Mindful Breathing for the Classroom
Yoga breathing practices are some of the most important techniques you can offer as a tool for stress reduction and a way of exercising self control. Learning how to breathe efficiently can have a tremendous impact in our lives and can help energize and relax the body, calm the mind, and connect us to deeper parts of ourselves.
The breath connects the body with the mind, so practicing different breathing techniques can strengthen a student’s awareness of this connection. Breathing techniques help students learn how to consciously control their mood by altering the breath. Our breath changes with our emotional state, and by changing our breath we can change our internal state.
You'll learn how to share over 25 breathing exercises with students of all ages! From calming and focusing breaths, to energizing and awakening breaths, you’ll teach your class to breathe mindfully and purposefully as needed.
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Your Instructor
Shari was a VP, Advertising Director before completely changing her path. Many of her years in the corporate ad world were spent researching kids and moms for marketing purposes - using CAPS (Child and Parent Studies), one-on-one sessions, qualitative and quantitative research to study childrens' play patterns, socialization, creativity and imagination, family interaction, teen studies and cultural trends, in the U.S. and around the world. She has also developed, named, packaged and marketed toys, games, activity kits and action figures for kids of all ages. She left for the opportunity to combine two things that are close to her heart - yoga and children.
Kids really respond to Shari, as she communicates with them in a fun and trusting way that will comfort even the most shy child. She knows how to relate and talk to kids on their level, allowing them to sense her friendliness and understanding. Shari can turn any task into something fun and is simply an enthusiastic child in an adult body.
Shari has developed yoga programs for many schools and consultants on various healthy living articles for numerous Parenting Magazines, Target, Nickelodeon, Working Woman, as well as health and wellness and parenting blogs. She can also be found advocating for the Yoga For NY, Wellness in Schools, and Yoga for Peace organizations. She is also a presenter at the National Kids Yoga Conference and Yoga Journal Live. Shari is a regular contributor to NY Yoga + Life magazines Kids and Family section. Shari has been featured on Sesame Street sharing yoga with Murray and Ovejita at "yoga school"!
Shari is mom to yogini, Layla Moon, and practices yoga with her almost every day. Shari is inspired by the knowledge of her teachers, the creativity of her students, the kindness of her friends, and the love of her family, especially her husband, Jason.
Shari has trained over two thousand people around the world to teach yoga to children through the renowned Karma Kids Yoga Teacher Training Program. Many of them have started their own kids yoga programs. She has also trained hundreds of Preschool, Elementary, Middle and High School Educators through her Yoga in the Classroom, Yoga in the Preschool Classroom and Yoga For Test Prep courses, spreading the benefits of yoga into the public, charter, and private school systems. She also acts as a mentor to teachers around the world. Shari created the Teen Yoga Teacher Training Intensive, Baby Yoga & Developmental Movement Workshop, Yoga & Mindfulness for Stressed Out Teachers, The Business of Kids Yoga Workshop, and Teaching Virtual Kids Yoga Classes. Shari's latest endeavor is her Girl Empowerment Series. Next up...Boy Power...stay tuned.