
Providing online yoga classes for local schools and camps/club activities.
Everyone can participate on/off video with social distancing but still be a part of the group.
Classes are custom designed for your family, class, club, or group of friends. I hope to see you online soon!
PRESENTATION:S
11:20- LIVE- The Care & Feeding of Teachers
11:55 (PRE-RECORDED)- SEL (Social-Emotional Learning) Strategies for The Virtual/Hybrid Classroom
March 6, 2021
VIRTUAL
PRESENTATION:
MINDFULNESS FOR MORE PRODUCTIVITY IN T HE WORLD LANGUAGE CLASSROOM
March 11-13, 2021
VIRTUAL
PRESENTATION:
TBD
March 30, 2021
VIRTUAL
PRESENTATION:
SEL in the Classroom: A Platform for Social Justice
April 22-24, 2021
Hilton Midtown, NYC
VIRTUAL
PRESENTATIONS:
Mindfulness Activities for the Hybrid/Vitual Language Classroom
The Care & Feeding of Teachers
July 8-11, 2021
Atlanta, GA
Thank you again for your sessions as I attended both. You know as a teacher, we NEVER take time to just breath, rest, and refocus. It felt great to do that. (Teacher)
Thank you! It was a great session. I really enjoyed it! (3rd grade teacher)
Thank you again for the sessions you provided today. They were popular for sure. (Administration)
WORKSHOPS- OVER 200 TEACHERS IN ATTENDANCE:
-Yoga For Everyone (2 sessions)
-Mindfulness and Breathing for Teachers
My post on FB: I have had the great joy to provide virtual yoga sessions for the Coastal Learning Center in Howell. We had a bunch of sessions over the summer and have had a few in December and January due to their school going all-virtual again. I love working with all of them because the staff and students participate together. Today the students surprised me with handmade signs that they held up to their cameras at the end of practice. It was the sweetest thing! The amount of hearts that were drawn took some time. While I'm happy that they are all going back to their school building next week, I'll miss our online sessions.
FROM COASTAL LEARNING CENTER:
We absolutely are so grateful to have had you teaching us how to relax and recharge ourselves! The students and staff so looked forward to seeing you and sharing your yoga lessons with us. It has been such a joy!! Coastal can't thank you enough!
Thank you! I teach in a diverse, low income, inner city community, and many of my students have anxiety and difficult situations at home. I have discovered the importance of mindfulness in lowering the affective filter of my K-5 students, and connecting with them in a meaningful way so that they want to learn. I love the rainbow breath exercise, and also using the Spanish parts of the body in mindfulness exercises. I have a great llama book that I will be sharing with my students that is in English but teaches them yoga poses in a cute way. I have noticed and felt a huge difference in my students and their enthusiasm about learning when we have taken mindfulness moments and worked on calming techniques. Thank you for some great ideas for how I can do more of them in the TL as my goal is to reach that 90% TL use in my classroom! - NY State Teacher (Mindfulness Workshop)
I love the calm place, and gratitude graffiti. I can easily modify them for my FLES students. I also like to use emojis for various projects and activities, and am going to add a check in activity with emojis to my class routine, as many of my students have ACES, and need help with coping skills, and time with our counselors. Thank you. - NY State Teacher (Social Emotional Learning Workshop)
Thank you for the many, many activity ideas! We are so often told to "do SEL" and it's nice to have so many ideas of what that could look like in the TL put together in one place.
This was a very informative session full of many positive ideas and activities to do with our kiddos. Thank you!
a positive uplifting message with some great ideas to easily insert into our classrooms. thank you for sharing.
I loved your ideas about adapting SEL lessons to target language for advanced learners.
This session is not only very relevant right now, but is great to have as a resource for the future too. I love all the info and links, as well as the modeling of some of the mindful activities. Thanks!
Good reminders. The virtual classroom is so much harder for teachers. I sometimes forget that students are having a hard time, too.
WORKSHOPS:
Connecting in the Virtual Classroom - SEL Strategies in the Target Language
Mindfulness for the Virtual Language Classroom
Having practiced yoga and been through counseling before, only some of this information was new, but it was still a really great presentation specifically geared towards teachers who are sitting a lot more than usual and experiencing a lot of stress with the way our jobs are changing. So while the information was "recycled" for me, it was still presented in a unique way so that I apply old skills to new situations in ways that I hadn't thought of before.
