Mindfulness, Movement, Social Emotional Learning

Integrating Yoga in the school curriculum might help students feel better and improve their grades, recent research suggests! 

Offering mindfulness based Yoga Programs in Schools may help young people learn to manage stress and increase their ability to bounce back in response to stress.  Yoga and Mindfulness in Schools also helps with

• Emotion Regulation
• Academic Performance
• Reduced Anxiety and Tension
• Resilience to Stress
• Fewer Problem Behaviours
• Physical Wellbeing
• Sense of Calm
• Empathy and Understanding of others
• Teacher Wellbeing and Classroom Climate

Reducing Stress and Anxiety with Yoga

Physical activity is known to help relieve stress, but yoga may go further than exercise alone. Studies show that yoga has a positive effect on reducing stress and improving overall mental and emotional wellbeing (Birdee et al., 2009; Noggle et al., 2012), by:

• Reducing perceived stress and increasing self-compassion, so that the mind can deal with stress more effectively and lessen its toll on the body (Gard et al., 2012)

• Regulating the brain and nervous system, to reduce the physical stress response and improving brain function (Sengupta, 2012).