...
03/05/2026

FirstUp and ANSA Conference Friends, I have a discount for you!

If you’re attending either conference this Friday, and want to join our Kids Yoga Teacher Training next month, use this QR code to register 😊

DM or email with questions!

I attended this conference every year as both a head start and kindergarten teacher in philadelphia, and am thrilled to ...
03/03/2026

I attended this conference every year as both a head start and kindergarten teacher in philadelphia, and am thrilled to be speaking this year 🥰

If you’ll be attending the conference later this week, I would love to see you!

Come learn about yoga and mindfulness in early childhood on Friday at 3:30pm or stop by the Heartwell Yoga table on Friday or Saturday!

This lesson always signals that the end of winter is near. This maple sugaring and pancake preschool yoga class is one o...
02/25/2026

This lesson always signals that the end of winter is near. This maple sugaring and pancake preschool yoga class is one of my favorites ❤️

🍁 We start as maple seeds, twirly helicopter wings around the room until the wind carries us to a place to be planted.
🍁 We grow into maple trees through a game of seed, seed, tree.
🍁 We hold our maple tree poses steady as we tap our trees for sap.
🍁 We sit in fire log pose or an easy seat, create a fire, and then cook the sap in cobbler’s pose until we’re left with syrup.
🍁 We make our pancake, sizzle them in the pan and “flip” the pancakes (our bodies!) a few times until they’re golden.
🍁 We pour the syrup in triangle pose, make a table to eat our pancakes, and then cool them down with a slow exhale.

This afternoon there were also snakes that popped into this story, and a few trees that had fallen down in a storm. Storytelling, and creating story together, is such a powerful way to engage young children in the practice of yoga.

The last photo is a drawing of me ordering pancakes from the pancake shop 🥞

I’ve been thinking a lot about the small kindnesses we grant fellow human beings. Things that can feel small or insignif...
02/16/2026

I’ve been thinking a lot about the small kindnesses we grant fellow human beings. Things that can feel small or insignificant, but they are, as Emily St. James calls them, “signal flares to each other. I’ve got you. You’re safe. Especially here. Especially now.”

As a teacher, this is always the hope: that kids will feel seen as themselves. To get a message of gratitude, for the gifts you bring, for the self that you bring to classes as a teacher, this affirmation keeps us going when it feels like the small things aren’t enough.

If you’re not sure, please believe that they are.

Also, you should read Woodworking by Emily St. James. What a beautiful, funny, heartbreaking book.

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