Hi guys! The other day I was looking up ideas for working with kids who have behavioral problems. I have seen a lot of physical and verbal aggression in the classroom recently and was searching for ways to lower the chances of these instances occurring. I found an article about using yoga to deal with different stressors both at school and at home, specifically focusing on kids who come from broken homes where support is lacking. The article states that "through yoga movements and conscious breathing, youth are learning to be still, to focus, and to relax and have greater self-control." The article says that yoga is providing an outlet for kids to express anger, anxiety, and stress. Although it focuses on entire yoga programs and not three-to-five-minute brain breaks, I think that we can use this information to make sure that the yoga that we do with our kids specifically focuses on moves that lead to relaxation. Hopefully kids that are wound up, angry, or stressed before a yoga brain break can find some sort of relaxation after a short yoga session. Fingers crossed!!
Read the article here!
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