Yoga for Educators Workshop
with Kavita Patel & Jenna Hewitt King
Embodied Teaching: How Yoga Can Enhance Social and Emotional Well-Being for Teachers and Students is designed to meet the needs of the teacher and their students. We live in a high speed, fast paced environment that can be taxing to our spirit and sense of self. As educators specifically, the intensity of each day is amplified as we respond to and support young people through a myriad of experiences and emotions.
While this work as teachers is joyful and fulfilling, it can sometimes leave us feeling disconnected, anxious, and overwhelmed. And we know that children and teens experience stress and anxiety just as adults do. Through embodied movement and breathing, children and adults re-discover how to connect to the experience of living in a body and navigating the world through the senses. When we turn inwards and connect to the body and mind, we find we have all the tools we need to live in harmony with our modern-day world.
This training is unique in that we focus on the teacher and the child. Teachers will experience the benefits of yoga first and then learn tools to share mindful movement and breathing with their students that can be practiced right in the classroom. Practices will be age-appropriate and adaptable to grade-level, physical space, and time. Practicing yoga together creates a unique space where both the child and adult can share each other’s company free of expectations. This training is open to all adults who work with children. We truly look forward to a transformative weekend with you!
REGISTRATION
August 3 & 4, 2024
1:00 - 6:00pm
Register here to attend
TEACHERS
OPTIONAL BIPOC DISCOUNT
In addition to our commitment to foster an inclusive community that honors all body shapes, sizes, ages, and abilities, we also have a responsibility to make yoga more accessible to communities of color that have historically been underrepresented in wellness spaces and have more often been impacted financially by systemic racism. This is why we offer an optional reduction in cost for students who identify as Black, Indigenous, and People of Color without assuming that all who identify as BIPOC require or want financial support for this program. Please enter the code WELLNESS at checkout.