Yoga For Classroom Teachers
Equip yourself with the essential knowledge and skills to share safe and supportive yoga practices with your pupils. Our comprehensive resources are designed to enhance the wellbeing of both teachers and students, integrating yoga seamlessly into the school environment.
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All practices are fully progressive for each Key Stage and linked back to the National Curriculum requirements with supporting research, so you can be confident that you are meeting the developmental needs of each of the children in your school.
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Recent Media Coverage
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I like it because I liked doing the flexibility lesson
Year 4 child about the yoga in P.E programme
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I like yoga club because I'm already progressing and I like the poses
Year 6 child about the ICYS Yoga Club
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It's really relaxing and fun. When you're angry you calm down by doing yoga.
Year 4 child about the yoga in P.E programme
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“A very relaxing experience for the children - wish it could be every day!”
Dawn - TA in Reception Class
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“The children really loved learning all the different poses and then using them in the book."
Jenny - Year 2 Teacher
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"I noticed a change in the children's ability to self-regulate using some of the techniques learnt."
Emma - P.E Lead
Ready for the research?
Benefits of School Yoga Programs:
Focus and Academic Performance: Enhances concentration, comprehension, and memory, contributing to better academic results.
Positive Classroom Climate: Fosters a calm, harmonious environment, encouraging community and connectedness.
Behavioural Improvements: Reduces problem behaviours, enhancing patience and reflection.
Here are some of the studies detailing the benefits of running yoga regularly in schools:
FOCUS, ATTENTION & ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
Brings students into the present moment – the most basic requirement for learning (Eastman-Mueller et al., 2013; Wang & Hagins, 2016).
Has a positive impact on students’ academic performance (Anila et al., 2016; Butzer et al., 2015; Hagins and Rundle, 2016; Kauts & Sharma, 2009 Singh et al., 2016; Theirry et al., 2016; Wang & Hagins, 2016; Bennett & Dorjee, 2016).
Enhances focus, attention, concentration, comprehension and memory (Case-Smith et al., 2010; Ehud et al., 2010; Pradhan & Nagendra, 2010; Napoli et al., 2005; Manjunath & Telles, 2004; Wimmer et al., 2016; Quach et al., 2015; Mak et al., 2018; Tarrasch et al., 2018).
Serves as a promising form of physical and cognitive training to enhance learning-related outcomes (Butzer et al., 2016).
POSITIVE CLIMATE AND RELATIONSHIP BUILDING
Encourages community and connectedness within the classroom (Conboy et al., 2013; Finnan, 2015).
Creates a calm, harmonious classroom and positive school climate (Butzer et al., 2015; Kielty et al., 2017; Wisner, 2014).
Provides an opportunity for teacher self-care which can support positive classroom climate as well as improvements in teacher effectiveness and student outcomes (Roeser et al., 2012).
BEHAVIOR
Provides opportunities for reflection, patience and insight, thereby reducing problem behaviors such as suspensions, bullying, unexcused absences, detentions, impulsivity, hostility, and reactivity (Bakosh et al., 2015; Centeio et al., 2017; Fishbein et al., 2016; Franco et al., 2016; Frank et al, 2014; Frank et al., 2016; Parker et al., 2014; Salmoirago-Blotcher et al., 2018).
The club can be funded within school’s budgets or a small amount can be charged to parents to cover the costs of the club. The programme is available for a one off payment of £250 which includes the video training and email support for the Inner Child Yoga School with a license for one school. If you choose to invest in planning for future terms (I advise purchasing three terms to enable club to run all year without repeating) these will be available for a further £100 a term. If you wish to buy multiple licenses for a number of schools in one go discounts are available.