Why Mindfulness and Yoga
Explore the benefits of embodied mindfulness practices and learn how they help build resilience, support learning and cultivate healthy communities.
Learn more about the research in the field, and the work we’re doing with our school partners to evaluate our programming.
We have 31 incredible team members teaching kids, training adults, supporting operations, and more. Come get to know us.
Hear directly from students about what mindfulness and yoga mean to them in daily life.
The School Yoga Project
Virtual programming available nationwide (livestreaming or recorded content). In-person programming in select locations.
Chair and mat-based yoga and mindfulness classes for youth ages 3-18 right in the classroom.
Professional Development workshops for school staff + video resources for students, to help build yoga and mindfulness in-house culture and capacity.
Support for the physical, social, emotional, and professional well-being of all school employees, teachers, paraprofessionals, clinicians, and administrators.
Hear directly from schools we’ve worked with to better understand how yoga and mindfulness can support your students, teachers, and larger community.
Training
Explore our comprehensive teacher certification program, and learn to support and grow the inner resources of kids 3-18.
Now offered in-person and virtually!
We’re excited to be offering our Level One Children’s Yoga + Mindfulness Training online for the first time with partner organization Yoga International!!
This is a self-paced course, that you can begin at any time. Take it as a stand alone workshop, or combine with our other courses for certification.
Join Little Flower Yoga founder Jennifer Cohen Harper for this self-paced online course, created in collaboration with Omega Institute, that gives caregivers, educators, and others tools and insights to help kids feel more powerful and competent in the face of anxiety.
Accessible webinars (from 90 minutes to 6 hours) taught by the LFY Team and some wonderful guest faculty on topics such as trauma informed teaching, working with teens, building resilience, chair yoga, and much more.
Events
Explore our comprehensive certification program, and learn to support and grow the inner resources of kids 3-18.
Weekend workshop for parents, educators, health care providers. Learn a new framework for relating to anxiety, along with concrete practices to help your children thrive.
Join us for interactive online learning experiences with a wide variety of guest teachers.
Resources
Tools to Help Families Raise Resilient Kids, including practice videos, books and card decks, workshops, and articles.
Easy to use resources for families, educators, clinicans and children + teens themselves.
Explore searchable content from our teaching and learning community, including activities and practices.
COMING SOON
It’s a wide and wonderful world out there, and we think you should get to know these folks doing allied work in the field.
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Our Reach
Since 2006 we have worked directly with over 600 schools in the NYC area, bringing programming to over 130,000 students, and almost 7000 classroom teachers. Our programs and resources have reached millions more, and through our thousands of training graduates have impacted students around the world.
Meet Our Team
The work of LFY is supported by a powerful team of leaders and educators, with diverse backgrounds and experiences in education, mindfulness, yoga, the arts, psychology, communication and much more.
With over 30 folks teaching kids, training adults, creating content, supporting operations, and more, we have the ability to reach children and adults with diverse backgrounds and needs, and in varied locations.
While our team’s power is rooted in our differences, and our ability to bring our heads and hearts together to create a sum greater than it’s parts, we all share a dedication to serving children, educators and families with compassion, respect and ultimately with love.
