An Introduction to Mindfulness and School-Based Yoga Practices for School Communities

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• Select section General Information

  General Information

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  In recognition of the need for evidence-based, universal, trauma-responsive practices that support the complete physical, mental, emotional, and social well-being of children, youth, staff, and caregivers, the TASN School Mental Health Initiative has partnered with Little Flower Yoga to develop an online video series introducing practices that can be: a) instructionally embedded, and b) accessible to all.
  

  How to Use These Videos

  Children and Youth
  

  The following videos can be played directly for children and youth. Each series includes an introduction and seven 20-minute lessons featuring over 30 mindfulness and school-based yoga exercises. 
  
  Staff and Caregivers
  

  These videos include an introduction and four, 5- to 20-minute lessons in energizing, restorative, chair yoga, and breath work practices. 
• Select section Elementary (Children)

  Elementary (Children)

  • Select activity Introduction (13 minutes)

    

    Introduction (13 minutes) URL

    Completion

    Students must

    

    Mark as done
  • Select activity Exploring the Five Elements (22 minutes)

    

    Exploring the Five Elements (22 minutes) URL

    Completion

    Students must

    

    Mark as done

    • What are mindfulness and yoga?
    • Introduction to the five elements and foundational activities.
    • Share guidelines for participation.

  • Select activity Connecting to My Body (22 minutes)

    

    Connecting to My Body (22 minutes) URL

    Completion

    Students must

    

    Mark as done

    • Create opportunities for children to notice sensation in their bodies in various poses.
    • Review what yoga and mindfulness mean.
    • Increase self-awareness in relation to physical sensations.

  • Select activity My Breath and Me (22 minutes)

    

    My Breath and Me (22 minutes) URL

    Completion

    Students must

    

    Mark as done

    • Identify how changing the breath can impact feeling and experience.

  • Select activity How Am I Doing? Part 1 (22 minutes)

    

    How Am I Doing? Part 1 (22 minutes) URL

    Completion

    Students must

    

    Mark as done

    • Introduction to the importance of self-compassion.
    • Build on self-awareness practices.

  • Select activity How Am I Doing? Part 2 (21 minutes)

    

    How Am I Doing? Part 2 (21 minutes) URL

    Completion

    Students must

    

    Mark as done

    • Increase awareness of thoughts and emotions.
    • Build on self-compassion practices.

  • Select activity How Does Grounding Feel? (23 minutes)

    

    How Does Grounding Feel? (23 minutes) URL

    Completion

    Students must

    

    Mark as done

    • Notice and name how grounding practices affect the body, mind, and emotions.

  • Select activity How Do Power Poses Feel? (27 minutes)

    

    How Do Power Poses Feel? (27 minutes) URL

    Completion

    Students must

    

    Mark as done

    • Practice expansive movement and power poses.

• Select section Middle and High School (Youth)

  Middle and High School (Youth)

  • Select activity Introduction

    

    Introduction URL

    Completion

    Students must

    

    Mark as done
  • Select activity Exploring the Five Elements (24 minutes)

    

    Exploring the Five Elements (24 minutes) URL

    Completion

    Students must

    

    Mark as done

    • What are mindfulness and yoga?
    • Introduction to the five elements and foundational activities.
    • Share guidelines for participation.

  • Select activity Connecting to My Body (25 minutes)

    

    Connecting to My Body (25 minutes) URL

    Completion

    Students must

    

    Mark as done

    • Create opportunities for children to notice sensation in their bodies in various poses.
    • Review what yoga and mindfulness mean.
    • Increase self-awareness in relation to physical sensations.

  • Select activity My Breath and Me (22 minutes)

    

    My Breath and Me (22 minutes) URL

    Completion

    Students must

    

    Mark as done

    • Identify how changing the breath can impact feeling and experience.
    • Introduction to the language of the protective brain/thoughtful brain.

  • Select activity How Am I Doing? Part 1 (24 minutes)

    

    How Am I Doing? Part 1 (24 minutes) URL

    Completion

    Students must

    

    Mark as done

    • Introduction to the importance of self-compassion.
    • Build on self-awareness practices.

  • Select activity How Am I Doing? Part 2 (27 minutes)

    

    How Am I Doing? Part 2 (27 minutes) URL

    Completion

    Students must

    

    Mark as done

    • Increase awareness of thoughts and emotions.
    • Build on self-compassion practices.

  • Select activity How Does Grounding Feel? (24 minutes)

    

    How Does Grounding Feel? (24 minutes) URL

    Completion

    Students must

    

    Mark as done

    • Notice and name how grounding practices affect the body, mind, and emotions.

  • Select activity How Do Power Poses Feel? (27 minutes)

    

    How Do Power Poses Feel? (27 minutes) URL

    Completion

    Students must

    

    Mark as done

    • Practice expansive movement and power poses, and help students identify how they feel during these activities.

• Select section Staff and Caregivers

  Staff and Caregivers

  • Select activity Introduction (8 minutes)

    

    Introduction (8 minutes) URL

    Completion

    Students must

    

    Mark as done

    • Introduction to the well-being program, the 5 elements and pathways of mindfulness, and guidelines for participation.

  • Select activity Energizing Practice (14 minutes)

    

    Energizing Practice (14 minutes) URL

    Completion

    Students must

    

    Mark as done

    • Chair-based mindfulness and yoga practices to help bring more empowered and alert energy into the body and movement.

  • Select activity Restorative Practice (15 minutes)

    

    Restorative Practice (15 minutes) URL

    Completion

    Students must

    

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    • A gentle movement practice done in a chair to give your body and mind a chance to rest and restore.

  • Select activity Chair Yoga Movement (21 minutes)

    

    Chair Yoga Movement (21 minutes) URL

    Completion

    Students must

    

    Mark as done

    • A chair-based movement practice to help release accumulated stress and tension in the body and promote ease.

  • Select activity Mindfulness and Breathwork (11 minutes)

    

    Mindfulness and Breathwork (11 minutes) URL

    Completion

    Students must

    

    Mark as done

    • A mindfulness of breath practice to help anchor focus when having a lot of thoughts and emotions.