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Kid Yoga from page 12
ing the various benefits of yoga, some
research suggests that yoga is a useful
stress management tool for children
and teens and can be beneficial for kids
with conditions such as ADHD, recur-
rent headaches and irritable bowel,
according to information found on the
Yoga Alliance website. The Alliance is a
Virginia-based nonprofit organization
representing those in the yoga com-
munity.
Goldberg agrees that anyone, includ-
ing children, can benefit in a number
of ways from practicing yoga. As a pre-
school teacher at Temple Shir Shalom in
West Bloomfield for the last five years,
she frequently incorporated yoga in her
classroom.
She left Shir Shalom at the end of the
summer to devote herself full time to
her Born Yoga studio and the teaching
of yoga. Goldberg said her classes will
be "filled with fun yoga adventures,
creative art projects, exciting music, fun-
damental social skills and mindfulness
practices"
She is especially excited to offer aerial
yoga, which combines traditional yoga
poses with other forms of exercise such
as Pilates, dance or gymnastics with the
use of a fabric hammock or yoga swing.
While Goldberg's background is
teaching, Miller, 35, is a licensed psycho-
therapist who worked in private prac-
tice for a decade in San Francisco. She
and her husband, Jason, left California
about a year and a half ago because they
wanted to raise their daughters Gisele, 3,
and Pearl, 10 months, in the Detroit area
where they both grew up.
In addition to seeing clients, Miller
previously wrote an advice-column style
blog that was picked up by a number
of national publications. It also caught
the attention of television talk-show
host Ricki Lake and Miller appeared on
the show several times as a parenting
expert.
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Ironically, Miller took her first yoga
class when she and Jason started dat-
ing because she wanted to make a good
impression on her new yogi boyfriend.
"I stared at the clock the whole time"
she recalled. "I thought it was boring,
but then I felt different after class and I
went back and got hooked"
Goldberg found yoga because it was
one of the few physical activities she
could comfortably do after being diag-
nosed with a rare and aggressive form of
bone cancer in her femur at age 7. The
bone was removed and she underwent
13 months of chemotherapy and several
surgeries. She was left with a 13-inch
scar and a permanent limp. At 12, the
year of her bat mitzvah, she relapsed.
This time doctors removed a rib.
"Ashley is now 31 and healthy and
stronger after everything she went
through," said her mom, Alissa Goldberg
of Farmington Hills. "She is living her
dream and loving her passion. She will
always be an amazing inspiration to any
child with any disability, mentally or
physically."
One of Goldberg's goals is to bring
mindfulness and yoga to children facing
illness by using her own experiences as
a cancer survivor to help guide them
through the struggles associated with
chemotherapy, surgery and everything
that comes with their diagnosis.
Goldberg, a volunteer with a number
of organizations, including JARC and
Friendship Circle, plans to implement
a Yoga with Gratitude program each
month where she will donate a portion
of the studio's proceeds to a different
charity. Her first charity will be the
Make-A-Wish Foundation, an organiza-
tion she benefited from as a child.
Miller also has philanthropic plans.
She will host an annual fall celebration
called Honey Gives Back. During the
event, she plans to offer special events
such as free classes and community
gatherings. Donations will go to a local
organization, such as HAVEN, that sup-
ports mothers and families.
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Finding Yoga
Yoga came into the equation when
Miller, who had already been practicing
yoga for a number of years, became a
certified instructor so she could inte-
grate some of its principles — such as
breathing and meditation — into her
therapy sessions.
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The grand opening for Born Yoga, 2121
Cole St., Birmingham, will bell a.m.-4 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 12. For details, go to www.
bornyogastudio.com. For more on Honey
Studio, 3308 Crooks Road, Royal Oak, visit
www.thehoneystudio.com .