- Yoga in Schools
January 23, 2021 - February 7, 2021
8:00 am - 12:00 pm
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January 23, 24, February 6,7, 2021; 8 am-12NoonCT: Yoga and Mindfulness in Schools
Hours for this training can be used toward CEUs, RCYT, or the Woodlands Yoga Studio’s 300 hour RYT program
Yoga and Mindfulness in Schools:
- Introduction to the theories and practices of teaching mindfulness and yoga to youth in more formal educational settings—in-person and on-line— with featured discussions on research-based age development, neuroscience, social media, implicit bias, inclusion, equity, diversity and race
- Weekend of transformational, interactive, and interdisciplinary activities with your friends, colleagues, and Yogiños Leaders;
- Yoga and mindfulness tools and techniques especially suited for schools that support teachers and education-based professionals with behavior management and their own stress-related challenges, as well as students with focus, stress and anxiety management, problem-solving and decision making, social interactions, and self-esteem
- Yoga and mindfulness tools adapted to promote self-regulation in any environment with emphasis on youth working in chairs or at desk
- Tips and techniques for starting your own yoga for youth program in schools, in-person and on-line;
- Yogiños: Yoga for Youth® Curriculum eManual; Yoga in Schools: Mindfulness and Movement Across the Curriculum eManual; Yogiños: Yoga for Youth® Trilingual A-Z Pose Guide; Support to complete your Yogiños: Yoga for Youth® certification
- Our individual courses may be taken in any order
As a result of this program, we believe participants will be able to:
- Conceive, design and teach an OHMazing® theme-based Yogiños: Yoga for Youth® kids yoga class especially designed for use in a variety of school settings, in-person and on-line
- Practice and teach all 8 Limbs of Yoga, including poses (asana), breathing (pranayama), focus (dharana), and mindful meditation (dhyana), and also develop a language to share the benefits with other professionals
- Understand and use age-appropriate and safe forms of yoga, including games and related activities, to engage kids physically, emotionally, and mentally
- Modify lessons for various academic disciplines, age groups and school contexts, in-person and on-line
- Learn, practice and weave multiple languages and intelligences, and other learning strategies and styles, into your yoga for kids class
- Use evidence-based mindfulness and yoga in schools as a means to teach strategies and techniques to empower audiences to disrupt habitual, socially-constructed responses and neural pathways toward responding with clear presence and awareness
Venue: Live Streaming via Zoom
Description:
You will be emailed the login code to access the training.
