Full Course Description
Yoga & Mindfulness Tools for Children and Adolescents: Improve Emotional Regulation and Increase Attention
Program Information
Objectives
- Examine the relationship between brain, nervous system, and body, and articulate how yoga and mindfulness can aid in supporting effective integration and function.
- Integrate yoga and mindfulness practices into treatment to help clients regulate their emotions.
- Implement yoga and mindfulness into clinical practice to enhance clients’ self-awareness.
- Utilize mindfulness strategies in a strength based, supportive manner to assist in improving client’s ability to attend and focus.
- Evaluate mindfulness techniques that may help children become more emotionally regulated as well as reduce impulsivity and increase positive decision making skills.
- Articulate strategies that can be integrated into treatment to help improve resilience and mindfulness-based self-care among clients.
Outline
The Neuroscience of Yoga & Mindfulness
- Soothe the protective brain, engage and exercise the thoughtful brain
- The brain-body relationship
- Regulate the nervous system
- Manage emotions
- Explore the relationship between attachment, embodiment and attention
Strategies for Teaching Yoga & Mindfulness to Children
- 8 guidelines to create an emotionally and physically safe space
- Making practice relevant
- ADHD considerations
Building Your Toolkit of Practices
- The Five Elements of Yoga and Mindfulness
- Connect:
- Practices to increase present moment awareness of self and others (Mindful Listening,Checking in Worksheet, Caring Feelings Meditation, I Am In Charge)
- Breathe:
- Practices to stabilize energy and emotions (Grounding Breath, Empowering Breath, Calming Breath, Balancing Breath)
- Move:
- Yoga based movement to regulate energy, and develop an improved sense of agency (Grounding, Strengthening, Balancing)
- Focus:
- Activities to build focus and attention capacity (Single Pointed Focus, Thought River Meditation, Expanding Energy Meditation)
- Relax:
- Practices to calm the nervous system (Restorative Yoga, Tense and Let Go)
Addressing Resistance
- Create an invitation to participate
- Make practices relevant
- Effective modeling
- Skillful acceptance
- Use mindfulness and yoga in challenging moments
Copyright :
15/02/2017
Yoga & Mindfulness Based Tools for Children & Adolescents to Manage Anxiety & Navigate Stressful Situations
Program Information
Objectives
- Discover how increased embodiment and present moment awareness can support anxiety reduction and change children’s relationship to stress
- Implement simple practices that build children’s sense of personal power
Outline
- What anxiety is telling us: Listening to the messages of the body
- Our Stress Response and harnessing its power
- Agency and Personal Power: Practices to teach our minds how strong we are
- Connect activity to gain perspective and orient to the present moment: Five Senses Practice
- Breathe Activity to Soothe the Nervous System: Resistance Breathing
- Movement Practices to Enhance Sense of Agency and Strength: Mountain Pose Exploration; Feeling My Strength
- Focus Activity to Practice Grounding and Stabilizing: Body Connection Focus Practice
- Relaxation Practice to Rest and Repair: Restorative Yoga Poses
- Repairing the Mind-Body Communication System: Embodiment and its relationship to anxiety reduction
Copyright :
12/01/2016
Breathwork Practices to Regulate Energy Level and Arousal in Children & Adolescents
Outline
- The Breath-Nervous System Relationship
- Practices to Calm and Ground
- Heart and Belly Breathing
- Langhana Breath
- Alternate Nostril Breathing
- Energizing Practices:
- Balloon Breath
- Ha Kriya
- Breath of Joy
- Considerations for Different Ages (2-4, 5-8, 8-12 years old)
- Asthma, Allergies and Other Concerns
Objectives
- Describe the physiology of arousal and self-regulation.
- Demonstrate breath-based practices that can be used for self-regulation and to impact arousal levels.
Program Information
Outline
- The Breath-Nervous System Relationship
- Practices to Calm and Ground
- Heart and Belly Breathing
- Langhana Breath
- Alternate Nostril Breathing
- Energizing Practices:
- Balloon Breath
- Ha Kriya
- Breath of Joy
- Considerations for Different Ages (2-4, 5-8, 8-12 years old)
- Asthma, Allergies and Other Concerns
Objectives
- Describe the physiology of arousal and self-regulation.
- Demonstrate breath-based practices that can be used for self-regulation and to impact arousal levels.
Copyright :
12/01/2016
Yoga & Mindfulness Based Practices to Support Children & Adolescents with ADHD
Program Information
Objectives
- Articulate how the body and nervous system effect ADHD symptomology in children.
- Consider clinical implications of utilizing yoga and mindfulness practices to reduce ADHD symptoms in clients.
Outline
- Understanding ADHD through the Body and Nervous System
- How Can Yoga & Mindfulness Help Children with ADHD?
- The Five Elements of Yoga and Mindfulness
- Practices
- Connect Activity to Orient and Sooth the Protective Brain: Layers of Sound
- Breathe Activity to Regulate Nervous System: Breath of Joy
- Move Activity to Calm and Ground: Chair Yoga Sequence
- Focus Activity to Improve Attention: I Am In Charge
- Relax Activity to Increase Embodiment and Support Rest: Tense and Let Go
Copyright :
12/01/2016