Yoga Activities

These cards have been designed to promote specific and positive skills of yoga and social and emotional intelligence. They give teachers the flexibility and freedom to select strategies that best suit the diverse needs of their learners. The strategies can be easily integrated into everyday classroom and school activities.

The cards can be used independently of one another or used in a sequence to give you flexibility to select the specific content that you need to nurture the social and emotional learning of your own students or children. They have been designed using a comprehensive evidence base, globally recognised research, and learning gained from working with thousands of schools, students and families. 

The questions encourage learners to be reflective and to think about their own thinking and develop the skills of self-awareness and self-regulation.

What are researchers finding when they study the effects of yoga, mindfulness and breathing? Research studies over the past decade are showing us that yoga mindfulness exercises not only change the way our brain functions, but that these changes have profound and positive effects on our physical, social, emotional and mental wellbeing. Let’s take a closer look at what aspects of our lives can benefit from being more mindful. 

Physical Wellbeing 

Yoga and mindfulness have been shown to have profound, positive changes on our physical bodies as well as our quality of sleep. Mindfulness meditation can even help reduce pain intensity by 40% according to the April 6, 2011 edition of The Journal of Neuroscience (Zeidan, Martucci, Kraft, Gordon, McHaffie, & Coghill, 2001).  

Yoga and mindfulness can also:

• Boost confidence

• Teach self-respect and respect of others

• Encourage altruism

• Develop empathy

• Encourage healthy and positive relationships.

• Increased self-awareness and self-regulation

• Increased concentration, coordination, and energy levels

When we begin to practice yoga, the following positive changes may occur:

• Increased overall muscular strength and tone, which contributes to joint health 

• Improved digestion and elimination

• Boosted metabolism

• Improved flexibility

• Improved immune system enabling quicker recovery from the common cold. 

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Overall the physical benefits of yoga include:

• Builds balance and coordination

• Improves overall body awareness

• Physical stamina increases

• Reduction of physical pain in the body and the emotional reaction to it

• Improved sleep, decreased stress and anxiety.

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