Stretch, Bend, & Chill - Yoga for Every Body
In this ongoing class that meets twice a week, students will become more flexible, learn how to manage stress with yoga therapy stretches, breathing exercises, mindfulness and relaxation. Upholding compassion & empathy are employed.
Miss Paula
Average rating:
5.0
Number of reviews:(7)
What's included
2 live meetings
1 in-class hours per weekClass Experience
This is a yoga-based class that is offered twice a week for 30 minutes. It includes warm up stretches, yoga postures with modifications to improve flexibility, breathing exercises to strengthen respiration and manage anxiety, mindfulness, and relaxation with guided visualization to help create more peace and calm in the mental and emotional body. There is a sibling discount offered of $8 per child per week rather than $12 per child per week. The class is structured: Welcome/Checking In (3 minutes) Warming Up Movement (5 minutes) Yoga Postures (stretching) (10 minutes) Breathing, Mindfulness and Relaxation (10 minutes) Closing & Questions (3 minutes)
Learning Goals
Students will learn new ways to manage stress and have more peace and calm in their lives by identifying stress and using the yoga tools to balance them out.
The yoga stretching will release tension & stiffness in the body and improve flexibility. The breathing exercises will improve lung function and be a tool to manage anxiety and emotions. And the relaxation techniques will bring a sense of peace and calm to their overall outlook.
Other Details
Supply List
Students need a yoga mat or non-slip surface, a blanket and if available, a yoga block and belt.
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Joined April, 2020
5.0
7reviews
Teacher expertise and credentials
Hi.
I teach children Mindfulness exercises, relaxation techniques, meditation, Hatha Yoga and Ayurveda Nutrition.
My background involves developing a children's yoga and meditation program at a Montessori school in Pennsylvania where I was a classroom assistant for the early elementary classes. And blending the yoga and mindfulness aspect into the school curriculum to seamlessly integrate and match head teachers' themes for the week. If it was animals they were studying, I'd use the animal theme as we stretched our bodies into animal poses or learned how some animals keep quiet and hide while being alert and aware. It was lots of fun and a wonderful way to offer the children ways to deal with emotions, stress and just being a kid. They appreciated the language of Yoga using the Sanskrit words to describe the yoga postures or techniques. Instead of criss-cross apple sauce pose, it would be Sukhasana, easy pose. They even learned how to sing entire songs and melodies in Sanskrit for their graduation.
The values I uphold in my teaching philosophy are the same values I uphold in my own life: Honesty, integrity, loyalty, kindness, respect for all beings and nature, joyfulness and that learning is fun. I'm a perennial student and love new things and learning new languages, techniques and fun things like jumping rope. I learned how to double-dutch style with a jump rope when children taught it to me when I was 55! They were the best teachers and very patient with me, because I made a lot of mistakes, that's for sure.
Life for me is a glass that is full and I am grateful for each and every day that I breathe in life and have opportunities to be present, help others and appreciate all the beauty around me.
Namaste. I honor the light within all beings!
Reviews
Live Group Class
$12
weekly ($6 per class)2x per week
30 min
Completed by 54 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 8-12
4-10 learners per class
