Are your pupils or child struggling to focus today? Try this short but effective yoga class with them to get them up and moving, and re-focussed with some fun balancing poses.
What is yoga?
Yoga, simply put, is moving through a series of poses, keeping our focus on the movements and breath. We get the physical benefit of greater strength, mobility, coordination and flexibility, but, perhaps more importantly, the mental benefit of mindfulness.
Yoga could also be described as Mindful Movement.
Help children relax
Yoga to calm & unwind
This all seated yoga class is great to do at the end of a busy school day, to send them home calm & relaxed.
Yoga for children to feel calm & relaxed
Take these 7 minutes to get super calm and relaxed with your kids. This is a slow and gentle class, great for any time that kids need to slow down, get grounded and feel calm.
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Mindfulness is awareness that arises through paying attention, on purpose, in the present moment, non-judgementally. Jon Kabat-Zinn
Yoga is non-competitive movement linked to the breath. In yoga we can access this state of mindfulness more easily than say seated meditation, because we have movement and the breath to help us focus on the present moment, free from distraction.
This is particularly true for children, who love to move! The mental benefits of being mindful are rapidly being more fully understood, precisely why it's so important to offer children authentic yoga, for physical and mental benefit.
Yoga for stress in children
Yoga for stress in kids
Life can feel stressful at times for everyone, and in children the feeling gets amplified. Yoga can be so, so helpful in reducing childhood stress and anxiety. Try this 10 minute yoga for stress and anxiety video with your child or pupils.
Yoga for worry in children
Kids can get worried easily, with so many new things happening around them! Yoga can teach them how to let the bad thoughts go and choose a nicer thought to come in. Try this 12 minute yoga for worries video with your child or pupils.
After practicing yoga for a little while children can more easily access a mindful relaxed state through connecting to the breath. That's when you might like to try guided breathing exercises, relaxations and meditations, like the following videos, to do in addition to the movement based classes.
Breathing for focus in children
This guided breathing exercise can be done at the desk, or seated or lying on the floor, and is a great way to re-focus your pupils and get them ready for the next task of the day!
A guided relaxation for calming children
Natural relaxation is usually the final element of a yoga class after mindfully moving connected to the breath. But sometimes when already physically or mental tired a guided relaxation is a great option for your class.
Great to do seated or lying down in the classroom or home, let Helen guided you through this short relaxation for children.
Meditation for positivity in children
We never really know what is going on in our pupil's lives, but it's amazing the power of the breath to increase our sense of wellbeing, calm and positivity.
Here Helen guides you through a short meditation for positivity designed specifically for children.
What next?
Even with a small amount of yoga with mindfulness you'll start to see a positive effect in your children!
But of course, the greatest benefit and transformation comes with consistency...
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Don’t let including wellbeing at school be a headache! Have the right wellbeing resources at your fingertips for calm, confident kids - and a more relaxed you.
Try Well Ed free for the first 14 days and get started with the 1 week well & Calm Classroom video series! Standing and seated mindful movement you can share in the classroom - for greater focus and attention.