Yoga for Autism, Mindful Classrooms
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Classroom Yoga Breaks
NEW MODULE C |
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Self-Awareness Intention, Meditation
Saturday, April 7, 1-6pm
Yoga Center of Deerfield Beach
Implement the BREATHE FIRST Yoga/Mindfulness Curriculum in your school or program
This module covers:
• The adolescent brain
• Teaching kids to think for themselves
• Self-awareness & social/emotional learning
For Educators, Yoga Teachers, Counselors. If you work with children, this class is for you!
• Yoga promotes self-regulation, resilience, and executive function
• Learn one-minute exercises, seated and standing
• Extended lessons and thematic units
• Movement ∙ breathing ∙ focus ∙ relaxation ∙ mindfulness ∙ self-calming ∙ discussion ∙ creative expression
See PDF
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“
Classroom Yoga Breaks is a fabulously comprehensive book on the why and how of yoga as a pathway to learning readiness and self-regulation...If you are thinking of implementing yoga in your school or district, this is THE book to get you up and running.”
— Joanne Spence, Executive Director, Yoga in Schools
Discounts available through
WW Norton
here
View on Amazon
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Creative Relaxation® Certification Yoga Therapy for Children with Autism and Special Needs
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Become a Certified Creative Relaxation® Instructor
Registration Info
Yoga Therapy for Children with Autism and Special Needs Teacher Trainings in South Florida
Yoga Center of Deerfield Beach
Registration Info
CreativeRelaxation® Level 1 (12 hr)
April 28-29, 2018
Details
CreativeRelaxation® Level 2 (12 hr)
May 5-6, 2018
Details
Hours apply toward 95-hour Children's Yoga Teacher Training, 500-HR Advanced T.T.
12 CEU's per course for Florida OTs, OTAs, RYTs
TEXT and DVD INCLUDED
Grads may repeat course for half price, space permitting
Registration Info
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Creative Relaxation® Certification
in Massachusetts and Madrid, Spain
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NEW LOCATION
WiggleKids, Swansea, MA
Creative Relaxation® Level 1 and 2
Level 1: Saturday, August 4-Sunday, Aug 5
Level 2: Monday, August 6- Tuesday, Aug 7
Details and registration
here
RETURNING TO SPAIN
City Yoga, Madrid
Yoga for Children with Autism and Special Needs
Sept 14, 15 & 16 (3 full days)
Details and Registration
here
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A how-to manual for kids in classrooms and therapeutic settings
Available in Hardback or Kindle at
AMAZON
School discounts available through WW Norton
here |
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Yoga Generates Huge Benefits for Children with Autism
Featured in
YOGA INTERNATIONAL
by Hannah Brandstaetter
Read full article |
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Learning and the Brain NYC April 19-21
Educating Mindful Minds
Honored to be presenting:"Teaching Self-Calming, Yoga, & Social Engagement to Children with Special Needs"
SOLD OUT:
Conference information here
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S.T.O.P. and Relax ©
Your Special Needs Yoga Toolbox
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S.T.O.P. and Relax is a complete curriculum for yoga-based exercise and relaxation training for visual learners, featuring the innovative 'S.T.O.P.' self-calming procedure.
Used by teachers and therapists internationally!
Click for Info |
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Certified Yoga Therapist-IAYT
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Louise is registered as a Yoga Therapist with the International Association of Yoga Therapists
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IAYT is an excellent source of information and guidelines for the practice of yoga as a therapeutic intervention.
Learn more |
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Yoga and Meditation Retreat 2019
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NEXT YEAR: February 8-10, 2019
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Join JoAnn and Louise for our 20th annual yoga retreat. Returning to the Duncan Center, Delray Beach, Florida
Private rooms. 3 full days. Friday-Sunday.
More info to be announced
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Louise Goldberg, MA, ERYT 500, C-IAYT, LMT, is owner of Relaxation Now LLC and founder of Creative Relaxation®. She is the author of two books:
Classroom Yoga Breaks, published by Norton Books in Education in 2017 and
Yoga Therapy for Children with Autism and Special Needs, published by Norton Professional Books in 2013. She is a co-author of
S.T.O.P. and Relax, Your Special Needs Yoga Toolbox ©2006, updated 2014. Her DVD
Creative Relaxation
Yoga for Children ©2004 features children on the autism spectrum. She was published by the International Journal of Yoga Therapists in 2004.
Louise is the owner/director of the Yoga Center of Deerfield Beach, Florida. She is the anatomy instructor for the 200 hour Yoga Alliance Teacher Training at the Yoga Center and director of the Children's Yoga Teacher Training. She teaches yoga to children and adults, and trains professionals to implement yoga in classrooms and therapeutic settings. A consultant with the Broward Schools for over 30 years, she teaches yoga at the Dan Marino Center day camp.
She has been a presenter at the National Kids Yoga Conference in Washington, DC, Kripalu's Yoga in Schools Symposium in Lenox, MA, at the Autism Society of America conferences in Florida and Arizona, Weekend with the Expert in Broward, the Learning and the Brain Conference in San Francisco, and SYTAR Boston for the International Association of Yoga Therapists. She leads retreats and teacher trainings internationally.
Louise holds a B.A. from the University of Massachusetts and an M.A. from the University of Connecticut. She has been an English teacher at the middle, high school and college levels, and a remedial reading specialist. She is a licensed massage therapist who specializes in cranio-sacral therapy. She became a certified yoga teacher through the Sivananda organization in 1981. She is a Certified Yoga Therapist with International Association of Yoga Therapists.
Visit Louise at
www.yogaforspecialneeds.com.
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