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Understanding Your Brain

August 16, 2019 by Allison Morgan

Along with teaching educators and students the actual practices of breath, movement and mindfulness, understanding the science of what you are doing strengthens the practice as well as the degree of “buy-in.” When you begin to recognize and appreciate that YOU are able to hack into your nervous system and create real changes, it is […]

Filed Under: All Blog Posts, Ready to Learn, Therapy Tools, Uncategorized Tagged With: executive functions, mindfulness in the classroom, neuroscience, self compassion, self-regulation, triune brain

How Yoga and Mindfulness Can Help Students Exposed to Trauma

February 27, 2018 by Allison Morgan

There are many children in our classrooms that would benefit from learning tools to understand, express and manage their emotions. Children who have been affected by trauma are in constant states of hyperarousal and emotional distress. Learning tools to de-escalate, calm and communicate are essential in order to help them function in and out of […]

Filed Under: All Blog Posts, Therapy Tools, Trauma-informed teaching, Uncategorized

Yoga and Mindfulness for Students with Autism – No Mats Required

June 13, 2016 by Allison Morgan

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, […]

Filed Under: All Blog Posts, Ready to Learn, Therapy Tools Tagged With: autism and mindfulness, behavior, carry-over of skills, inclusion, special-education, stress-reduction, yoga research

Yoga For Autism: A Therapist’s Experience

October 10, 2015 by Allison Morgan

Yoga for Autisim

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 […]

Filed Under: All Blog Posts, Therapy Tools Tagged With: autism and mindfulness, emotional awareness, parenting a special needs child, self-awareness, yoga for autism

Yoga for SPEECH ???? REALLY????

January 6, 2015 by Allison Morgan

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 […]

Filed Under: All Blog Posts, Ready to Learn, Therapy Tools Tagged With: special needs, special-education, speech therapy and yoga, yoga for autism

Walking The Plank

February 20, 2014 by Allison Morgan

I was recently asked WHY plank position is such a beneficial pose for kids in school, therapy, home, etc, so I decided I would address the question as a blog piece and hopefully help those that would like to understand the benefits and the precautions when introducing this pose to children. PHYSICAL BENEFITS If you […]

Filed Under: All Blog Posts, Calming Tools, Energizing Tools, Focusing Tools, Ready to Learn, Therapy Tools Tagged With: pose, tactile system, vestibular system

Literature Lesson Plan

April 12, 2012 by Allison Morgan

Kindergarteners are so eager to learn and share their views and ideas.  I love getting to bring yoga into their classrooms each week.  Although I always plan to bring enriching lessons to their education, I ALWAYS find that I am the one who gains so much inspiration and knowledge from watching and listening to them. […]

Filed Under: All Blog Posts, Calming Tools, Energizing Tools, Focusing Tools, parenting and caregiving, Ready to Learn, Social-Emotional Learning, Therapy Tools, Trauma-informed teaching

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