Lisa Flynn – Yoga and Mindfulness in the Classroom: Trauma-Informed Tools to Support Social and Emotional Learning, Student Success and Positive Climate

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Lisa Flynn is a member of the faculty.
6 hours and 27 minutes.
Audio and video formats are available.
Date of publication: February 26, 2020
Description

Do you often wonder what else you can do to assist your easily distracted student? That is the one who struggles to stay focused? What if you had skills to increase concentration and attention, reduce anxiety, and boost confidence, self-esteem, and academic performance? This video will teach you easy, developmentally appropriate yoga and mindfulness skills that you may include into your everyday curriculum right away. These abilities are a tried-and-true strategy to build self-regulation, learning preparedness, and resilience while fostering a happy, calm, and productive classroom environment.

You will discover how to empower your students and yourself with improved self-awareness, the basis for the development of self-regulation abilities and cognitive control, using the framework of – Noticing, Mindful Choice, Practice, Reflection, Integration. You will assist your pupils go from a state of anxiety and dysregulation to one of engagement, control, and connectivity by implementing 67 easy yoga and mindfulness-based activities designed to engage the complete child. All exercises have been specifically picked for their compatibility for the average classroom space and timetable, and may be completed while standing near or sitting at desks, with hands and bodies off the floor. Yoga 4 Classrooms is simple to use for teachers, students, and therapists, and it contributes to a more harmonic, learning-friendly school day.

This motivating CD will provide you with the tools you need to incorporate yoga and mindfulness practices into your classroom, leaving everyone feeling empowered, peaceful, and ready to learn. There is no prior yoga experience necessary!

Handouts

Yoga and Mindfulness in the Classroom Manual (15.56 MB)

After purchasing, you will get access to 66 pages.

Instructions for Self-Study for Illinois Teachers (28.5 KB)

Available upon purchase

Outline of the Illinois Educators Evaluation Form (1.2 MB) available after purchase

CONNECTION BETWEEN THE MIND AND THE BODY

Attention, learning, and behavior neuroscience
As a trauma-informed intervention, yoga
Justification for incorporating yoga and mindfulness into the classroom
Yoga in schools research

A FIVE-STEP APPROACH TO SELF-REGULATION

Mindful Choice Practice Reflection Integration

CLASSROOM APPLICATION TOOLS

Let’s take a deep breath.
Exercises in conscious breathing to soothe and center or to empower and energize
Balloon Breath, Power Breath, Conductor Breath, and more…
At Your Workstation
Seat stretches and modified yoga poses that are quick and easy to do to rejuvenate and concentrate
The Cat Pose
Corkscrew Open Heart Sitting Pigeon and more…
Maintain your resolve.
Simple, planned opportunities to stretch, balance, and strengthen while standing up
Mountain\sWaterfall\sCrescent Moon Desk Puppy, among other things…
Relax your grip
Activities aimed to relieve stress, foster camaraderie, and increase learning readiness
Do My Best Geyser Posture Preparation Stick Ems and more…
Be Well Developmentally appropriate discussion starters that promote overall child health and wellness
You Should Celebrate If You Practice Peace
Get Some Zzzzz’s
Cleanliness and more…
Vacation of Imagination
Modified, kid-friendly meditation and relaxation techniques
Exceptional Friend
Meditations for the Mind
Relaxation through gratitude
Consider the Tree and more…

SEQUENCES

Meeting in the Morning
Take a Rest
Transitions
Writing Break & Pre-Writing
Break for Pre-Testing and Testing
Concentration / Calm
Mood / Energy Change
The end of the day

SUSTAINABILITY

Tips and tools for engaging, inclusive, and trauma-informed presentations
Individual demands and abilities should be modified.
Giving your pupils the ability to combine learning
Involving the family
Keeping track of the impact of implementation
Faculty
Lisa Flynn, RCYT, E-RYT 500 Seminars and items that are related: 4 Yoga 4 Classes

Lisa Flynn, E-RYT 500, RCYT, is the founder and CEO of Yoga 4 Classrooms, as well as the founder and former owner of ChildLight Yoga, both of which are national organizations that provide professional development trainings, curricula, resources, and consulting to individuals, schools, and organizations that promote the social, emotional, cognitive, and physical well-being of children, youth, and families.

Lisa is the author of 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); a contributor to Best Practices for Yoga in Schools (2015) and the recently released Stories of School Yoga: Narratives from the Field (2019); and sponsors the free resource: Research Repositories.

Lisa participated to the first published research study that examined the acute and long-term effects of a school-based yoga intervention in young children using both subjective and objective data. Her work has appeared on Fox News as well as in magazines such as Education Week, Forbes, Greater Good Magazine, Washington Post, Yoga Journal, and Parents.

Lisa is a national presenter and champion for youth mental health and the integration of MY-SEL (mindfulness, yoga, social and emotional learning) in education, in addition to assisting a broad collection of schools in sustainably integrating yoga and mindfulness school wide. She is also a member of the MSAD 35 / South Berwick and Eliot, ME school boards.

Disclosures for Speakers:

Lisa Flynn is the CEO and Founder of Yoga 4 Classrooms®. She is an author for Adams Media, a Simon & Schuster company, and her work has appeared in several magazines and periodicals. PESI, Inc. provides Ms. Flynn with a speaking fee.

Non-monetary: Lisa Flynn belongs to the Yoga Alliance and the International Association of Yoga Therapists.

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