Zensational Kids Yoga

Breath | Movement | Mindfulness

About Us

Our Mission

We believe that every child has unlimited potential, no matter what circumstances have crossed their path or diagnosis they have been given. We help educational communities unlock that potential through the implementation of evidence-based yoga and mindfulness practices that build social and emotional learning, coping skills and self-regulation strategies. These ancient tools have never been more needed in our world and definitely in our school culture. The time has come for us to address the rising national rates of chronic stress and anxiety as well as the increases in developmental and mental health challenges affecting our youth.

Our mission is to:

  1. Provide youth with tools to allow them to thrive in and out of the classroom.
  2. Prepare all children to understand their personal power and lead their lives with greater joy for themselves and compassion for others.
  3. Help all youth build the capacity to focus their attention for learning and living with purpose.
  4. Support authentic inclusion of all students within the natural setting of the classroom and community.
  5. Empower educators to develop practices of self-care to nurture their own well-being.
  6. Help schools create a culture of compassion where inner confidence and resilience flourish.
  7. Provide holistic strategies to support mental health programs in schools.

Allison Morgan | MA, OTR, E-RYT | Founder

Allison Morgan MA, OTR, E-RYT is the founder and CEO of Zensational Kids, an educational company bringing evidence-based yoga and mindfulness practices to school communities worldwide. She is a pediatric occupational therapist, author, public speaker/trainer, and mother driven to empower youth and the adults that care/serve them how to cultivate the inner resources we all desperately need in order to thrive in life at every age. Allison is passionate about training educators, parents, mental health professionals and allied health professionals effective techniques to develop skills such as self-awareness, management skills, compassion and resilience so they can model and authentically teach these skills to children.

Allison began integrating yoga and mindfulness into her therapy sessions with children in 2007. Discovering the multitude of physical, emotional, cognitive and behavioral benefits these practices offered her occupational therapy clients, and recognizing the need for more mental health and social-emotional learning programs in schools, Allison began writing curriculum and developing teacher training programs to help others share these practices.

She is the author of three separate curriculums for pre-k through high school-age students; Young Explorers: Yoga and Mindfulness in Early Childhood Education, EDUCATE 2B: Tools for engaged learning and living and EVERYDAY Mindfulness: Techniques for teens to develop compassion, calm, focus and resilience. She is also the author of Wisdom Within, a children’s exploration of inner awareness. Allison contributed to Best Practices For School Yoga and Applied Mindfulness: Approaches in Mental Health for Children and Adolescents. She has partnered with universities to conduct research investigating the effectiveness of yoga and mindfulness with special-needs populations and contributes to several advisory boards and organizations involved in creating better lives for children. Along with helping schools develop resilient and compassionate internal and external environments for students and educators to thrive, Allison authored the mindfulness component of the Jessie Lewis Choose Love Program, a free social and emotional learning curriculum for pre-k through 12th grade. Partnering with Newark Yoga Movement, she helped to develop Inner Calm, a school-wide yoga and mindfulness program to help students center, move and relax at the start of their day. As a sought-after international speaker, she brings knowledge, wit and joy to inspire her audience as they tap into their own inner resilience, empowering them to share it with those they serve.

Speaking Engagements
An in-demand international speaker, Allison Morgan, MA, OTR, RYT has presented hundreds of seminars and training courses to groups of all sizes — teaching and inspiring participants in her iconic high-energy, relatable and engaging style.

With over 15 years of experience as a speaker, Allison provides conference keynotes, workshop presentations and leadership/program development nationwide. A few of the topic areas have been:

  • School-Wide Implementation of Mindfulness
  • Social-Emotional Learning
  • Yoga and Mindfulness for Children with Special Needs
  • Integrating Yoga and Mindfulness into Your Real Life
  • Mindful Leadership
  • Mindful Parenting

Audiences include:

  • Occupational, Speech/Language and Physical Therapists
  • Social Workers and Psychologists
  • Behavioral Health Professionals
  • Educational Leaders: Superintendents, Principals, Teachers, School support staff, Childcare Directors and staff members
  • Parents and Caregivers

Excellent presenter – amusing, bright, informative, real, and uplifting.
—Carolyn Young PT

Excellent, mindful and inspiring!!! Indeed a gifted teacher.
—Rosemary Michael RYT

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Kimberly DeLoreto | M.Ed.,RYT, RCYT

Kimberly, RYT and RCYT, believes every day is a gift. With the merging of her two passions, yoga and children, she uncovered her life’s joy.

