Jennifer Cohen Harper – Yoga & Mindfulness for Kids

• The Neuroscience of Yoga & Mindfulness
  • Soothe the protective brain, engage and exercise the thoughtful brain
  • The brain-body relationship
  • Regulate the nervous system
  • Manage emotions
  • Explore the relationship between attachment, embodiment and attention
• Strategies for Teaching Yoga & Mindfulness to Children
  • 8 guidelines to create an emotionally and physically safe space
  • Making practice relevant
  • ADHD considerations
• Building Your Toolkit of Practices
  • The Five Elements of Yoga and Mindfulness
  • Connect: Practices to increase present moment awareness of self and others (Mindful Listening, Checking in Worksheet, Caring Feelings Meditation, I Am In Charge)
  • Breathe: Practices to stabilize energy and emotions (Grounding Breath, Empowering Breath, Calming Breath, Balancing Breath)
  • Move: Yoga based movement to regulate energy, and develop an improved sense of
  • agency (Grounding, Strengthening, Balancing)
  • Focus: Activities to build focus and attention capacity (Single Pointed Focus, Thought River Meditation, Expanding Energy Meditation)
  • Relax: Practices to calm the nervous system (Restorative Yoga, Tense and Let Go)
• Addressing Resistance
  • Create an invitation to participate
  • Make practices relevant
  • Effective modeling
  • Skillful acceptance
  • Use mindfulness and yoga in challenging moments

WOULD YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE JENNIFER COHEN HARPER – YOGA & MINDFULNESS FOR KIDS ?

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Do you think yoga and meditation can help the children you work with, but have no idea where to start? You have learned some things, but can’t figure out how to use them. Are you running out of good options for working with challenging kids? A growing body of research shows that yoga and meditation can help children navigate a challenging world.

The founder and director of Little Flower Yoga will show you how these practices can help kids soothe the protective part of their brain and engage and exercise the thoughtful part.

You will walk away from this seminar with a step-by-step approach to integrate the practices of yoga and mindfulness to help children and adolescents who are struggling to regulate their emotions, sustain attention and control impulsive behavior.

Based on a program used with children in NYC schools, this framework for helping children access the inner resources of their body, breath and mind is comprehensive and effective.

It’s time to help our kids move away from reactivity and toward balanced engagement with the world, both at home and at school. This seminar combines discussion, lecture, practice and reflection to send you back to your work inspired and equipped with both new tools and a clear knowledge of how to implement them.