Yoga Play Program and Empowered Mind Ed Professional Development
Applications are open for term 4, 2023. Embed a culture of wellbeing in your early childhood education and care setting today.
Hi, I'm Nic.
I'm a children's early childhood yoga and wellbeing consultant who's on a mission!
South East Yoga and Wellbeing are ready to help you change the way you think about wellbeing in fun, simple & meaningful ways.
We aim to build early childhood educators wellbeing capacity through professional development opportunities.
We use yoga principles and practices as a tool to support children's and educators mental health for ongoing positive wellbeing.
To read more about how we support the early childhood education and care sector visit:
Email me now!
info@southeastyogaandwellbeing.com
South East Yoga and Wellbeing's vision is "To influence children's mental health wellbeing in early childhood so they grow into happy & peaceful adults who impact the world with positivity".
What do we offer?
ONLINE COURSES
Your Yoga Toolkit Course, The Magic of Yoga and The Magic of Storytelling enable you to learn all about yoga principles and practices in early childhood so that you can facilitate and embed meaningful and engaging yoga programs expertly!
Implement what you learn immediately!
Contact Nic info@southeastyogaandwellbeing.com for more information.
ONLINE PROGRAMS & RESOURCES
Download your own yoga resources so you can facilitate yoga with confidence.
The hard work is done for you!
Check out the Yoga Play Yoga Cards and Your Yoga Toolkit Program for instant access to embed daily yoga today.
Contact Nic info@southeastyogaandwellbeing.com for more information.
EARLY CHILDHOOD PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
A perfect way to kickstart your own early childhood yoga program as well as embedding a whole service wellbeing culture.
These workshops give you the foundations required to understand yoga and your own wellbeing.
Professional Development includes:
-Yoga Play Program
-Empowered Mind Ed
-Holistic Approaches to Wellbeing
Contact Nic info@southeastyogaandwellbeing.com for more information.
YOGA PLAY PROGRAMS FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD SERVICES
2, 4 and 6 session packages available. Includes children's sessions, access to online courses, professional development & mentoring.
Learn child centred yoga principles and practices that you embed into your daily program.
We use The 5 Elements of Yoga to simplify your program:
-movement
-relaxation
-meditation
-breathing
-affirmations
Contact Nic info@southeastyogaandwellbeing.com for more information.
Our Yoga Play Program aligns with frameworks
The Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework
The Early Years Learning Framework
Practice Principles which are supported by the Yoga Play Program include:
Reflective Practice
Partnerships with Families
High Expectations for Every Child
Respectful Relationships and Responsive Engagement
Assessment for Learning and Development
Integrated Teaching and Learning Approaches:
The Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL) SEL Framework
We follow CASEL's 4 elements of SEL instruction:
1. Sequenced - Yoga Play Program structure
2. Active - active forms of learning to master skills
3. Focused - intentional implementation of SEL competencies
4. Explicit - targeting specific skills, attitudes and knowledge
Each Yoga Play Program session includes the 5 areas of the Classroom Framework:
1. Self Awareness
2. Self Management
3. Responsible Decision Making
4.Relationships Skills
5. Social Awareness
Did you know that our blog has loads of current, research backed information?
Deepen your understanding of wellbeing by reading our blogs.
We promote new ways to think about wellbeing as well as provide you with actionable ideas that you can implement in your early childhood education and care setting.
All Courses
A Professional Development for all workplaces
Holistic Approaches to Wellbeing
✔ Gain a greater understanding of holistic wellbeing
✔ Increase your understanding of your relationship with stress & anxiety
✔ Take away strategies that will support you in alleviating symptoms of stress & anxiety
✔ Work towards a greater feeling of empowerment over your wellbeing
South East Yoga and Wellbeing are passionate about establishing strong mental health foundations for educators, students & children through creative wellbeing programs that are meaningful & holistic.
4 Steps to Kickstart your ECE Yoga Program - FREE!
This free eBook will help you to kickstart your early childhood yoga program, bringing a sense of calmness & community to your environment!
Learn to embed yoga & mindfulness so that it impacts the children & your whole service!
33 Yoga Poses Poster - FREE!
A3 poster sized yoga poses for your wall PLUS a bonus yoga pose name guide!
Perfect for pinning to your wall for a quick reference guide.
It's easy to create your own early childhood yoga adventure when you know your poses!
There's room to add your own pose names on this guide too so be creative and invent your own yoga pose name!
Halloween Session Plan - FREE!
Have an amazing time with this awesome, fun and interactive class plan, that will have children highly engaged & just a little bit scared!
Diwali Yoga - Festival of Lights - FREE!
Inspire children to learn more about Diwali through breathing experiences, games, yoga poses, group work, relaxation, music plus a bonus recipe you can make with the children
Yoga Sun Dance - FREE!
Dance with the sun and warm up your body ... Follow the diagrams on the poster for a fun yoga flow for children. This poster is great to use as a reference for educators if you are still learning the yoga poses & for children who want to dance in the sun anytime. Move along to 'Linda Lara's - Sun Dance' for even more fun!
With over 30 years working and collaborating in the early childhood education and sector and over 20 years of yoga knowledge and training, I decided it was time to integrate my passions.
I knew this integration of knowledge would make a considerable difference to everyone's wellbeing within the sector.
Hi, I'm Nic Russell and I am an early childhood wellbeing consultant.
I created my business South East Yoga and Wellbeing in 2016 to promote wellbeing after I witnessed first hand young people who were disengaged from school due to mental health issues.
After just a couple of sessions of playing with yoga, I saw how they started to feel more comfortable in their bodies and how they actually were having fun.
These defining moments initially lead me on a journey through primary and secondary schools, then full circle back to early childhood education.
I want to show you how yoga can impact children's lives so that they grow into positive and happy adults.
It all starts in early childhood.
I am here to simplify a wellbeing program for you that is fun and engages everyone in the room...
The Yoga Play Program is aligned with the Victoria Early Years Learning and Development Framework, the CASEL Framework and takes into consideration the National Children’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2021.
Yoga Play Programs are holistic and meaningful and aim to build educators capacity to extend on their existing wellbeing programs through using the practices and principles of yoga.
We do this through The 5 Elements of Yoga.
These elements include:
Movement
Meditation
Breathing
Relaxation
Affirmations
In this professional development, educators learn what The 5 Elements look like, how to facilitate yoga and how to embed these practices into their early childhood setting.
Also on offer are more professional development opportunities and online content that will further enhance a wellbeing culture in your workplace.
I want to share yoga with you and promote positive wellbeing for everyone within the early childhood sector.
Come and say hello over on Facebook. Drop by my business page 'South East Yoga and Wellbeing'.
Interested in workshops, professional development or a Yoga Play Program for your early childhood service or even lower primary school years?
Visit my website South East Yoga and Wellbeing or email me.
I'd love to discuss how I can support you.
Contact: Nic Russell
info@southeastyogaandwellbeing.com
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