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Mindfulness in the Classroom

  • Lotus Yoga Studio 185 Massachusetts Avenue Arlington United States (map)

Designed for parents teaching at home and teachers teaching virtually, to incorporate Mindfulness into Teaching to support kids and how they learn, how to check-in with kids virtually and different practices teachers and parents can model for them. 

This workshop will introduce teachers to habits and practices of mindfulness, including yoga asana, pranayama, and meditation that they can incorporate into their classrooms. With numerous studies citing the beneficial effects of mindfulness for students, this workshop aims to dispel any doubt about the difficulty of incorporating mindfulness. In this workshop, participants will review current literature on mindfulness in school and practice pranayam (breathing), meditation, and asana (movement) suitable for the classroom. Participants will experience yoga in their bodies and minds in order to better understand the experiences of their students.

Led by Kaitlin Moran a government studies teacher and a yoga teacher. She has experience teaching yoga in schools and in studios and she is currently earning her second Masters in Education from Harvard University.

Later Event: February 8
Intermediate Workshop: Handstands