Classroom Yoga and Mindfulness Course for Pupils and Teachers

This 30mins class running weekly for 6 weeks is exclusively available to local primary school children and staff to practice and experience the proven techniques that Mindfulness and Yoga based movement can bring to their classroom. We suggest to appoint a Wellbeing Lead who will also train to deliver similar sessions in school

During the class, the pupils and staff will:

• Experience the benefits of Yoga and Mindfulness for all
• Practice a range of physical postures that will help children reset in the classroom
• Learn different techniques for breathing to focus, energise or calm
• Develop the attention and control centre of the brain
• Teach elements of life skills through inspiring sessions
• Learn how to take a truly resourceful break, which can be repeated everyday
• No change necessary, at your desk Yoga inspired movement
• Suits all Children, no experience necessary

Objectives

-Make accessible proven techniques including breathing, mindfulness and movement to one class or all classes in school
-Provide a well needed wellbeing break to teachers and pupils in school
-Qualifies for wellbeing awards

Full training available upon request.

Benefits of the Yoga and Mindfulness techniques experienced in class

• Mindfulness in the classroom provides essential short breaks to both pupils and teachers to pace their energies throughout the day.
• Practice promotes awareness of self and others and in turn self control
• Classroom Yoga specific poses and stretches address a whole range of physical benefits (strength, flexibility, body awareness, stamina, coordination) whilst offering an alternative to Mindfulness
• Personal Growth techniques underpin the three terms of lesson plans to reinforce the PSHE curriculum, promoting values such as respect, self worth, acceptance of self and others, resilience and positive attitude.

Results you can expect in your Classroom with practice

• By the end of the first term of practice, Children will recall 3 top practices that can help them feel calm, centred and grounded, ready for learning
• By the end of the first term, Children will have engaged in partner and group work than demand attention, awareness of self and others, respect and understanding of differences
• Within a few weeks, Children develop their body awareness, experiencing better posture and confidence, along with a sense of focus and attention to detail
• By the end of the programme, Children can practice the 3 types of breathing techniques to either calm, focus or energise
• The Yoga-inspired movements are therapeutic movements targeting physiological benefits and adapted to the Classroom setting,

Who’s it for?
Pupils and Staff in primary schools, no previous experience of Yoga or Mindfulness required.

Location
This is a in-person programme, bookable for 1 given classroom for 6 weeks at a time.
To offer the programme concurrently to all classes in school, select the broadcast option

Duration
30 minutes class running weekly for 6 consecutive weeks (1 Half-Term)

Price
The price includes 6x 30mins recorded session for 1 class or whole school broadcast. For Training Bundle see below

Full Training Course Content (for teachers interested to train)
Select the Training Bundle option to benefit from the 1Day Training online-course AND have the opportunity to shadow the instructor during the 6 week-course +debrief time. After this, you will be trained to deliver such classes yourself in your school for the rest of the year.

You can do this with us online with our 1 Day Online Training Course.

Upon completing the Classroom Yoga and Mindfulness Teacher Training Course , you will be able to deliver successfully

1. Mindfulness techniques
   The Mindfulness module is both audio recorded and detailed in the course manual, getting started with simple and powerful mindfulness techniques that provide instant calm and focus, building up to include breathing practices and short guided visualisation. An audio bonus module for teachers guides you though 5 classic mindfulness practices so you can start practising yourself.
2. Therapeutic Movement
   The Poses manual is a real asset in the classroom, with short take-away summaries for all sections, and fully illustrated simple instructions logically constructed to match the sequencing of your lesson plans and sequence builder.
3. Full Lesson Plans
   A Manual is included to guide you through the complete school calendar. The sequence builder allows you to plans lessons of varied length. This course has been perfected to include all the key minimum and necessary knowledge that will make it both fascinating and easy to grasp.

Trainer
Laurence Turner