Radiant Minds Yoga®: Nurturing Focus, Emotional Regulation, & Resilience in Children

Explore the Science of Mindfulness, Movement, and Emotional Well-Being

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Unleash the Power of Yoga & Mindfulness for You and Your Child (Ages 2-15)

Is your child struggling with focus, emotional regulation, or simply needing a healthy way to manage stress?

This 11-week online course equips you with the tools to introduce yoga and mindfulness practices to your children in a fun and engaging way.

Whether you have a toddler full of boundless energy or a teenager seeking inner calm, this course caters to a wide range of ages and needs.

Here's what you'll gain:

Improved Focus & Attention: Learn techniques to help your child focus their attention and stay present in the moment.
Enhanced Emotional Regulation: Discover tools to guide your child through emotions in a healthy and constructive way.
Stress Reduction Techniques: Develop practices to help your child manage stress and promote relaxation.
Stronger Parent-Child Connection: Create a shared space for bonding and fostering open communication with your child.
A Toolbox for Lifelong Wellbeing: Equip your child with valuable skills for managing challenges and maintaining a sense of balance throughout their life.

No prior yoga or meditation experience is needed! This interactive course provides step-by-step instructions for incorporating age-appropriate yoga poses, breathing exercises, and mindfulness activities into your daily routine.

Join me on this journey to unlock the transformative power of yoga and mindfulness for your entire family!

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Elements of the Radiant Minds®: Children's Yoga & Mindfulness Course

Two children in a Radiant Minds Children's Yoga and Mindfulness Class, sitting in meditation and experiencing calm.

For thousands of years, wisdom traditions have taught us that paying attention to the present moment has powerful positive effects on our health. For children, the time-tested practices of yoga are a wonderful gateway into this world of mindful awareness.

When we focus inward and take time to cultivate our inner vision—what Dr Daniel Siegel calls “mindsight”— we develop specific circuits in our brains that support our abilities to balance our emotions, focus our attention, pause before acting on impulses, and increase our compassion for others and ourselves.

COURSE SYLLABUS

The first week takes a close look at the science of focus, emotional regulation, and self-control. Through brain-based themes, we explore what it means to focus, pay attention, and become thoughtful. Through transcendental meditation, yoga-inspired animal poses, and storytelling, children and carers observe first-hand the connection between emotions and focus.

The second week will give parents more information about yoga and mindfulness: what they are, how they relate to each other, and why they can help improve focus and emotional regulation. We utilize a story this week and apply the values within it to our lives -- values such as generosity and honesty, balance, awareness, contentment, sincerity, study and introspection, dedication, love and compassion for all, truthfulness and integrity. Via asana, pranayama, and various mindfulness meditations, children and their carers are introduced to the elements of our future classes: connection, breath, movement, focus, and relaxation.

The third week will provide you with a complete guide for implementing a yoga program with your child. It will give you all the logistical information needed to work with children safely and effectively. This week, carers are informed of the guiding principles for sharing our yoga practice together. Children are taught to set up their yoga space, including their mat and materials, which holds them accountable for their practice and establishes a routine for our future classes. Through the opening and closing rituals, the repetition of the last class's asana, pranayama, and mindfulness practice, the children also gain confidence in their abilities and a firmer, more grounded sense of self. Children are introduced to the "I Am in Charge Mantra," a variation of a traditional kundalini yoga meditation. It is an active meditation that reinforces your child's personal power and capacity for self-determination. It is accessible and engaging for children who have trouble keeping their bodies still; for many children, this becomes one of their most relied-upon tools.

Weeks 4 through 8 will give you step-by-step instructions for introducing your child to yoga and mindfulness activities, along with ideas for integrating them into your child's daily life. Week 4 focuses on the element of connection. We will explore activities that can help reorient your child to their present-moment experience, as well as train their mind to stay tuned in to what is happening physically, mentally, and emotionally. This class introduces Layers of Sound (Singing Bowls), Walking Meditation, and Mindful Eating as a way by which to develop more control over one's attention. Children are then invited to "Check In" and discuss with their carer how their body feels whenever they feel particular emotions. Class ends with a Loving-Kindness Meditation or Metta practice, a type of meditation that can help your child develop compassion, contentment, and a feeling of well-being.

