Friends of Alaya
Paige Doughty
This is Huge! $15,000 Challenge Grant ...

THIS IS HUGE! We have an anonymous donor who is challenging us to raise $15,000 towards our annual $30,000 goal, and they will donate $15,000 as well!

This is Huge! $15,000 Challenge Grant Opportunity 💜🤠👏🏼
In The Classroom, Resources
Guest User
Resources on Parenting for Social Justice

Shared from the website Zero to Three, I wanted to share these suggestions, which offer some starting points for parents who want their children to develop a just and inclusive worldview.

Resources on Parenting for Social Justice
Principles of Practice, In The Classroom
Steve Sachs
Beautiful Buddhist-Inspired Approaches to ...

In this podcast, Steve Sachs, former co-director of Alaya Preschool, was interviewed on the Soul Path Parenting podcast about drawing on the wisdom of the Buddhist tradition to inspire Alaya’s approach to early childhood education.

Beautiful Buddhist-Inspired Approaches to Nurturing and Guiding Children
In The Classroom
Cathy Lauderbaugh
Thinking About Food

My son Odin is in Alaya’s Snow Lion classroom, and a recent discussion at the community night led to me writing this post about food and young children. I work as a speech and feeding therapist in the community, and I love helping families create happier dynamics at home and in life.

Thinking About Food
Steve Sachs
Reconsidering the Ducks

We all seem to be experiencing- to one degree or another- an unusual weight of adversity right now. To have tremendous kindness towards ourselves and to model this for others and for our children might be the greatest gift we can offer. We may not feel our best much of the time or be on top of our game. Can we accept this and soften our self-expectations?

Reconsidering the Ducks

Alaya Lore

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The Lantern Walk: Moments that Matter

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The Lantern Walk: Moments that Matter

With Thanksgiving and the holidays afoot, I find myself considering how to make time and space for more of what really matters. This time of year invites me to go inwards, to create more space for reflection, and to find time to connect more deeply. Its a time for creating or continuing traditions – and for celebrations rooted in what really matters: sharing, gratitude, creativity and joy.

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Tiger, Lion, Garuda & Dragon - What Do These Names Mean?

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Tiger, Lion, Garuda & Dragon - What Do These Names Mean?

A recent community night at Rowan’s preschool (which was founded by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, a Tibetan Buddhist meditation master and lineage holder), reminded me how lucky I am to send my son to a school honoring the tradition of Shambhala Buddhism (the teachings of which are grounded in the premise that there is a basic human wisdom inherent in human experience, where bravery and fearlessness are cultivated and a ‘basic goodness’ in ourselves and one another is celebrated).

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