Yoga In Schools
Engaging Mind and Body Health For Schools and Families, Offering Yoga and Meditation Classes Both Online and Face to Face
Early Years Yoga
These are best delivered weekly as part of the EYFS or K1 programme.
Yoga in early education covers literacy and numeracy. It builds gross motors skills to improve spatial awareness and balance as well as fine motor skills such as the muscles in the hands in preparation for writing and focuses.
Children enjoy bringing stories to life with yoga moves and learn to use gentle touch and find stillness in their bodies through mini- meditations.
These classes are great for staff to join in with and learn a few basic techniques that can be practiced with their students throughout the week too.
Yoga in PE
Yoga as part of the PE curriculum helps supports the following aims within the national curriculum for KS1 and KS2;
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Develop competence to excel in a broad range of physical activities
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Lead healthy, active lives.
Yoga classes can introduce students to new ways of moving and breathing and consequently help reduce stress and anxiety for students. Through meditations and positive affirmations, yoga can also support positive body image from an early age and lead students finding new strengths and friendships withing their school life.
Yoga After-school Club
Yoga after school club will introduce pupils to a fun and active approach to yoga.
Classes will include individual poses, partner poses, mini meditations and often follow themes.
Through the use of music and props, pupils will be encouraged to engage in mindful activities that help them relate their feelings and emotions to what is happening in their school and home life. Students are given opportunities to share but this is not an expectation.
Yoga For Families
These classes encourage parents and their children to indulge in sessions together.
Activities can include games, yoga challenges and taking part in resting poses together that encourage a bond between the parent and child.
These classes can be more yoga or relaxation based, depending on the audience and need at the setting.
Mindful Classes
A chance for students to engage in mindful activities to help process emotions and talk through them in a small group environment.
Classes will introduce quiet activities that encourage reflection, breathing and guided meditation as well as acts of gratitude and goal setting. These can take place inside or outside depending on the spaces available and the season.
Yoga Outdoors
These outdoor sessions include, connecting to nature, exploring the outdoors, collecting objects that can then inspire us to move in new ways.
Working in teams students can build nests, dens, bird feeders, decorations, wreaths etc.
Students can take part in mindful activities that can connect them to their surroundings, listening to sounds, noting, drawing and quiet reflection time.