As a recent M.Ed. graduate, Kimberly took the role of kindergarten TA in the New Jersey public school system. She incorporates mindful education practices and yoga in the classroom regularly – strategies that support social and emotional learning, while planting seeds to establish a peaceful school environment. In addition to working in the schools, Kimberly teaches yoga to a wide audience. Her classes include Vinyasa flow, basic yoga, gentle restorative, children and teen, family yoga and yoga for children and children with special needs. Through yoga, Kimberly hopes to create peace, happiness and joy in the lives of children and adults of all ages. With the dreams of becoming a Yoga Therapist for children facing emotional, mental and developmental disabilities, Kimberly plans to go back to school to obtain a Masters in Counseling for Mental Health.
Yoga is a gift that Kimberly unwraps daily. Her belief that everything happens for a reason affirms her evolution on her path. She embraces every opportunity to share this practice with the world, especially the youth of today.
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Tiffany Spizzo

Living in the mountains with her husband and daughters, Tiffany is living her dream of nature, family and yoga.

She has been exploring different yoga styles and meditation for the past 8 years. She fell in love with the connection yoga gave her in mind, body and soul. In order to teach that feeling of empowerment to others, she completed her 200 hour teacher training at One Love Hot Yoga in Ridgewood, NJ.
The mother of 4 daughters of various ages, Tiffany is involved in every aspect of her children’s lives. She volunteers her time to teach religious education and to lead her daughter’s Girl Scout troop. She also has experience teaching pre-school and was a pediatric dental assistant for 7 years. For Tiffany, teaching yoga to children seemed like the prefect fit. She completed her children’s yoga teacher training at Sun Moon Yoga in Jersey City, NJ.
Outside the studio, Tiffany likes to trail run and just recently picked up her golf clubs again. She is also an avid baker and is constantly looking for ways to make dessert healthier for her friends and family. Tiffany’s teaching and insight will continually offer you inspiration. Her classes are always evolving and fresh, guiding you to enhance your body strength, reduce stress and give you a sense of peace and tranquility.
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Corinne Krill | MA, E-RYT, CTSY

Corinne teaches mindfulness, breath and movement as stress-reduction techniques to adults and children of all ages and abilities.

Her desire is to empower individuals to manage their overall health and well-being integrating these techniques into everyday living, especially for those managing PTSD, anxiety and depression symptoms. Corinne has received over 500 hours in training in different modalities including Trauma Sensitive Yoga, Street Yoga-Trauma-Informed Yoga for Youth, Radiant Child, YoKid, Yoga for Differently-Abled Children, Heart-Mind & Mindful School curriculums. Corinne co-created and delivered a training course called, “Teaching Yoga to Traumatized Youth” for YoKid. Corinne regularly presents workshops to teens and adults on how to use mindfulness, breath and movement practices for emotional balance. She has presented to the NVLPC, the Women’s Center and the National Kids Yoga Conference. Corinne works part-time as the Director of Operations & Northern VA programs for MINDS, a non-profit focused on integrating mindfulness practices in educational settings and serves as Program Manager for Center for Earth-Based Healing, a non-profit offering weekend retreats for women survivors of sexual & domestic violence. She is a teacher training for Zensational Kids, bringing the evidence-based practiced of breath, movement and mindfulness to schools.
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Checka Antifonario | E-RYT, RCYT

Checka Antifonario (E-RYT, RCYT) has taught thousands of children and adolescents in schools, studios, private homes, and adolescent revocation and rehabilitation centers over the past seven years.

