YOGA LADY PROGRAM
Yoga LADY VISITS
The Child Care Choices Yoga Lady Program benefits child care providers and the children in their care through instruction on incorporating yoga into the everyday routines to help children increase focus and mindfulness, resulting in improved outcomes in behavior and learning. Yoga Lady Elizabeth Studebaker is a certified Embodiyoga teacher with hundreds of hours of training, including 40 hours specific to children’s yoga and using yoga in the classroom. Elizabeth also includes restorative yoga techniques to help providers reduce stress and improve their work outcomes.
Yoga LADY BOOKS
After a Yoga Lady visit each child receives a Yoga story book to share with his/her family. Simple yoga poses are illustrated to make it easy for the children to remember and practice poses at home. Providers also receive a Yoga story book to use in the classroom to continue their Yoga practice after the visit. Book titles include: Yoga Bug, Yoga Bear, Zoo Zen and Breathe with Me.
Yoga LADY outcomes
The Yoga Lady Program includes a 3-hour training for providers. Providers learn the benefits of Yoga and how Yoga and mindfulness skills and strategies can improve children’s focus, attention, body awareness and self-regulation. A Restorative Yoga practice is also demonstrated to help providers relieve stress, relax and maintain balance.
Some comments from providers:
The students love Yoga and practice their "breathing" often! (They also frequently ask when she [Yoga Lady] is coming back)! My students truly calm their bodies and try very hard to complete poses because they know it helps their bodies.
I would encourage anyone interested to take this class!
We loved learning about Yoga! Also, myself as the teacher loved learning ways to help me relax as well! (Teaching is a hard business sometimes :)