Thriving Schools
MOVEMENT, MINDFULNESS AND MINDSET
Combining yoga, mindfulness and positive psychology practices to decrease stress and anxiety, enhance resilience and increase self-belief. Programs can be adapted to suit the needs of your school.
BENEFITS OF mindfulness-based programs IN THE SCHOOL SETTING
Students learn healthy ways to balance their emotions
Promotes a calm but alert mental and energetic state - ideal for learning
Helps to anchor students into the present moment
Provides a safe non-competitive environment that encourages a sense of connectedness within the classroom
Offers beneficial brain breaks throughout the day
Eases anxiety and tension
Enhances focus, concentration and memory
Encourages self-reflection
Supports social and emotional learning
Improves confidence and self-esteem
Encourages respect for oneself and others
Using the body to focus and calm the mind, yoga directly affects the nervous system helping to balance and more productively channel energy.
Yoga for Wellbeing
comprehensive mind, body and emotional health and well-being programs
Delivered on site or professional development for your staff, you choose.
Combining:
Mindfulness activities for resilience and emotional regulation.
Yoga to improve strength, stability and flexibility, develop greater body awareness and build confidence.
Breathing techniques to balance energy levels, and meditation and relaxation for wellbeing.
Thriving Classrooms
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT to INTEGRATE Yoga and MINDFULness Strategies IN THE CLASSROOM
Simple tools that:
Settle energy
Prepare body and mind for learning
Offer constructive brain breaks
Energise and refocus
Create calm and supportive learning environments
Increase sense of wellbeing and day-to-day enjoyment for students and staff
The ABC’s of Thriving for Educators
Mindfulness based well-being workshop
In this 1.5hour introductory workshop you'll discover the ABC’s of mindfulness, how you can apply these principles to promote well-being, and why:
Self-care is essential for productivity
Your self-regulation is critical to the self-regulation of your students
Integrating mindfulness into your day saves you time rather than adds to your to-do list
You’ll also learn 3 quick hacks to stop stress spiralling into overwhelm and how one simple habit can shape your brain for positivity.
Follow this workshop with professional development for staff representatives enabling them to teach and integrate basic mindfulness practices into the staffroom.
Thriving Teachers
6-week Mindfulness based well-being program for greater calm, connection, resilience and happiness for educators
Reduce stress
Improve sleep
Build happiness and optimism
Promote resilience
In this mindfulness meditation course, we’ll be using proven techniques, backed by neuroscience, enabling you to integrate meditation into your life, no matter how busy you are.
Thriving Kids / Teens program includes:
learning about our amazing brain, the amygdala's role in our flight or fight "stress" response and the role of the prefrontal cortex in understanding and managing our emotions
learning to focus and hold our attention
resourcing ourselves with simple breathing practices that help us to find the still, quiet place within and how this enables us to recognise choice points and make good decisions
developing an attitude of kindness and curiosity towards our experiences
becoming aware of thoughts and how thoughts affect our emotions which in turn affect how we act
learning how we can use mindful practices to deal with stress and anxiety
becoming our own best friend, understanding negative self talk
understanding how our brains evolved for survival and not for happiness and how we can savour positive experiences to develop a happier brain
learning how kindness and gratitude help to nurture happiness and resilience.
Thriving Teens Program running Term 3 through Bayside Youth Service, dates to be announced.
Yoga and Mindfulness for Kids and Teens
Thriving Kids and Thriving Teens are 6 week term time after school classes that combine movement, mindfulness and mindset to support kids and teens to reduce anxiety and build resilience while increasing happiness and self-belief.
Some of the recognised benefits of yoga include:
Body:
Supports neuromuscular-development
Promotes development of the vestibular system
Supports motor development on both sides of the body; encourages midline crossing motions
Develops a strong and flexible body
Increases balance, body awareness and coordination
Improves posture
Improves the digestion, circulatory and immune system
Relaxes the body, promoting better sleep
Spirit:
Builds confidence and self-esteem
Promotes resilience and emotional intelligence
Develops self-control
Supports self-expression
Inspires respect for self and others
Mind:
Calms and clears the mind
Relieves tension and stress
Increases concentration, focus and attention span
Reduces stress and anxiety
Balances energy
Yoga improves the mind/body connection, encourages a healthy lifestyle and promotes an overall sense of well-being.
Family Yoga
We are taking enquiries for our family yoga, no classes are currently scheduled.
Take time out of your busy schedule to connect.
Each family yoga class is themed and built upon the principles underlying resilience and creating long term happiness such as compassion, gratitude and growth mindset.
No previous yoga experience required, families enjoy moving together, exploring partner poses, and learning how to calm the mind and body through breathing techniques, mindful activities and meditation.
Enjoy some quality time together.
“Vic has supported our year 10 PE program for the past few years. She has been an absolute pleasure to work with, conducting engaging and age appropriate lessons that our kids have thoroughly enjoyed. We have been grateful that Vic was extremely flexible to our needs during, both offsite and online learning including conducting some video lessons for our cohort. We believe the benefit of a well-rounded PE program and having yoga as part of our program offers students of various needs and interests to participate actively in our PE program. Using Sanctuary Yoga in this regard we believe it caters for a greater amount of our students who can benefit from the huge amounts of rewards from both a physical and mental perspective that a Yoga class can bring. We can thoroughly recommend Sanctuary Yoga.
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