Yoga with Ms. Lashone

I have been partnering with PP for 9 years now. My partnership with PP has been one of the top highlights of my wellness career.

I work for DCPS in other schools and have been for about 2 years.

I journal and meditate which also supports my self-care. I could not imagine life without these things as they help center me, reduce judgement and connect with myself and others in ways impossible if I were not doing them. I am committed to my self-care. It is the only way I am able to give my best without feeling depleted.

I have been practicing yoga for 15 years and teaching yoga for 10 years. I have never been more passionate about anything in the way I am about yoga and its complimentary lifestyle. Yoga is not just physical. It is a holistic approach/philosophy to life.

I currently have the privilege to work in 5 schools.

My approach is to create a safe space for each child to be his/her unique self. I have an understanding heart, expansive knowledge/education, and truly believe that each person has a human right to have a supportive and stable mind, healthy and capable body and access to an internal regulator that soothes and calms them when nothing or no one else can or will.

I teach by engaging their senses and encouraging them to have fun. I encourage imagination through storytelling and other activities. I acknowledge their autonomy by giving them choices and widening the range of what is right and wrong while maintaining structure. I include practical lessons in each class that can support them in school, at home, with friends etc. Our time together is so much more than a yoga class. Our class is an invitation to know yourself better than anyone else, to take care of yourself daily, to be flexible in body and mind, to manage yourself so no one else has to and to never stop dreaming, creating, and imagining.

My favorite part of working for PP is the stable partnership and the commitment we have in supporting the children.

If interested, you can learn more about me at:

onebreathatatime.info