Barbara Neiman Yoga and Mindfulness for Children and Adolescents: Proven Self-Regulation and Trauma-Informed Strategies
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Outline
MIND-BODY TECHNIQUES
- Research on yoga in schools
- The Brain: Regulate emotions
- Activities to quiet the mind: Reduce trauma with the witness
- Link emotion and attention to breath
- Teach 8 simple yoga principles to kids
TRAUMA-INFORMED YOGA
- How to adapt and self-pace
- Body Sensing
- Completing Daily Tasks
- Grounding column for ADHD
- The orchestra breath and attention
- Following directions: Mindfulness walking
MANAGE EMOTIONS WITH SELF-REGULATION: WHERE IN MY BODY IS MY REACTION
- Sensory feeling wheel: Reduce panic attacks, anxiety, anger
- Manage PTSD
- Noticing negative thoughts: Shifting pain
COMMUNICATING: SHIFTING MOODS TO WORDS
- Find words with tracing bones
- Shift depression with Mudra’s and Ha breath
- Write mantras for positive thinking
- Thought bubbles: I’m the boss of my thoughts
- Reduce stress: 3-step contemplation
MEETING CHALLENGES: TECHNIQUES FOR CLINICIANS TO STAY STEADY
- Engage kids where they are
- Sensory circle time – preK-5th
- Special needs adaptations
- Reduce behaviors and anxiety
- Guided meditation for autistic young adults
POSES AND ALERTING TECHNIQUES
- Standing and seated poses
- One-foot balance
- Vinyasa
- Warrior series
- Backbends
TOOLS FOR CALMING THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
- Restorative: Desks and Sensory corners
- Short meditations: Golden Ray
- How to use guided imagery effectively
- Breathing to stillness
Faculty
Barbara Neiman, OTR/L
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Barbara Neiman, OTR, is an Integrative Occupational Therapist, Yoga Teacher 200RYT in Embodyyoga®, a coach for professionals seeking a holistic practice and a National Seminar Presenter. She teaches courses on Yoga and Mindfulness around the country. She created her company, Health Discovery, in 1988, to provide services for infants through school age children. As a Certified Practitioner of Body Mind Centering since 1989, Barbara has taught experiential hands on, movement, and meditation classes to hundreds of students.
Resources include coaching, trainings for yoga in the schools, private yoga sessions, a downloadable webinar, “Integrating Mind, Body, Spirit Medicine into your Practice,” and professional manuals and journal articles. Blogs on her website include posts about digital detox, executive function skills for teens, sensory integration, wellness, etc. Barbara has several DVDs available on Yoga and mindfulness at www.PESI.com. She is also the author of the practical book Mindfulness & Yoga Skills for Children and Adolescents: 115 Activities for Trauma, Self-Regulation, Special Needs & Anxiety (PESI, 2015) and the co-author of the My Calm Place Card Deck: Yoga, Mindfulness & Meditation Strategies for Children (PESI, 2016).
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Barbara Neiman is in a leadership position with Health Discovery. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.
Non-Financial: Barbara Neiman is a member of the Body Mind Centering Association and of the Yoga Alliance.
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