Association for Research on Yoga in Schools - ARYS

08/03/2020

Classroom Reintegration Strategies: Child Mental Health Summit! Live Aug 5 & 6th and led by 25 leading experts including Dr. Bessel van der Kolk. If you can't attend, you still get all the recordings and lifetime access. 84% savings for friends of Yoga 4 Classrooms

Absolutely no yoga experience is required. In fact, participants are encouraged to wear regular, comfortable clothing and flat-soled shoes as well as have a table/desk and chair available as we'll be simulating a live (and virtual) classroom experience. This fun and informative workshop will relax a...

11/24/2018

https://www.facebook.com/545685164/posts/10161172572035165/

Teaching yoga at school might help students feel better and improve their grades, new research suggests.

11/23/2018

Seven Ways Yoga Is Good for Schools. Research-focused article I wore with Bethany Butzer recently published at The Greater Good Science Center. ❤️

Teaching yoga at school might help students feel better and improve their grades, new research suggests.

10/22/2018

An excellent review on Mindfulness-based interventions in schools. See link for a copy to use and cite.

About this systematic review This Campbell systematic review examines the effectiveness of school-based mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) on cognition, behaviour, socioemotional outcomes and academic achievement. The review summarizes 61 studies and synthesizes 35 studies, with a total of 6,20

10/11/2018

Study shows how slow breathing induces tranquility

Stanford scientists have identified a small group of neurons that communicates goings-on in the brain’s respiratory control center to the structure responsible for generating arousal throughout the brain.

https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2017/03/study-discovers-how-slow-breathing-induces-tranquility.html

10/01/2018

Great Way to Close a Session with Kids

A quick, low-key way to build community in your classroom on a daily basis.

09/21/2018

Our Qualaitive Study on the Rollout of a Yoga Program and Recommendations for School Districts is out! Congrats Wendy Guyker and Esther Estey!

Here is the link!

08/30/2018

https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.iayt.org/resource/resmgr/docs_pubs_ytt/2018_ytt_pubs/ytt_summer_2018_feature_erb-.pdf

08/10/2018

New study, first of its' kind, shows yoga, meditation practice can reduce oxidative stress related DNA damage in fathers, children carrying Rb gene (cancer gene).

DNA-damaged s***m passes cancerous genes to kids; yoga helps: AIIMS research - The researchers had taken a sample size of 131 fathers and children with Rb (cancer gene) against 50 healthy pairs.

07/28/2018

Mind-body therapies can help teens with anxiety. New research review published in The Nurse Practitioner cites five studies, including four randomized trials, reporting positive effects of yoga in school settings.

Mind-body therapies—biofeedback, mindfulness, yoga, and hypnosis - provide a promising approach to the very common problem of anxiety in adolescents, according to a review in the March issue of The Nurse Practitioner.

07/20/2018

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice. Yoga Inquiry is a practice.

03/27/2018

Free ebook on Compassion Training

Tools for Schools in here too.

Thanks for the resource Kelly Boys!

What is the difference between empathy and compassion? Is it possible to train compassion? Can it be measured? How useful is compassion training in schools, clinical settings, and end-of-life care? Can the brain be transformed through mental training?