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Teacher Edition: Yoga for Children with Developmental Challenges
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Five-part comprehensive educational DVD specifically designed for classroom use and large group practice
Includes:
- Introduction, Creating the Yogic Environment, Developing an Awareness of the Breath, Posture Benefits and Demonstrations, and a 38 minute balanced modified yoga class
- Creating a regular yoga practice for your students
- Suggestions and instructions for engaging students in the preparation and creation of their yogic environment
- Demonstrates numerous preparatory exercises to develop an awareness and control of the breath, increasing the length of inhalations and exhalations, synchronizing the breath with rhythms and movement... a thoroughly enjoyable and beneficial practice in itself
- Live navigation buttons support non-readers
The Teacher Edition includes a comprehensive section that will encourage all students to become fully
engaged in setting up the yogic environment. This process serves to promote and develop:
engaged in setting up the yogic environment. This process serves to promote and develop:
- A calming, peaceful atmosphere and state of mind
- Personal responsibility
- Cooperation
- Necessary boundaries and respect for self and others
- Focus, attention, listening, following directions
- Self-direction
- Fine and gross motor skills
- Perceptual skills
- Creativity
Numerous breath exercises assist to develop an awareness of the breath, increasing the length and intensity of the inhalations and exhalations, synchronizing and connecting the breath with rhythms and movement.
Benefits of controlling the breath include:
Benefits of controlling the breath include:
- Increase of oxygen to the brain and to the cells
- Increase in circulation
- Can relax or energize the body and the mind
- Clears the mind
- Strengthens concentration and focus
- Relieves stress and anxiety
- Increases the life force energy
All spinal twists:
- Squeeze and detox the organs
- Organize the brain
- Improve body awareness, assisting to develop higher level motor and perceptual skills
- Improve the production of coping chemicals
The Half-Moon Series is a flow of movements connecting with the breath. Benefits include:
- Improves sensory perceptions
- Balances the hormonal system
- Tones and strengthens the front, back and sides of the body
- Decongests the viscera organs such as the spleen and liver
- Helps to eliminate toxins
- Builds strength, balance and good posture
- Oxygenates the face
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