
Yoga & Mindfulness Wellness Guide, 2024-2025
Created by the Yoga & Mindfulness Teacher Preparation Program (YMTP²)
The Yoga & Mindfulness Wellness Guide, created by the Yoga & Mindfulness Teacher Preparation Program (YMTP²) is a tool that you can use to help ensure that yoga and mindfulness are an active and authentic part of your school community. Meaningful integration of yoga and mindfulness into your day has the ability to transform the school experience in a vast array of positive ways. These outcomes can impact students, staff and families alike.
February
Love
The mindful breath practice Loving Kindness that supports February’s theme of love, is an invitation to give and receive love on many levels. Loving Kindness allows you to feel the breath in relation to your body, and actively notice the benefits of self-compassion as well as what happens when you generate feelings of compassion for a wide constellation of people around you. Many educators come to the profession because of the love they have for children and the educational process. Dedicating intentional time towards noticing feelings of love, compassion, and kindness can help to build and sustain a healthy and happy climate and culture for all members of a school community.
The accompanying yoga practice Sunshine Breathes is a simple but powerful practice to notice the connection of movement to the breath. Practicing Sunshine Breath allows you to share your warmth and love with those around you.
Where there is love there is life.
– Mahatma Gandhi”