She has also recently enjoyed presenting at the first annual National Kids’ Yoga Conference in Washington, DC, guest teaching on the children’s yoga and music television program “Yogapalooza”, and teaching in the “Yoga Garden” at the White House Easter Egg Roll. Checka strives to awaken and nurture mind-body awareness in all of her young students, and empower them with tools to manage stress and tension in their lives off the mat – all while having plenty of fun!

Checka is honored to be one of 12 teacher trainers worldwide for Radiant Child Yoga, founded in 1999 as one of the country’s first children’s yoga programs. It is a privilege and great joy for her to help aspiring children’s yoga instructors to build their skill sets, find their voices as teachers, and move forward into work that they love. Checka lives outside of Boston, MA and offers Radiant Child Yoga teacher trainings throughout the U.S. She leads with warmth, clarity and energetic flow, deeply invested in the empowerment and success of her trainees. She is fueled by the knowledge that guiding a child to a calm mind, a happy heart, and a healthy body through the practice of yoga is an incredible gift – for both teacher and student.

Equally passionate about her adult yoga offerings, Checka leads classes, workshops and retreats for grown-up yogis as well. You can find more info about adult offerings at www.checkayoga.

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Mary Borton | E-RYT-500

Mary Borton is a trained yoga teacher trainer at the 500-hour level (E-RYT 500). She began studying yoga in 1998 and immediately discovered the life-changing benefits of practices of breath, movement and mindfulness.  She knew that she had to share this with others, especially the people she worked with every day.

As a school librarian, she witnessed how the stress of teaching affected her co-workers and how student needs were also changing. Mary knew that yoga and mindfulness could provide a way to help them relieve stress, feel better in their own mind and body and support them to do better at school and in life.

Mary began teaching yoga to educators in her school district and others in her community while continuing to work, raise her three children, and care for other family members. With the support of her husband, and to promote peaceful living in her community, Mary made the change from school librarian to full-time yoga studio owner. Her heart never left the schools, as she continues to bring the practices to teachers and students in the school setting.

Mary has completed advanced and continuing education courses for working with youth through Radiant Child Yoga, and  Zensational Kids. She has extensive training in trauma therapy, prenatal specialization, and somatic education. She is a regional trainer for Zensational Kids, bringing yoga and mindfulness to schools in Ohio.

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Lou Redmond |

Lou Redmond is an inspiring speaker, mindfulness educator, & author. He is a registered yoga teacher and certified in kids yoga and mindfulness. He holds a certification in Social and Emotional Learning and Character Development from Rutgers University. Lou’s passion for his work stems from experiencing profound benefits through his own mindfulness practice. He is a contributing teacher on the popular meditation app, Insight Timer where his practices have been listened to over 400,000 times.

John Mancuso | LCSW

John is a certified meditation teacher whose life-long practice has been shaped by Christian, Eastern and secular contemplative traditions. In addition to teaching mindfulness meditation, he is a psychotherapist and psychoanalyst with a practice in Rockland County, NY. John holds Master degrees in social work and counseling, and has a post-graduate certificate in psychotherapy and psychoanalysis.

His professional training is complemented by life-opportunities that included studying in Europe, doing volunteer work in Calcutta, India with Mother Teresa’s community, working in the Bronx, NY as a social worker and leading a prominent non-profit organization as its executive director. John is a Zen student and practitioner.
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Taylor Jackson | BS, E-RYT

Taylor received her 200-hour Yoga Certification in March, 2014 from the Marianne Wells Yoga School in Costa Rica and has trained with Dr. Roger Jahnke for Qigong in 2017.

She has a consistent self practice and passion for learning about many types of yoga and movement including, vinyasa, ashtanga, iyengar, kundalini and qigong. In her classes, Taylor focuses on going inward and connecting breath to movement. She balances each class with challenging and restoring sequences. Her passion is to help each student connect to yoga in their own way, to grow, and to find what feels right for them.
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Contact

Email | allison@zensationalkids.com
Tel | (201) 446-0353
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