Yoga Calm for Children: Educating Heart, Mind, and Body

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How Do Programs Like Yoga Calm Help? Research has shown that: Simple breathing and biofeedback techniques slow the nervous system and help children develop self-control and connect with their feelings, preparing them for learning. Yoga poses and sequences release physical and emotional energy, improve physical fitness and emotional capacity, increase flexibility, and enhance self-confidence and concentration skills useful for learning and testing. Social/emotional games and counseling tools develop trust, compassion, communication, teamwork and leadership skills. Relaxation techniques like storytelling, mental imagery and music calm the nervous system, develop imagination, support lesson plans and integrate physical, emotional and cognitive experiences. Wellness Lessons develop healthy life habits around food, exercise, electronic media and other life choices. Learn more

Yoga Calm is an innovative child education method that reduces stress and then engages both body and mind for optimum learning. It helps children develop emotional intelligence, communication skills, trust and empathy. It nurtures teamwork and leadership. It prepares students to learn.

The program is a unique blend of the traditional yoga practices of mindfulness, physical activity and nervous system regulation with social skills games and counseling techniques. Integrating fitness, social/emotional and cognitive learning into 5 to 40 minute processes, the program includes more than 60 activities specially designed for use in school and therapeutic settings.

Yoga Calm works with a wide range of students, including those struggling with ADHD, anxiety and other behavioral and emotional challenges. The physical elements are safe for and accessible to people at all skill and fitness levels. Individual activities can be taught in as little as five minutes - by anyone, in any environment.

Yoga Calm addresses barriers to children's learning by meeting their basic needs - needs for community, safety, structure, discipline, health and self-control.

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An Introduction to Yoga Calm for Children - An excerpt from Lynea and Jim Gillen's Yoga Calm for Children: Educating Heart, Mind, and Body

Sample Yoga Calm Activities PDF - Adobe Reader required

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