Elevate & Play Yoga

Elevate & Play Yoga Calm, Confidence, & Connection
Yoga for Body & Mind
Classes, Workshops & Camps
Yoga for Adults, Kids, Sports Teams & Schools

www.elevateandplay.com

09/05/2026

🎒School is back… and we’re ready to MOVE, PLAY, FLY & GROW! ✨

🐱 Kitty Yoga — Yoga + adorable kittens = the purr-fect family experience! 🐾 9/12 & 10/18

🎒 Kids Yoga Camp — No school? No problem! A day of yoga, movement, mindfulness & FUN. 9/21

🌱 Little Sprouts Yoga 6 week- series — Playful yoga designed to help our littlest yogis build confidence, coordination & self-regulation. Begins 9/13

🗺️ Kids Yoga Adventure — A 6-week journey filled with movement, imagination, mindfulness & FUN! Begins 9/13

💃 Kids Creative Movement & Dance — Let them move, create, express & shine! Begins 9/18

🦋 Beginner Tween/Teen Aerial Yoga — Build strength, confidence & body awareness while learning to fly! Begins 9/5

📚 After School Reset: Yoga & Homework Club — The perfect after-school mix of movement, homework help, snack & mindfulness. Begins 9/28

✨ Kids Beginner Aerial Yoga — Already in progress! Wednesdays at 4:30 PM.

🔥 Kids Intermediate Aerial Yoga — For yogis ready to level up! Thursdays at 4:30 PM.

Spots are limited—and some of these classes are already filling! 👀

👉 Watch the Reel, find your child’s fit, and SAVE this post so you have it handy!

Know a parent whose child would love one of these? SHARE this with them! 💜

Something New Is Here💜🌟Introducing Elevate & Play Educational Wellness! 🌟After 26 years in education, (including special...
09/05/2026

Something New Is Here💜

🌟Introducing Elevate & Play Educational Wellness! 🌟

After 26 years in education, (including special education) and years of training in yoga, mindfulness, child development, yoga therapy, and more, I’m bringing my worlds together.

Because wellness isn’t just about flexibility.

It’s about focus. Self-regulation. Confidence. Connection. Resilience.
And that’s where yoga, mindfulness, movement, and social-emotional wellness can become powerful tools for learning and development.

Elevate & Play Educational Wellness brings these tools to:

🌱 Schools & educators
🌱 Preschools & daycares
🌱 Special education programs
🌱 Student athletes
🌱 Children & families

This is more than yoga.

It’s educational wellness through the lens of development, learning, and the whole child.

Welcome to the next chapter of Elevate & Play. 💜

Who do you know who could benefit from bringing more wellness into their school or educational setting?

Tag them below! 👇

09/04/2026

It’s the long weekend before school starts! Adults can join Faith for Serenity Yoga to start the day off right, and kids and tweens/teens can float, fly and stretch in the aerial silks. What a great way to calm the body and mind before the Back to School rush arrives next week!

Take some time for relaxation, self-regulation, and fun!

Sign up: www.elevateandplay.com (link in bio)

It's the long weekend before school starts! Adults can join Faith for Serenity Yoga to start the day off right while ki...
09/04/2026

It's the long weekend before school starts! Adults can join Faith for Serenity Yoga to start the day off right while kids and tweens/teens can float, fly and stretch in the aerial silks. What a great way to calm the body and mind before the Back to School rush arrives next week.

Take some time for relaxation, self-regulation, and fun!

Sign up; www.elevateandplay.com

09/04/2026

There’s a lot more behind my yoga mat than you might realize. 💜

I’m not just a yoga teacher.

I’m an educator who spent 26 years teaching K–12 special education, and that experience completely shaped the way I teach yoga.
I hold a Master’s Degree in Special Education, with undergraduate degrees in Psychology and Special Education, along with specialized training in:

✨ Yoga for children, teens & adults with special needs, including ADHD & Autism
✨ Yoga for athletes & student athletes
✨ Yoga therapy & aerial yoga
✨ Yoga for babies & preschoolers
✨ Mindfulness for children & schools
✨ Yoga & mindfulness in educational settings

So when I teach a child to breathe, move, focus, regulate, build confidence, or try something new,
I’m drawing on more than yoga.

