Radiant Beginnings Yoga

My 6 year old loves her yoga class so much she tries to teach her 4 year old sister how to do yoga every chance she gets. The teacher is doing an extraordinary job in the classes making them child centered. I would highly recommend this yoga studio.

I have a few different perspectives! I was first introduced to Julie’s work at a preschool that we both teach groups at. I was amazed by how much the preschoolers knew about yoga and how to use it to make their bodies calm and to bring mindfulness into their little lives. I was so impressed that I took her training to be able to teach children’s yoga myself and to be able to integrate some of her methods into my own mental health practice! It was an amazing training and well worth it. My son now attends the same preschool where she teaches yoga and I am again so impressed with the stuff that he comes home with. I can’t say enough about the wonderful things that Julie and her team at Radiant Beginnings are bringing to the community.

I could never say enough good things about Radiant Beginnings & Julie. Julie is kind, caring & a great business woman. Radiant Beginnings brings yoga and self-​management skills into schools & studios where children can learn to be mindful & present, all while having a great time! I would highly recommend any of Julie’s programs to anyone looking to share the gift of yoga with their children.

Radiant Beginnings is phenomenal! I took a teacher training this past spring and learned many valuable skills I’ve incorporated in my teaching. As an elementary special education teacher, I highly value teaching students self-​management, relationship, and social-​emotional skills. After bringing some of the breathing exercises in from our first night of training, my students fell in love with the activities! Now they look forward to doing the partner poses with each other everyday. Not only has the training benefited my students and classroom culture but I’ve become a calmer and more present teacher after Radiant Beginnings. I highly recommend Radiant Beginnings!

I took a teacher training with Julie about 3 years ago. As a yoga teacher to adults with a deep love and connection with kids, it only made sense to share the practice with children. Julie does a wonderful job of making yoga very practical and useful for kids. Not only do I know how to lead a fun yoga class with kids and teach them poses to keep their body strong a flexible, I also know how to manage a classroom and teach kids extremely valuable life skills — stress management, concentration, values, nutrition and more. Julie’s teacher trainings are awesome because she works with each person’s needs whether they are an educator in a public school, a parent, a yoga teacher or child care provider. She guides us how to apply the skills in unique ways to different age groups and settings.
After taking her training I was interested in teaching. I was able to apprentice for her in a pre-​school classroom for several months and then eventually teach my very own RB class at an elementary school. Julie provided me with the resources I needed to succeed, as well as always be there for support when I needed it. Julie has been an awesome teacher, employer and friend to me! I have been able to witness her organization grow and Julie has always been very intuitive and thoughtful with every person on her team — I have no doubt that anyone teaching a class or a teacher training under Radiant Beginnings is fantastic.

Julie has brought yoga into my preschools every week for the last two and a half years. The children and I look forward to her calming presence and relaxing routine. Her language and classroom management skills are one of my most favorite things about her program especially when she is working with toddlers. She helps our preschoolers create a toolbox with fun, stress relieving poses and breathing. She has also conducted staff workshops for our teachers centered around team building and mindfulness. Julie is amazing and so very loved and appreciated by the staff at Highlands Academy and Centennial Montessori.

Radiant Beginnings meets students where they’re at whether it be school, community, or their home life. It gives them tools to breath and find those moments of relaxation in their young but chaotic lives. These students have also changed my personal yoga practice by bringing light, love and lots of laughter to the mat!

I think what Radiant Beginnjngs is doing for kids is so foundational and life changing! I am honored to work alongside incredible teachers so that all kids can experience the benefits of yoga!

I was introduced to yoga 22 years ago at the age of 18, and believe that the practice has saved my life more than once. Now I wonder what the world would be like if all young people could be equipped with the calm, centering practices of yoga? Radiant Beginnings is doing an incredible job empowering local youth with the benefits (physical and emotional) of yoga. Two thumbs up for this important and upstanding organization!