Articles tell us what to do, but apps help lead us and remind us to practice self-care every day. Below are apps and many have been shown to be effective in evidence-based research. These high quality apps have been made available with some also free to the general public.
The Stress Free UC Study found that Headspace, used daily for just 10 minutes, reduced stress in a meaningful way and the benefits lasted for two months after stopping use. Headspace can be done in the morning or evening, alone or with family, or anytime you need to take a break.
Please consider trying one of these apps.
Interested in finding another high quality mental health app, but feeling overwhelmed by all the choices? PsyberGuide is a helpful non-profit site developed by UCSF alum and UC Irvine professor Stephen Schueller, PhD, that provides expert reviews on mental health apps (both credibility and user experience) and offers solid recommendations.
In light that all of my yoga classes and workshop presentations have been cancelled until further notice, I would like to share some great online resources so you can continue to practice during these times. Remember to breathe, move, and remember that this too shall pass. Namaste!
I will reach out with information when my classes will resume.
https://youtu.be/rJLuqM5cR1A (how to meditate)
https://youtu.be/ZToicYcHIOU (Daily Calm meditation)
https://youtu.be/inpok4MKVLM (5 minute meditation)
https://youtu.be/VaoV1PrYft4 (10 minute morning yoga)
https://youtu.be/GN53ThTowUk (10 minute neck and shoulder yoga)
https://youtu.be/aLfY0cH9oW4 (10 minute seated yoga stretch)
SPANISH RESOURCES
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLy81IM5XWVTMlgcCLGhOgBAjiGPSgJ185 (make sure you subscribe to this playlist)
https://youtu.be/X655B4ISakg=C2=A0 (Yoga for Kids)
https://youtu.be/4ZpkRAcgws4 (Yoga for Kids...)
https://youtu.be/8oGR5xucItI (Sun Salutations and Yoga w/Animals)
https://youtu.be/iEEJT9cYsm0 (Kids Mindfulness)
https://youtu.be/mbX1zehQt_Y (El Tren- Meditation in Spanish)
https://youtu.be/OHqG-O1g5Nc (Mindfulness in Spanish)
https://youtu.be/htmT8islTBE (Yoga in Spanish)
If you are interested in having jennyzenyoga bring mindfulness, meditation, and yoga to your camp, scout group, library program, or birthday party, please feel free to reach out to me!
Jennifer Schwester, a.k.a. jennyzenyoga, has been providing yoga services and trainings to many underserved populations since 2018, including special needs adults, senior citizens, first responders (Police, Fire, EMS, and Dispatchers), and her high school French classes. She has been practicing yoga for the past 6 years after looking for
Jennifer Schwester, a.k.a. jennyzenyoga, has been providing yoga services and trainings to many underserved populations since 2018, including special needs adults, senior citizens, first responders (Police, Fire, EMS, and Dispatchers), and her high school French classes. She has been practicing yoga for the past 6 years after looking for a new path of self-care, and expanded her practice by becoming a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT-200). She is also an Ambassador for Yoga For First Responders.
Yoga came to Jennifer five years ago after she was diagnosed with Stage 2+ breast cancer. Yoga became part of her self-care program and kept her calm through many rough patches. It has helped her to focus on what is important (health and family) and to regain strength and flexibility in her body after surgery and treatments.
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Yoga came to Jennifer five years ago after she was diagnosed with Stage 2+ breast cancer. Yoga became part of her self-care program and kept her calm through many rough patches. It has helped her to focus on what is important (health and family) and to regain strength and flexibility in her body after surgery and treatments.
She completed her 200-RYT training at Breathe Life Sangha in March 2018 and is looking forward to continuing her journey and education with yoga. Jennifer brings her 22 years experience as a French teacher to the mat, and loves that she can bring mindfulness into the lives of her students.
When Jennifer is not at high school or not on her mat, she is walking her dog in the fresh air and at the beach!
Yoga not only helps improve your body, but also helps with mindfulness and meditation. It is important to take a break from daily life in order to focus on yourself and get clarity. Focusing on your breath during practice is key to staying in tune with your mind and body.
Feel free to contact me with any questions or inquiries, or to learn more about my class schedules.
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