Week 6 introduces new yoga poses, which will teach your child to use their body intentionally so that movement helps generate and maintain a state of engaged alertness. As a result, frenetic and hyperactive energy is reduced, yet they will still feel vibrant and strong. These Movement activities aim to validate your child's inclination to be active while giving them the tools to make choices about it. The objective is not to send the message to your child that they "need to calm down" but that they can be mindful of their actions and find an enjoyable balance of energy and stillness.

Learning to focus is a skill that we all can develop and improve throughout our lives, but few of us receive any formal instruction or training in how to do it. For children, improving the ability to focus can make a tremendous difference in their quality of life -- everything from their grades in school to their interaction with peers is impacted. As we think about helping our children improve their focus, we need to recognize the significant difference between telling children to focus and teaching them how. Week 7 provides various activities in which your child will practice focusing on something concrete and tangible. The goal of each activity is to train the children to notice when their mind has wandered and for them to bring it back to the object of focus intentionally. These practices will strengthen their capacity to regain their focus in daily life. We will explore Drishti alongside asana, the Expanding-Energy (Reiki) Meditation, Trataka, and the Thought River Meditation.

In order for any person, a child or an adult, to be the best version of themselves, they must get enough sleep. In this final step of our yoga and mindfulness practice, we will learn activities that help children rest and restore, reduce insomnia, and help with the transition to sleep. This week's activities are based on restorative yoga practices that provide profound relaxation for both the body and the mind. In restorative yoga, the idea is to set your body up in a well-supported pose and then completely relax, allowing gravity to do all the work. These poses are held for an extended time based on what feels good. Our space will have dim lighting, gentle music, cozy blankets, and soothing aromatherapy.

Week 9 will give you suggestions for combining activities into full yoga sessions for your family. Transitions are introduced, and carers are invited to select from a selection of sequences and to practice implementing them slowly and without pressure. Parents are reminded of the bell curve structure -- starting with a calm activity, bringing the energy up, and then slowly bringing the energy back down to a quiet and relaxing finale.

Week 11 offers some thoughts on supporting your own wellness and dealing compassionately with the many challenges that parenting presents. Parenthood is a beautiful, challenging, exciting, frustrating, mind-boggling journey. So is childhood! As you and your child work together, compassion is the most important place to return to when things get hard: compassion for yourself and compassion for your child. A yoga practice of your own can be a tremendous tool in this work of parenting, and it will be an anchor in surprising and inspiring ways. This week, you are invited to attend a parent's-only class organised at a time that suits your schedule.

COURSE MATERIALS

"My Well-Being Journey" | Children's Yoga & Mindfulness Companion

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"I have been doing Yoga for 5 years in london, lisbon and nyc and I was wonderfully surprised by the teacher Ashley. from her words, to the sense of opportunity, helping, the pace, the getting everyone's names and brief "why am I here", taste for music and simply those oils... Vinyasa gained a new look for me. You made me feel so balanced out, just when I needed that push. May your excellent work continue and your knowledge be taken further."

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Radiant Minds Yoga®: Nurturing Focus, Emotional Regulation, & Resilience in Children

Explore the Science of Mindfulness, Movement, and Emotional Well-Being

Coming Soon!
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COURSE SYLLABUS

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"My Well-Being Journey" | Children's Yoga & Mindfulness Companion

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yoga & Mindfulness sessions | tailored for your child (or family)

What Students Say

Join the Sangha

Ashley Cruz Yoga

Radiant Minds Yoga®: Nurturing Focus, Emotional Regulation, & Resilience in Children

Explore the Science of Mindfulness, Movement, and Emotional Well-Being

Coming Soon! Unleash the Power of Yoga & Mindfulness for You and Your Child (Ages 2-15)

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COURSE MATERIALS

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Join the Sangha

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