This program benefits both educators and students, helping teachers to manage their own triggers while providing leading-edge techniques for dealing with students who have experienced trauma.
This program was initially designed for and delivered to the First Nations School Board with overwhelming positive feedback and success.
"I was honestly transformed. The effect this session had on me is hard to put into words."
- MK Trauma-sensitive Mindfulness in Schools participants
"I found these skills to be extremely helpful and actually reduced stress of my own. I really look forward to passing along these skills to students moving forward."
- MK Trauma-sensitive Mindfulness in Schools participants
With technology that is stealing our attention and disconnecting children from their basic needs, to climate change that's worsening anxiety and depression in youth, to the recent detailed exposures of oppression against marginalized communities, to a global pandemic, not to mention the unstable political climate that's threatening nuclear warfare, our systems are bombarded with toxic, violent information.
Without the proper tools, teachers who implement any kind of contemplative practices into their classroom, be it breathing, mindfulness or yoga, will inevitably trigger or even re-traumatize their students due to lack of knowledge and understanding.
"With all of the trauma that happens in first nations communities, our children and adults feel it deeply. To be able to provide techniques to help self regulate, only benefits them when they are looking for ways to cope with past and future traumas."
- MK Trauma-sensitive Mindfulness in Schools participants
"Jenny and Blair are absolutely phenomenal!"
- Trauma-sensitive Mindfulness in Schools participants
Trauma-informed somatic practices include breathing, movement and self-massage to gently foster a reconnection with the body.
The mindfulness practices train the mind for dealing with intrusive thoughts, and provide strategies for dealing with flashbacks and overwhelming triggers.
In the end, this experience empowers individuals to approach life in a way that promotes self-care, compassion, patience and self-advocacy.
Topics Include:
- Trauma-sensitive terms
- Factors that influence the impact of trauma
- Signs and symptoms of trauma
- Dealing with the traumatized brain
- Why mindfulness for healing trauma
- Trauma-sensitive language
- Trauma-sensitive classroom setup
- Trauma-sensitive mindfulness and movement practices
- Post-traumatic growth
Renowned leaders in the field of yoga and mindfulness in schools, Jenny and Blair designed this program in the wake of the NS massacre that claimed the life of Jenny's sister, Lisa McCully. This program was informed by their years of study in yoga therapy, trauma, mindfulness, cognitive behavioral therapies and, of course, lived experience.
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Email: Info@yogainschools.ca or call: 902-444-9642
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