Mindfulness and Yoga in Schools A Guide for Teachers and Practitioners

178 • ii: MindFulnESS in EduCATing FOR SElF-REgulATiOn And EngAgEMEnT

Program WebPage brief DescriPtion

Modern

Mindfulness

http://www.modmind.org/ This is an interactive online mindful program

that strengthens executive functioning

skills, resulting in a focused and relaxed

student with only 5 minutes of practice per

day. It was created by mindfulness experts

in collaboration with teachers in a public

school (Center for Mindful Learning). The

program trains teachers and gives them

access to an interactive online curriculum

that supports them while teaching

mindfulness to youth (applications).

Training is for educators of children 5 to

18 years old.

Move-into-

Learning

Program

http://www.youtube.com/

watch?v=aukqfWGYeoA

Provides eight weekly 45-minute sessions of

yoga, meditation, and breathing exercises set

to music along with opportunities for

self-expression through writing and visual arts.

Focus is on children’s hyperactive behavior and

symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity

disorder (ADHD), and results in a decrease

in inattentiveness, according to teacher

observations.

Movement and

Mindfulness

move-with-me.com/shop/

movement-mindfulness

-curriculum/

The program integrates stories, exercise, and

self-regulation to build fitness, focus, and

learning readiness. The curriculum includes

lesson plans for 30 weeks with over 200

movement and mindfulness-building activities

(stories, cooperative games, mindfulness

activities, music). It also includes nine yoga/

movement video classes, 16 skill flash cards,

a poster, and three CDs for K and first

grades.

Niroga http://www.niroga.org/education/

school/

Niroga offer 15-minute transformative life

skills in in-class sessions—a simple and

proven intervention that integrates

mindful yoga, breathing techniques, and

meditation.

Quiet Time

Program

http://www.davidlynchfoundation

.org/schools.html

This program provides training for

students and faculty in the Transcendental

Meditation technique at school and with

follow-up support. Training to become a

teacher of Transcendental Meditation is

open to everyone and involves 5 months of

in-residence training. Designed to become

a permanent, ongoing part of a school’s

curriculum.

TABlE 8.1 Additional Mindfulness Programs for Schools and Youth (continued )

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