I am so excited to begin sharing the Yoga 4 Classrooms program in the Washington, DC area this fall.
The Yoga 4 Classrooms mission is to transform educational environments through yoga-based wellness training and support, empowering students and educators to create positive, peaceful, productive classrooms that support exceptional learning and a lifetime of health and wellness.
Y4C is low-cost, simple, effective and sustainable program designed for use in the K-8 classrooms. It's curriculum includes a mix of yoga postures, brain boosting movements, breath exercises, visualizations, mindfulness activities, creative movement and community-building games, which facilitate students’ physical, mental, emotional and social personal growth and address anti-bullying, health and wellness, and character education.
In 2007, while volunteer teaching in a local elementary school, Lisa Flynn, E-RYT, RCYT and founder of ChildLight Yoga, was inspired and challenged by the classroom teachers she encountered to create a yoga and mindfulness-based program focused on the whole child that would also be appropriate for the classroom setting. Since its implementation in 2010, Yoga 4 Classrooms is quickly expanding nationwide and beyond.
Get Started with the Yoga 4 Classrooms Professional Development Workshop
On October 27, I will lead a one-day Yoga 4 Classrooms professional development workshop at Christ Church on Capitol Hill for classroom teachers, administrators, school counselors, physical education teachers, therapists and others seeking to bring simple yoga and mindfulness techniques into the classroom.
When: Saturday, October 27 from 2 – 8 pm (includes a dinner break)
Where: Christ Church on Capitol Hill, 620 E Street SE, Washington DC
How Much? Tuition of $180 includes:
- 6 hr. interactive workshop (includes lunch or dinner break)
- Fully-illustrated, full-color, 230 pg. Y4C Manual
- possible PDP or CEUs and reimbursement from your school
- Certificate of Completion
The 230pg, fully-illustrated Yoga 4 Classrooms® Manual is utilized in this workshop ensuring the program is both easy to use and sustainable for long-term use. Absolutely no yoga experience is required. In fact, educators are encouraged to wear their regular, comfortable clothing and flat soled shoes to the workshop as we'll be simulating a classroom experience.
For more information
or to register, visit www.yoga4classrooms.com.
Interested in having an entire school trained to implement the Y4C program? Feel free to get in touch or read about how your school can be a Yoga 4 Classrooms School.