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1 November 25 th

2 Yoga for you - Before you begin to teach, take some time just for you. - Remember that Yoga Tools are as much for you as they are for your students - Balanced well-being sets the tone for your classroom. Sit up tall, close your eyes and bring your attention to your breathing. Allow your hips to sink down into your chair; your head to rise up. Let your torso lengthen and expand as you breathe slowly. Allow your shoulders to widen and relax downward. Scan yourself internally for any places where you are tense or holding. Each time you exhale, let go of holding and release any tense places. Feel yourself soften; let thoughts drift away. Bring the focus of your awareness to slightly below your belly button. That s the centre of your body. From your centre, send imaginary roots down into the earth. Feel yourself planted. From your centre, allow yourself to flow upward. Feel your vertical energy extend all the way up into space. Breathe and bring everything into balance. You are integrated, balanced, open and receptive. When you re ready, open your eyes. Lift your arms to your sides, and do Neck Stretches. Lower your arms for some Shoulder Rolls. Clasp the back of the chair and arch forward for a Chest Stretch. Fold forward between your legs for a Chair Forward Bend. Stand and re-connect with your strong vertical centre. Reach arms overhead along side your ears for a Blown Palm. Hang over in Rag doll, with legs wide apart and knees slightly bent. Bend your knees, and roll to standing. Bring feet under hips and sand in Mountain pose. Declare yourself grounded, wise, patient and powerful.

3 Yoga In Schools inspires children to explore yoga and creative movement as a positive form of expression to develop the child as a whole. Students develop: 1. their ability to concentrate 2. techniques to relax at will and to overcome stress 3. body awareness and control 4. self esteem as they observe their own progress

4 "CREATING CALM, CONNECTED AND CONFIDENT KIDS" breathing exercises- to create awareness yoga poses - to increase flexibility and strengthen their bodies Games to create inner qualities and values relaxation - to calm their bodies & minds

5 the balloon breath technique create awareness Candle breath calming hissing breath technique focus your mind

6 The balloon breath is a deep breathing technique based on ancient yogic breathing (and correct breathing). The technique is simple to do and share with your children. It simply consists of a repetition of 3-5 deep breaths that fill up the tummy with air completely, like a big balloon. Inhaling, take in a deep breath and fill up the stomach completely, making sure the tummy fills. Then, as you exhale, feel the tummy deflate as if you were letting the air out of a balloon. Many people continually breathe very shallow with the air only flowing into the chest but not deep breathing. Deep breathing such as the balloon breath fills the cells with oxygen and recharges your battery. It signals to your body that all is well. The balloon breath is an extremely easy relaxation technique for quick relaxation. It can practiced anywhere and at anytime. Children will love this easy visualization that brings instant calm! Candle Breath- Place hands together with the tips of your middle fingers near your mouth. Imagine this is your candle. Inhale through your nose. Exhale slowly through your mouth blowing out your candle. Close your eyes during this breath to deepen the sense of calm. Repeat several times. This breath helps children find their centre by focusing on a familiar task that is soothing and comforting. The Hissing Breath -a great way to slow down your inner speed. Get comfortable. Sit up tall, close your eyes and go inside. Inhale deeply for 3-5 counts. Then, making a S or hissing sound, exhale super slowly, making it last as long as possible.when you have no more air left, relax your mouth and inhale again through your nose. Repeat several times exhaling on a hiss slowly and steadily for as long as possible. Focus on the sensation and sound of your breath.

7 Yoga Animal Poses

8 Yoga Poses Mountain Tree Triangle warrior 1 Warrior 2 plough eagle child Spinal twist

9 yoga postures - to increase flexibility and strengthen their bodies

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11 5 min re-focus Yoga postures

12 inner qualities and values - to create confidence games:

13 Games explained; What Yoga pose am I? many of the Yoga poses are animal or nature poses. This is a creative way to do a review. Yogi says: Choose a leader and play just like Simon Says. The leader demonstrates different movements or yoga postures. Players follow along only when the leader says Yogi says. Pass the squeeze: this is a simple yet profoundly unifying game and a great way to develop cooperation and teamwork among children. Everyone sits in a circle holding hands. The teacher starts by squeezing the left hand of the person on his/her right. As each new person feels the squeeze to their left hand, they pass the squeeze to the hand of the person on their right until the squeeze is passed all the way around the circle and gets back to the teacher. Variation: send health, respect, kindness or confidence as the squeeze

14 relaxation - to calm their bodies Yoga postures

15 Rainbow visualization guided meditation - to calm their minds Make yourselves comfortable and close your eyes. Breathe deeply right into your tummy. Imagine a sunny sky above you. Feel the warmth and the light from the sun above. A cloud drifts by, sprinkling a light rain. The rain feels refreshing on your face, arms, and legs. The cloud drifts away and the rain ends leaving a vibrant rainbow over your body. Notice the glowing colours of the rainbow Imagine what it feels like to be a rainbow. With your next breath, breathe in the colours of the rainbow. Feel the colours enter your body filling you with their glow. One colour shines more brightly than the rest. This is your special colour for today. As you breathe, your colour fills each part of your body allowing that part to relax and let go of all tension, beginning with your head. Your neck. Your arms your chest your tummy..your legs. Your toes. The rainbow wraps you in a blanket of joy. Now allow the rainbow to fade, leaving behind it s energy and beauty inside of you. Thank the rainbow for sharing it s colours with you. Begin to awaken by wiggling your toes and fingers. Stretch and take some deep breaths. Open your eyes and rub your hands together for 7 counts, and then place them over your eyes, or your heart and belly, sealing in the love, light and listening you just created for yourselves.

16 Let s use a technique called EFT. (Emotional Freedom Technique) POSITIVE AFFIRMATIONS

17 EFT AFFIRMATIONS I love to learn at school, I do my work easily and I am popular with my friends.

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19 As I teach, I learn Caroline About the presenter My name is Caroline Traynor, I m a teacher of Yoga and English. I was born in Ireland and am qualified and experienced as a Manager and also as a teacher of English, Yoga and Reiki. My work has taken me to lots of different cities and countries, including: Paris, London, Saudi Arabia, New York, Bangkok, Hong Kong and Barcelona. I have been living and working in Morro Jable, Fuerteventura for the past 11 years, working with the Auxiliar de conversación & CLIL projects and teaching Yoga. I have experience giving workshops to teachers and to children in schools on Learning English through Yoga and The science of Yoga and workshops on Yoga for Teachers, Stress Management, Teachers can speak English too, Yoga for Teachers TEA Jornadas 2010, Técnicas para la relajación de nuestro alumnado a través del yoga en ingles and Coordination as key element in CLIL programme at schools. s g