By: Erin Corcoran – Educator (8th grade English), parent, wife, Zensational Kids student Parenting took a long time. Doctors, shots, more doctors and excruciating waiting. Reality set in after spending more time figuring out how to create a child rather than how to become a mother. Adoption finally made sense. There were children, I mused, […]
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Yoga and Mindfulness for Students with Autism – No Mats Required
The study began in 2014 as part of a student’s doctoral project at Touro College, School of Health Sciences, Doctor of Physical Therapy Program. After a lengthy process of obtaining approvals, the research began. Research Design The research study was an experimental, pre-test/post-test control group design. Subjects were students with a diagnosis of autism, […]
Melt Away Children’s Stress
An increasing number of children are experiencing higher levels of stress today. Muscle relaxation techniques can go a long way in reducing children’s stress levels. “Abbreviated progressive muscle relaxation (APMR) is a much used stress-management technique. Its efficacy relevant to placebo control is already established in the literature.” In one study, “One hundred and one […]
Taming the Anger Monster
We all have had moments when we sense the “anger monster” boiling up within us. We know all about the huffing and puffing that we instinctively do to stop ourselves from possibly saying or doing something we can’t take back. Do you know any children that have that same “anger monster,” but lack the control or […]
The Power of Breath
by: Kate Murphy Educate 2B breathing tools are meant to help children balance their nervous system. We describe this to children as helping them to “wake up and calm down.” The use of breath as a tool to help with self-regulation and to optimize performance goes back thousands of years. Athletes, musicians, mystics and others […]
Yoga For Autism: A Therapist’s Experience
Yoga for Autism, ADHD and Differently-Abled Children is a course that I created with my mentor and dear friend, Shakta Kaur. Shakta created Radiant Child Yoga and has personally trained thousands of people in the art of sharing yoga with children. As a facilitator for this program, I am always humbled when I receive feedback […]
How To Bring Yoga And Mindfulness To Your School
Yoga and mindfulness have been proven to help students of all ages in more ways than one. It provides an outlet for unbalanced energy, helps reduce stress and organizes the mind and body. They offer tools foster focus, sustained attention and aid in relaxing an anxious mind. One of the most common questions I get […]
Yoga for SPEECH ???? REALLY????
I am often asked how speech/language pathologists can benefit from taking a yoga workshop or training. I suppose another way to look at this is, “ How do yoga and mindfulness tools help children attain speech/language goals?” Here are some answers to both questions, no matter how you want to look at them. Yoga and […]
