About me
I have been practicing yoga for 25 years. They offered it at my gym in West Hollywood and I was hooked! I hadn't found anything physical that I loved since dance class in high school UNTIL I found yoga.
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My dedication shifted To 200 hour teacher training with Tami Schneider of Cleveland Yoga. I have been teaching ever since. I have taught group classes at a variety of places inclu studios, gyms, RECREATION centers, gyms and schools.
As I moved around a bit in my twenties, I would seek out yoga studios and practice as often as I could. At 32, I moved to Cleveland and my dedication shifted. I began a daily practice, committed
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All the while, I began teaching yoga to children at schools all over Cleveland . There is something very rewarding in sharing this ancient, healing practice and educating children on mindfulness and yoga has been the biggest gift of all. It never gets old witnessing an "aha moment" in a 6 year old's eyes or seeing one of your former students at a "big kids" (aka adult) class. This was 13 years ago, well before yoga became mainstream, particularly at a school. Today you hear about kids' yoga or mindful movement all the time at schools. Yes!
Today I work with many schools, educators, therapists, counselors, studios, and professionals who work with children, looking for training and programming in Yoga and Mindfulness. Through my company, littleOMie, I have trained hundreds to lead a successful kids class, spanning Cleveland to Chicago...and still growing. The training is just the beginning. I always make myself available to anyone who has taken my training(s) and do what I can to support your teaching and help build community.
Sharing yoga is like the game telephone. I share with you and then you share with others and they share and so on. Kids will also share with their peers and their parents. Sometimes things get a little lost in translation but that just makes it more like the journey of yoga. Who knows what it looked like 8000 years ago before there was reading and writing.
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So, how does Barre fit into all of this? I grew up around a barre (not a bar!) and I LOVE the classes! The style I teach is similar to that you might take at an Exhale Studio as I was trained by Fred Devito in the Lotte Berk Method (old skool). If you have a barre at your home, I would love to train you and your friends.
I am also a consultant for Beautycounter. I was actually a pretty early adopter of this philosophy of clean beauty. I remember shopping at Wholefoods 20 years ago (waaayyyy before Amazon owned it) and noticing they had a "self care" section. Yay! It was the first time I bought anything "clean" that wasn't food. I went all out and purchased deodorant, makeup and even body oils and lotions. Long story, short - I smelled bad, the makeup dried out and the lotion left a filmy layer on my skin. Not great - I was back to MAC, Secret and Cetaphil until my daughter was born. I had already started delving into safer cleaning products...does anyone remember Calben? Around the same time a friend asked me to host a party for this new "Clean Beauty" line she is repping. Given my Wholefoods experience, I had low expectations. It was Beautycounter and I was blown away! I have used Beautycounter exclusively ever since. Not only was it safe but it was high quality...and it worked! It only took me 8 years to finally say, "Ok, I'll do this". And I have been educating folks on clean beauty ever since. I'm up for a consultation if you are!
So, what is next? World domination (no, just kidding).
Now it is time to launch a 95 hour Children's Yoga Training! Check back for more on that to come…
Halley Firstenberg (she/her)
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