- Faculty:
- Lisa Flynn
- Duration:
- 6 Hours 27 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Copyright:
- Feb 26, 2020
Description
| Manual – Yoga and Mindfulness in the Classroom (15.56 MB) | 66 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Illinois Educators Self-study Instructions (28.5 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Illinois Educators Evaluation Form (1.2 MB) | Available after Purchase |
Outline
MIND-BODY CONNECTION
- Neuroscience of attention, learning, and behavior
- Yoga as a trauma-informed intervention
- Rationale for yoga and mindfulness in the classroom
- Research on yoga in schools
SELF-REGULATION: A 5 STEP APPROACH
- Noticing
- Mindful Choice
- Practice
- Reflection
- Integration
PRACTICAL TOOLS FOR THE CLASSROOM
- Let’s Breathe
- Conscious breathing exercises to calm and center or empower and energize
- Balloon Breath
- Countdown to Calm
- Power Breath
- Conductor Breath, and more…
- Conscious breathing exercises to calm and center or empower and energize
- At Your Desk
- Convenient, time-saving seated stretches and modified yoga postures to refresh and focus
- Cat Pose
- Open Heart
- Corkscrew
- Sitting Pigeon, and more…
- Convenient, time-saving seated stretches and modified yoga postures to refresh and focus
- Stand Strong
- Simple, structured opportunities to stand up and stretch, balance, and strengthen
- Mountain
- Waterfall
- Crescent Moon
- Desk Puppy and more…
- Simple, structured opportunities to stand up and stretch, balance, and strengthen
- Loosen Up
- Take a break activities designed to dispel stress, build community, and promote readiness to learn
- Do My Best
- Geyser
- Posture Prep
- Stick Ems and more…
- Take a break activities designed to dispel stress, build community, and promote readiness to learn
- Be Well
- Developmentally-appropriate discussion starters supporting health and wellness of the whole child
- Celebrate You
- Practice Peace
- Get Your Zzzzzs
- Be Clean and more…
- Developmentally-appropriate discussion starters supporting health and wellness of the whole child
- Imagination Vacation
- Modified, child-friendly approaches to meditation and relaxation
- Special Friend
- Mindful Meditations
- Gratitude Relaxation
- Picture it Tree and more…
- Modified, child-friendly approaches to meditation and relaxation
SEQUENCES
- Morning Meeting
- Take a Break
- Transitions
- Pre-Writing & Writing Break
- Pre-Testing & Testing Break
- Calm / Focus
- Mood / Energy Shift
- Close of Day
SUSTAINABILITY
- Tools and tips for engagement, inclusivity, and a trauma-informed presentation
- Modify for individual needs and abilities
- Empowering your students to integrate learning
- Engaging the family
- Monitoring the impact of implementation
Faculty
Lisa Flynn, E-RYT 500, RCYT Related seminars and products: 4
Yoga 4 Classrooms
Lisa Flynn, E-RYT 500, RCYT, is founder & CEO of Yoga 4 Classrooms and founder and former owner of ChildLight Yoga, national organizations providing professional development trainings, curricula, resources and consulting to individuals, schools and organizations who support the social, emotional, cognitive and physical wellbeing of children, youth and families.
Lisa is author of the Yoga 4 Classrooms Activity Card Deck (2011); Yoga for Children: 200 Yoga Poses, Breathing Exercises and Meditations for Healthier, Happier, More Resilient Children (2013); and Yoga for Children—Yoga Cards: 50 Yoga Poses and Mindfulness Activities for Kids (2018); contributor to Best Practices for Yoga in Schools (2015) and the newly released Stories of School Yoga: Narratives from the Field (2019); and sponsors the free resource: Research Repository: Yoga, Meditation and Mindfulness for Children, Adolescents and in Schools.
Lisa contributed to the first published research study to use both subjective and objective data to examine the acute and longitudinal effects of a school based yoga intervention in young children. Her work has been featured on Fox News and publications such as Education Week, Forbes, Greater Good Magazine, Washington Post, Yoga Journal and Parents.
In addition to supporting a diverse group of schools in sustainably implementing yoga and mindfulness school wide, Lisa is a national presenter and advocate for youth mental health and the integration of MY-SEL (mindfulness, yoga, social and emotional learning) in education. Closer to home, she also serves as a school board member of MSAD 35 / South Berwick and Eliot, ME.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Lisa Flynn is the Founder and CEO of Yoga 4 Classrooms®. She is an author for Adams Media, a division of Simon & Schuster, and her work has been published in numberous journals/publications. Ms. Flynn receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.
Non-financial: Lisa Flynn is a member of the Yoga Alliance and International Association of Yoga Therapists.
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