Relaxing Wall Yoga (Tween)
This is an ongoing class of relaxing slow yoga using the support of the wall to deepen your learner's connection to their body.
Nicole Dooley (she/her)
Average rating:
4.9
Number of reviews:(143)
What's included
1 live meeting
35 mins in-class hours per weekClass Experience
As with all my classes, this class is a safe place to learn about slow mindful yoga. There are no judgments and no experience is needed. Yoga is a personal journey, I am here to help your learner on that journey. We will begin each week with a short discussion and set an intention for our yoga practice. Intentions are powerful statements that help us our manifestation power, mental clarity, and focus. They help with our overall state of mind and perspective. I encourage my yogi students to use this intention throughout the week. Our poses each week will be compliment this mantra/intention. I will post to the classroom each week our mantra/intention and they will follow these themes throughout the year are: September/October - Mindfulness November/December - Gratitude January/February - Positivity March/April - Self-Worth May/June - Motivation July/August - Forgiveness We will progress into a short moment of silence to focus the mind along with slow breathing that connects our breathing to our body. Then will the go through a slow yoga flow using the wall to support and deepen our connection to our body. I also include mindful pauses to reflect on our body, and finish with a meditation (savasana). Finishing up with a guided meditation to help them to train their mind to stay focused in the present moment. Meditation is not about stopping our thoughts but rather focusing our thoughts on the present, such as our breath. As this is an ongoing class my classes do not build and your learner can join and start any time during the year.
Learning Goals
1. Students can improve their self-awareness and therefore their interoception.
2. Slow mindful yoga can improve our mind-body connection and help us understand who we are.
3. By allowing the body and mind connection through yoga you can reduce stress.
4. Start a journey of self-awareness, self-confidence, and mindfulness
Other Details
Parental Guidance
Please make sure to have water available and comfortable clothing that will allow movement.
Your learner will need to have an open wall space with area next to the wall for your learner to lay down. It is best to have a yoga/exercise mat perpendicular (right angel) to the open wall space. If you don't have a mat a towel will do. We will do a mix of poses either on the floor or standing facing or back to the wall so bare feet is preferable as it allows for a better grip. But if you would like to wear socks please make sure they are yoga style socks with grip points on the sole.
Please also note: there are components of physical movement and injuries can occur if children aren't supervised. Thank you.
Supply List
Please make sure to have water available and comfortable clothing that will allow movement. Your learner will need to have an open wall space with area next to the wall for your learner to lay down. It is best to have a yoga/exercise mat perpendicular (right angel) to the open wall space. If you don't have a mat a towel will do. We will do a mix of poses either on the floor or standing facing or back to the wall so bare feet is preferable as it allows for a better grip. But if you would like to wear socks please make sure they are yoga style socks with grip points on the sole.
1 file available upon enrollment
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Sources
There are many studies to support the use of intentions for a positive life such as "Author Lynne McTaggart uses cutting-edge research conducted at Princeton, MIT, Stanford, and other universities and laboratories to reveal that intent is capable of profoundly affecting all aspects of our lives."https://hbr.org/2013/02/the-power-of-intent
There are countless studies about the effect of meditation and mindfulness and "Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD sifted through nearly 19,000 meditation studies, they found 47 trials that addressed those issues and met their criteria for well-designed studies. Their findings, published in JAMA Internal Medicine, suggest that mindful meditation can help ease psychological stresses like anxiety, depression, and pain.
Dr. Elizabeth Hoge, a psychiatrist at the Center for Anxiety and Traumatic Stress Disorders at Massachusetts General Hospital and an assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, says that mindfulness meditation makes perfect sense for treating anxiety. “People with anxiety have a problem dealing with distracting thoughts that have too much power,” she explains. “They can’t distinguish between a problem-solving thought and a nagging worry that has no benefit.”
https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/mindfulness-meditation-may-ease-anxiety-mental-stress-201401086967
The available literature, more than a decade old, on the impact of yoga in children has shown that this mind–body practice has demonstrated positive effects in the control of anger, depression, stress, body dissatisfaction, anxiety as well as improving positive emotion. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2095496417300171
Nicole Dooley (she/her)
4.9
143reviews
Teacher expertise and credentials
I am a certified Yoga Alliance yoga teacher and Kids Yoga teacher. I am also a certified mindfulness coach and meditation guide. I love mindfulness, meditation, and yoga. I love sharing it along with all of its benefits with my students.
Please make sure to have water available and comfortable clothing that will allow movement.
Please also note: there are components of physical movement and injuries can occur if children aren't supervised. Thank you. Reviews
Live Group Class
$12
weekly1x per week
35 min
Completed by 1 learner
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Ages: 10-13
3-10 learners per class
This class is no longer offered
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