Why do Yoga?

I've been practicing yoga for quite some time. At least 1 or 2 days in each week. Some people ask me, why? For me...yoga makes me feel better. Practicing the postures, breathing and meditation makes you feel good, body, mind and soul. More lighter, calmer, stronger, flexible and more happier. I think, through yoga, it helps us to manage our body posture. We learn about awareness, we learn to have a better way to manage our emotions and reactions, for what we've been dealing with in every day life. Oh and it builds healthier eating habits too (at least for me).

I know that nothing is perfect in this life and I hope you realize that too. And yoga is not going to take away all of the suffering in life. But my yogi teacher, teaches me how to embrace the good and the bad in our life. Even for the yoga poses too. The learning is endless, even in life too :)

Last June I had my certificate for Kids Yoga instructor. I've been wanting to teach yoga for kids for quite some time. I think Yoga with children offers many possibilities to exchange stories, wisdom and share good times. We can teach them how to to manage their emotions and reactions that they've been dealing with in every day life too. It's good for their concentration, balance (body, mind & soul), breathing awareness, build self confidence and also happiness. Please do understand that yoga for kids is kinda different from adults. It's more fun. You can click here & here if you want to see some of the pics from Kids Yoga :)

So this is just me...who's been practicing yoga. If you don't like yoga, it's okay too. But you'll  never know if you don't try it right? :)

Who wants to practice yoga? :) A private class for 3 - 5yo kiddos You can email me at kyra.pradiono@gmail.com

And maybe you want to check this site : http://www.kidsyogajakarta.com/ 

Just smile & berathe. Satnam :)

Cousinly love ♥

♥ ♥ ♥ 

Mi Familia

Pics from last week's family gathering.
XOXO

Another "volunteer" trip :)

Another "volunteer" trip to Desa YUM Cipanas. Spent 1 night there, helped them with documentations for the organic farming workshop and helped them for community service with 100 7th grade students from the Jakarta International School. Yes, you can learn and help at the same time right? :)

The kids were participating very well and the teachers were very helpfull too. They were all wearing "caping" (caps for farmers). YUM organic farming workshop was about composting, transplating seeds, planting, making organic pesticide and harvesting.

And after the organic farming workshop, they're having a community service. I didn't get a lot of pics for the community service, because I was helping them with some of the activites too. I was helping JIS kids to make some english-for-beginner books for the library, for YUM kids. And the kids from YUM were there too, they said they wanted to draw with me and JIS kids :) It was nice because I got the chance to have a conversation with them (both from JIS kids and YUM kids) It's always fun listening to their stories, cuteness :)

The other kids were doing their community service by cleaning the storage, washing the carpets, decorating YUM's board, etc. Overall it was fun!

If your son/daughter's school is interested in this type of activity, you can contact YUM.

 More pics here :)

Children of Life

In the award-winning documentary Children Full of Life, a fourth grade class in a primary school in Kanazawa, northwest of Tokyo, learn lessons about compassion. Toshiro Kanamori teaches the kids to be happy, to empathize for people going through rough times, to share their feelings and support one another. Trust, respect and friendship.

One tradition in his class is that every day, three students read out "notebook letters," a journal entries that express happiness, irritation, gratitude or sadness. 

"What's the most important thing this year?" asks Toshiro Kanamori to his students? "To be happy!" the children response.

"Empathy is the greatest thing. There's an expression I love: 'Let people live in your heart."
Toshiro Kanamori, 4th grade teacher

Thank you Eva for sharing :)

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It's Jamie Oliver...don't you just love his jumper? Have a nice day y'all :)

Little Monsters

Another Boneka  for little miss Airi's birthday. Little monsters for the goodiebags. 

More info: kukywakukywa@gmail.com

Where Giving Back Never Felt So Good

I've been reading about CountMeIn from The Jakarta Globe. It's a really nice way to connects people who's looking for volunteer opportunities in Indonesia. They have stories and lists of places where you can help and volunteer too. So I thought, hey...maybe I could share my story to them since I've been volunteering for a couple of times this year for a couple of non-profits organization. And maybe I can help my friend's organization (that I've been volunteering with) to be on the list on CountMeIn website.

Then I met Zack & Olga from CountMeIn. We talked about it and they said okay. They really helped me with my writing. It's my first time writing outside my blog and it's a totally different way to share your story hehehe. I've learned a lot form them.

It's funny to see you own writing on a newspaper...hahaha you can call me cheesy, it's okay. But hey, there's always a first time for everything right? It's on The Jakarta Globe newspaper yesterday :)
It's available to read online too on The Jakarta Globe, click here for the link.

So check CountMeIn website and follow CountMeInID twitter if you want to volunteer...because giving back never felt so good :)

Peanut Butter brownies

Got this recipe from "Recipe" Magazine. And this one is a keeper! Love it :)

All you need:

180g unsalted butter, chopped

200g milk cooking chocolate, chopped

1 cup firmly packed brown sugar

3 eggs, lightly whisked

1 1/4 cups plain flour

2 tbsp cocoa powder

2/3 cup smooth peanut butter (you can use smooth or crunchy)

2/3 cup milk chocolate bits (choco chips)

How to make:

1. Preheat oven to 180C. Grease and line a 26x16cm slice pan with baking paper, extending paper at long sides of handles.

2. Combine butter and chocolate in a saucepan over low heat. Cook and stir for 5 minutes or until melted and smooth. Remove from heat. Stir in sugar, then egg, mix well. Sift flour and cocoa powder over chocolate mixture. Stir until combined.

3. Pour half the mixture into prepared pan, level surface. Drop half teaspoon of half the peanut butter evenly over chocolate mixture in pan. Carefully pour over remaining batter, lever surface. Drop teaspoons of remaining peanut butter evenly over top.

Bake for 3 minutes or until peanut butter melts. Remove from oven. Using a small knife, swirl peanut butter into brownie batter. Sprinkle on top with chocolates bits. Return to oven. Bake for 45 minutes more or  until cooked when a skewer inserted at centre comes out with crumbs attached. Cool in pan. Cut into pieces, serve.

Again....eat it with vanilla ice cream....nyuuummmyyy :)