Year 2016 in review and looking forward to 2017!

https://goo.gl/photos/VgsmiiT4sWCtw9AJ6

Prosperous and healthy new year!!! Bonne année ! ¡Feliz Año Nuevo! Frohes neues Jahr!

As 2017 has just begun, I am full of inspiration and hope! I am committed to be a patient and loving mum taking care of my family. I am inspired to tell and create stories to help learners from all over the world to acquire another language naturally and joyfully.

[read more…]

acquire28 acquisition33 aim1 Blogging2 compelling10 comprehensible41 comprehensible input6 content5 familylife1 findwhatfeelsgood2 flow3 French20 happy1 housewife2 joy2 languagelearning5 multitasking3 mum3 natural3 naturally3 naturalway1 new year3 nontargeted1 nontargetedinput1 objective2 ownership2 resolution1 review4 reviewing2 share8 sharing3 stories3 story listening3 storytelling28 video32 yogaeverydamnday1 yogaforstrength3 yogalove3 yogawithadriene3 yogaworks3 youtube17

How to improve attention by breathing consciously?

https://goo.gl/photos/qXVFJ1kfauxURikr6

Conscious breathing exercises are a big part of yoga and I must admit that at first they were not my favorite part. I started doing yoga because I wanted to get back in shape after giving birth to my third child and I wanted to exercise.

[read more…]

acquisition33 alternate1 anxiety1 balance3 benefit1 body4 brain5 brain break5 break3 breathe2 breathing2 calm3 center3 cleanse1 cleansing1 concentrate1 concentration1 coordination1 destress4 Education8 exercise4 focus6 head1 health3 healthy4 heart1 help3 helpful1 homepractice2 language26 learnboost2 learner8 lungs1 motor skills1 nostril1 performance2 practice17 release2 releasing1 stress2 stressfree3 technique3 video32 yogaevrydamnday2 yogaforstrength3 yogalove3 yogapose2 yogawithadriene3 yogaworks3 youtube17

French game to recycle and repeat: Jean-Jacques Julier

https://goo.gl/photos/sK113tpTySikb2kZ7

I am back home after a big road trip which took my whole family all the way down to Portugal, then Spain and finally to La Bretagne in France. We got to discover beautiful places and meet amazing people and we also had the chance to reunite with family and old friends.

[read more…]

acquiring5 acquisition33 activity13 brain break5 center3 challenge5 ci16 comprehensible41 curricula2 curriculum5 family16 focus6 French20 fun13 game8 ideas7 input39 learner8 learning14 lessons1 mantra2 Martina Bex10 memorize5 multitasking3 online7 personal8 power1 quick1 recycle2 recycling1 repeating3 repetition11 repetitive5 ressources8 retain1 retaining1 retention1 session2 share8 sharing3 simple7 starter2 story asking9 story building3 storytelling28 structures6 tenses2 TPRS34 vocabulary18 warm up2

Happy new year 2016: yoga mantras!

From the bottom of my heart, I wish you all a prosperous year full of happiness and success!!!

This year is kind of totally new for me. Although I am looking after my fourth baby, it is a new experience, I have to adapt to a new life and find a new balance.

[read more…]

20161 accept1 adapt1 Adriene3 balance3 Blogging2 camp1 challenge5 comprehensible41 create5 Education8 find2 focus6 individual1 input39 look for2 mantra2 new1 new year3 personal8 practice17 reflect3 reflection4 seek1 teach3 teaching8 technique3 TPRS34 video32 youtube17

Yoga to become strong

I discovered yoga soon after the birth of my third boy. I wanted to get back into shape and it worked. Before I always thought yoga was a kind of meditation activity but that it didn't involve a lot of physical activity. I was wrong! Yoga can make you sweat!

[read more…]

access2 Adriene3 exercise4 flow3 growth1 hapiness1 journey1 pause1 pose3 practice17 reflect3 reflection4 reward1 sweat1 youtube17

Restorative yoga before bedtime

One thing that I did achieve during my maternity leave is to get back into shape. In fact, I have never felt so good and so fit in years! First I started to do yoga on a regular basis but I noticed I needed more cardio workout so I decided I would have a go at running.

[read more…]

article5 asleep1 backtoschool2 backtowork1 batteries1 bed1 bedtime2 calm3 class2 destress4 fit3 fitness3 health3 healthy4 information5 mind3 personal8 pose3 poses1 posture1 recharge1 relay1 rest1 restful1 restorative1 restore1 run1 sleep1 somuchyoga1 state1 video32 yogi1

Yoga retreat in Italy

The reason why I didn't post anything for the last week is that I was away in beautiful Italy on a yoga retreat. It was the first time I went to such a retreat and I did yoga so intensively (2 hours in the morning, one hour and a half in the afternoon everyday) and it was a wonderful experience to be repeated.

[read more…]

body4 break3 challenge5 discover2 exercise4 family16 fit3 holiday1 Italy1 multiple sclerosis1 one year1 personal8 practice17 relax5 retreat1 travel1 Umbria1