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Yoga & Meditation
Research proves that yoga and meditation significantly improve self-regulation skills. Dr Bessel Van der kolk MD, professor, researcher of psychiatry, and one of the worlds leading experts in trauma treatment, talks about this throughout his book.
There are many good resources out there on mindfulness, gratitude, and resilience, which are key skills that kids need to learn to improve their own mental health. These websites will help you build your own unique resource library.
Breathing Exercises for Primary
Yoga Links for Primary & Yoga in the Classroom
Breathing Exercises for Secondary
Celebrities Talking About Yoga, Meditation and Mental Health
Other Resources
If it’s fun like Fitball Yoga, there are loads of free clips on YouTube. This can then be built into PE sessions, which young people will love! Then they are doing yoga without it feeling boring to them or a chore.
Think about your own personal exercise plan. If it feels like the same-old-same-old, you won’t want to do it but make it fun and mix it up you will and still get the same health benefits.
Fitball yoga will help teenagers get these benefits and maybe setting a balance challenge which you can also find on YouTube and Pinterest for free.
There are so many free challenges for teenagers available on Pinterest with free print outs to motivate and give class challenges.
These clips will also help to incorporate proprioception activities, which research tells us we need to help regulate our nervous systems.
Proprioception can be found in our joints and muscles and exercising these for 10-15 minutes per day can give a calming effect of 1-2 hours according to research.
Proprioception activities include running, walking, gardening, unhinged and pulling activities, yoga, swimming, jumping, etc.
What Does It Mean to Be Assertive?
Teaching children to be assertive and set boundaries early on in life with help them to communicate their needs and not suppress them. This is a key skill for positive mental health.
Full details can be found via big life journal
Cross Crawl Exercises
Stabilizes your walking gait coordination – builds core strength. Energizes your body and calms your mind – releases tension and stress. Improves your eye teaming skills – essential for focus, reading, and writing. Enhances whole-brain thinking – your left and right hemispheres work together.
