Youth Programming
A typical holistic 45-minute youth class includes:
- playing music to which the children love to sing along
- breathing exercises to help self-monitor
- on their yoga placemats, classic yoga poses such as Downward Dog
- kinesthetic games and vocalizing fun self-affirmations: “I am strong!” “I am resilient”
- integration time, lying flat on the ground, to relax and refocus, dim lights and music
- encouraging each student on how well he or she did that class
- ~programming taught to PE and Health standards-based curriculum
Tools for Teachers
A typical 2 hour introductory staff development class includes:
- breathing techniques for self and student, for increased mind-body awareness
- yoga poses and movements to balance the nervous system and energize the afternoon
- kinesthetic games implemented in the classroom at students’ desks
- restoration and relaxation time for the hard-working educator
A typical 1 day in-service training for teachers and staff includes:
- Tools for self stress management through breathing exercises
- Unique and practical classroom management tools
- Restorative yoga poses for everyBody
- All 4 Yoga Ed tools explained, demonstrated and practiced
- Tools for Teachers Manual and Instruction Book
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Partner Schools:
- Baldwin-Whitehall School District
- Dilworth Traditional Academy
- The Environmental Charter School at Frick Park
- Helen S. Faison Arts Academy
- Marshall County School District, West Virginia
- Pittsburgh Public School District
- Pittsburgh Urban Christian School
- Penn Hills School District
- Urban League of Pittsburgh Charter School
- Western PA School for the Deaf
- Schaeffer Elementary
- St. Bede Catholic School
- University of Pittsburgh’s Falk Laboratory School
- Urban League of Pittsburgh Charter Schools
- Western PA School for the Deaf
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.1112 S. Braddock Ave. Suite 201. Pittsburgh, PA 15218. 412-287-4591.