Classroom Yoga Introduction Workshop for School Staff

This 1 hour Workshop is exclusively available to local primary school staff to discover the proven techniques that they can then learn to implement in their classroom.

During the workshop, the staff will:

• Discover the amazing benefits of Yoga and Mindfulness for pupils and teachers
• Experience a range of physical postures that can be safely practiced in the classroom
• Learn the three aims of breathing techniques
• Understand how the various types of Meditations affect the brain
• Utilise ideas from positive psychology and neuroscience
• Teach elements of life skills through Yoga
• Learn how to take a truly resourceful break

Objectives
Equip you with simple yoga and mindfulness tools that will serve you time and time again in your classroom.
Full training available upon request.

Benefits of the Yoga and Mindfulness techniques experienced in the Workshop

• 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 first term, Children can practice the 3 types of breathing techniques to either calm, focus or energise

Who’s it for?
Education Staff in primary schools, no previous experience of Yoga or Mindfulness required.
Poses are Yoga inspired i.e. therapeutic movements targeting physiological benefits and adapted to the Classroom setting,

Location
At your school premises.

Time
Times arranged beforehand during normal school hours

Duration
60 minutes workshop as suitable for you during the school day

Price
The price includes one hour on-site workshop session for unlimited staff members

About the Full Training Course Content
By the end of the workshop, you will understand the aims of our Full Training course and see whether this is for you.

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.

Teacher
Laurence Turner