I’m drawing on decades of understanding child development, learning differences, behavior, social emotional needs, and the unique needs of every child.

That’s what makes my approach different.

And tomorrow, I’m finally sharing what I’ve been building and why. 👀

If you’re a school administrator, teacher, daycare or preschool director, school psychologist, social worker, counselor, special educator, or parent, I think you’re going to want to hear this.

This is more than yoga.

It’s wellness through the lens of education, development, and the whole child.

Tomorrow. The reveal. 💜

# ChildrensYoga





🐾 Sometimes Kitty Yoga saves more than your soul. 🐾The other day, my daughter and I were driving home when we spotted a ...
09/02/2026

🐾 Sometimes Kitty Yoga saves more than your soul. 🐾

The other day, my daughter and I were driving home when we spotted a tiny kitten in the middle of the road.
I pulled over immediately. This little guy was terrified, his nose scraped and bleeding, and there was no mama or other kittens anywhere in sight.

We scooped him up and brought him home, worried he wouldn’t survive on his own. I reached out to Bernadette from AFTLOW, the Hudson Valley animal rescue I partner with for our Kitty Yoga classes. She walked me through exactly what to do—and even checked in first thing the next morning. ❤️

We named him Joey because we found him while driving home from Trader Joe’s. 😉

Thankfully, Joey has no broken bones or other visible injuries. He’ll stay with me as a foster until Sunday, then enter AFTLOW’s kitten rescue program and eventually find his forever home.

And here’s the BEST part…
Someone is already interested in adopting him! 🥹

And guess what? She’s a new adult student at the studio!

This is exactly why I continue to host All Ages Kitty Yoga.

💜 50% of every Kitty Yoga registration goes directly to AFTLOW, helping rescue and care for cats and kittens throughout the Hudson Valley.

Our next All Ages Kitty Yoga is September 12th from 3–4 PM, and we still have a few spots available!

Come do some yoga.
Come cuddle some kittens.
And know that your participation is helping save lives. 🐱🧘‍♀️

Yoga not your thing? You can still help!

Donations can be made directly to AFTLOW at [email protected]

Because sometimes, a little yoga can make a BIG difference. 💜

Please share!

08/31/2026

🧘‍♀️ Mindful Monday with Michele: “I Am So Calm”

What if we could teach our nervous system how to calm down BEFORE we actually need to? 💜

This week I’m sharing a simple calming meditation for kids AND adults that supports nervous system regulation, emotional regulation, and self-regulation.

But here’s the key:
✨ Practice it when you’re already calm.

The more we practice calming strategies when we don’t need them, the more familiar they become—creating muscle memory for the nervous system. 🧠

And I learned just how powerful this can be when one of my students used this meditation during a lockdown drill.

What happened next is a story I’ve never forgotten. 👀

🎥 Watch the video to hear the full story and learn how parents, teachers, and caregivers can use “I Am So Calm” with the children in their lives.

Practice in the calm so you’re ready for the storm. 🌊💜

Come elevate your body and mind with us in September. We have classes for every member of the family! Please note that...
08/30/2026

Come elevate your body and mind with us in September. We have classes for every member of the family! Please note that some of our children's classes are 6-week series. Sign your child up for their healthy, fun after-school activity today! To register: www.elevateandplay.com

What if wellness wasn’t something we squeezed into the school day when we had time?What if movement, mindfulness, connec...
08/29/2026

What if wellness wasn’t something we squeezed into the school day when we had time?

What if movement, mindfulness, connection, and self-regulation were considered part of helping children learn and thrive?

This is something I’ve been thinking about for a very long time.

And soon, I’ll be sharing more about how Elevate & Play is bringing that vision to life. 🌱

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