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Explore the benefits of embodied mindfulness practices and learn how they help build resilience, support learning and cultivate healthy communities.
Hear directly from students about what mindfulness and yoga mean to them in daily life.
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.
Explore our comprehensive teacher certification program, and learn to support and grow the inner resources of children 3-18.
Level One (Teaching Yoga and Mindfulness to Children), is offered in two different formats. You choose the one that works for you! One is supported and guided online with our faculty and staff. The other format is on-demand and completely self paced.
Both were created in collaboration with Yoga International and can be taken as a stand alone workshop, or combined with our other courses for certification.
Certification includes our Core Curriculum consisting of Level 1, Level 2, Level 3; Three Online Courses (6 content hours each) addressing trauma, chair yoga, and neurodiversity; Two Integration + Implementation offerings that include practicums (practice teaching clinics) and a mentorship program matching you with a teacher for personalized feedback.
We offer a variety of ways to register and pay for programming. Sign up for courses one at a time, register for our bundled certification program and save over $500, or sign up for one of our flexible payment plans.
Our Level One Course is offered in two ways for you to choose from. One is online, supported, and guided by our faculty and staff. The other option is completely self-paced, and you can start whenever you are ready.
Level Two and Three are offered multiple times a year and are provided in a similar way to our online, guided and supported Level One course.
We also offer an annual week-long training in person at the Omega Institute, which includes L1-L3 courses.
Join us for a wide variety of ways to learn from home, gaining skills and insight to support your students, clients, and your own children. Many courses are eligible for CE hours.
We offer a library of self-paced course, ranging from 75 minutes to 6 hours, as well as a series of livestream workshops with incredible guest teachers.
Join us for a variety of live-streaming and in-person events including workshops, conference presentations, livestream Q&A sessions and more.
Tools to Help Families Raise Resilient Kids, including practice videos, books and card decks, workshops, and articles.
We all need ongoing coaching and support to integrate our learning, continuing growing as educators, and to chat with likeminded folks about the many challenging (and funny) scenarios that arise during teaching. The LFY Coaching and Community Group, open to our training graduates at any level, is designed to offer you tangible resources to support your career, on-going coaching, and a built in group of colleagues.
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.
I loved talking with Kathryn Ashworth of Yoga International for this article exploring children’s yoga and offering practical advice and encouragement. Check out the full article below and let me know… Read more »
A few years ago I decided to take on a position as a full-time Yoga Specialist at a charter school. I was ecstatic about the groundbreaking experience that lay ahead. It… Read more »
The Kind Wishes activity is a child-friendly version of a lovingkindness practice, a type of meditation that can help develop compassion for others, and crucially for the self. In a… Read more »
Gratitude is the ability to be thankful and to see and appreciate the good that’s in our lives. As an educator, mother of two children, and program director, gratitude is both… Read more »
As the school year begins and we have the priviledge of working with children from a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences, it is essential that we work to create… Read more »
The peace corner is a powerful and touching space in the classroom that supports self regulation. It’s private. It’s structured. It includes choice. It’s an experiment. It’s inviting. It’s a… Read more »
With the increase of ADHD, behavioral disorders, child stress and anxiety, relaxation is becoming more and more important for children of all ages. With so much going on in their… Read more »
Anchor breath is one of my favorite practices to teach my students. Anchor breath is the practice of using your breath to help focus your mind on one point. The… Read more »
Life comes with a lot of challenges. Sometimes these challenges can lead to frustration. I find one of my most effective ways to empower the children I work with is to… Read more »
I recently had the pleasure of being a panelist for the East Harlem Scholars Academy charter network community in a discussion about how to cope in the face of the rash of conspicuous police… Read more »
LFY founder Jennifer Cohen Harper was recently interviewed, along with Traci Childress, by Kelli Love for YogaDork on the process of creating Best Practices for Yoga in Schools, a guidebook… Read more »
This year as an adjunct lecturer at Hunter College’s Department of Curriculum and Teaching I’m getting the opportunity to work with a lot of first year teachers and that’s made… Read more »
As I explore my intentions for the beginning of another school year, I take a look at what I want for my teaching practice and turn to vital topics such… Read more »
Each month Lianne will be writing a reflection on each one of her songs on her soon to be released album, “Breathe In”. Her first song and reflection is called… Read more »
As we embark on the holiday season, I am realizing more and more that joy is an essential quality of life that needs to be present when I teach. Oftentimes,… Read more »
As a children’s yoga and mindfulness educator I enter each lesson with a plan in mind, but there is also a grand scheme, my ultimate purpose for exploring this work… Read more »
Did you ever have a moment teaching where you say something or do something that in retrospect was not supportive to your students? Yes, is the answer, no matter who… Read more »
In my last fifteen years of teaching yoga in schools, community centers and studios, one of the most effective methods I have found for engaging adolescents is partnership. ! Developmentally, teens… Read more »
This mindful listening practice asks your children and students to explore what they can hear around them in an intentional way. Our hearing is so sensitive. All of the sounds around… Read more »
Simple tools to create more space in student/teacher interactions Every so often teachers are caught up in interactions with a student or even a whole class where they feel… Read more »
“Give It A Try” So simple yet so full of power – yet so scary for some of us. This morning I was fortunate enough to attend a conference at… Read more »
Well-Wishes Creating a practice takes time for all of us and for children it’s no different. In our home I like to think of it as building a house. First… Read more »
CLICK HERE FOR ENLARGED VERSION OF RESEARCH POSTER Database Coding and Interpretation: April 20, 2014, Colin Pearsall Social emotional learning (SEL) theory posits that a child’s capacity for self-understanding… Read more »
by Mayuri Gonzalez, The School Yoga Project Director and Little Flower Yoga Teacher Trainer Chair yoga is beneficial for teachers to practice during their long stretches of desk-time and… Read more »
We often ask our children to pay attention. Pay attention to your school work, pay attention to your father, pay attention to your teacher. But we don’t always have a… Read more »
As a former school counselor, LFY teacher Jess Belanger has a unique perspective to share with us. She will be contributing a monthly article to our conversation, offering information to… Read more »
The School Yoga Project, a program of Little Flower Yoga, is honored to work with some incredible schools. Each month we will be sharing the story of a school with… Read more »
Reading meaningful and engaging books can really add to a child's experience of yoga and mindfulness. When we chose relevant books for our kids, we provide opportunities to connect more… Read more »
This meditation is a favorite for many children. When you are really focusing in on the practice, it is an exciting way to feel the energy that makes up the entire… Read more »
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