Teaching Yoga For Life Preparing Children and Teens for Healthy, Balanced Living

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Nanette Tummers
2009
US Price: $27 $21.60 (20% off)
224 pages
9780736070164

About the Author | Table of Contents | Words of Praise

Yoga is gaining popularity in schools and community programs for good reason: It provides an antidote to our fast-paced, technology-based society in which we never stop to relax, dig deeper, and learn more about ourselves and the world around us.

Through Teaching Yoga for Life: Preparing Children and Teens for Healthy, Balanced Living, you can employ a simple, safe, and pragmatic method for yoga instruction even if you’ve never taught it before. The clear, step-by-step directions and ample illustrations make it easy for you to present each of the activities, lessons, and 52 poses included in the book.

Through Teaching Yoga for Life: Preparing Children and Teens for Healthy, Balanced Living, you can

• help kids become more confident and self-directed,
• use a holistic approach to enrich students’ lives, and
• guide kids to manage stress more effectively.

These lessons are based on a holistic approach that focuses on the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual aspects of yoga. The book introduces basic yoga philosophy in simplified take-home messages that help students live better lives. It also explains how yoga can enrich students’ health and why it should be a vital part of their lives. Yoga students commonly

• improve their self-awareness and emotional intelligence;
• enhance their abilities to focus and concentrate;
• develop greater cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular strength and endurance, and flexibility; and
• learn how to handle stress (particularly helpful for kids with learning, behavioral, or social and economic challenges).

This visual and user-friendly book is based on applied research and evidence from piloted programs, and it applies the pedagogical standards of the National Association for Sport and Physical Education. The book supplies lessons and unit plans, and you’ll learn all about the basic physical poses, breathing techniques, play, visualizations, and relaxation methods. You’ll also discover how to teach yoga effectively and learn the science and movement principles behind yoga.

Teaching yoga can help you create a safe and relaxed atmosphere for students. You can use a multiple-intelligence approach to engage all of your students, particularly those who don’t enjoy traditional sport-based activities. Yoga requires little or no equipment and can be adapted to anyone’s needs. It helps people slow down and discover, or rediscover, who they are. Best of all, anyone can do it. With the expert guidance and practical approach of this text, yoga can revitalize your classroom and your students.

About the Author

Nanette E. Tummers, EdD, is an associate professor of health and physical education at Eastern Connecticut State University in Willimantic. She has been teaching human movement, including yoga, for 30 years. She has taught yoga to various populations, including older adults, students in afterschool programs for obese adolescents and girls at risk, women in recovery, mentally challenged adults, and athletes.

Dr. Tummers is a registered yoga teacher with Yoga Alliance and a member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists. She has been a peer reviewer of the International Journal of Yoga Therapy and the Journal of Health Education.

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Activity Finder
• Pose Index
  • Chapter 1. Why Our Students Need Yoga
    • Whole-Child Learning
    • Benefits of Yoga for School-Aged Children
      Summary
  • Chapter 2. Yoga for Healthy, Balanced Living
    • Defining Yoga
    • Eight Branches for a Meaningful, Purposeful Life
      Summary
  • Chapter 3. Teaching Effective Yoga Classes
    • Components of the Yoga Class
    • Teaching Techniques for Yoga
    • Constructing Creative Yoga Experiences
    • Summary
  • Chapter 4. Scientific and Movement Principles of Yoga
    • Anatomy and Physiology of Breath
    • Anatomy and Kinesiology of the Musculoskeletal System
    • Science of Flexibility
    • Building a Healthy and Strong Spine
    • Teaching Yoga Poses
    • Summary
  • Chapter 5. Yoga Lesson and Unit Plans
    • Yoga Lesson Plan
    • Sample Lesson Plans
    • Indoor Recess Yoga
    • Yoga Unit Plan
    • Yoga Lesson and Unit Plans for Special Groups
    • Summary
  • Chapter 6. Breathing and Relaxation Exercises
    • Transitions Into Yoga Practice
    • Part 1: Beginning the Yoga Class—Breathing Exercises
    • Part 2: The Gift of Relaxation
    • Summary
  • Chapter 7. Warm-Up, Active, and Cool-Down Poses
    • Part 1: Warm Up and Wake Up
    • Part 2: Standing Poses
    • Part 3: Moving Yoga
    • Part 4: Balancing Poses
    • Part 5: Active Floor Poses
    • Part 6: Cool-Down Poses
    • Summary
  • Chapter 8. Infusing Themes Into Yoga Classes
    • Yoga Games
    • Yoga Stations
    • Self-Image and Yoga
    • Healthy Lifestyle and Yoga
    • Interpersonal Relationships and Yoga
    • Creative Problem Solving and Yoga
    • Global Awareness and Yoga
    • Academic Areas and Yoga
    • Summary
• References and Resources
• Index
• About the Author

Words of Praise

Reference for physical educators from K through 12 and for recreation and youth leaders. Also a reference for classroom teachers and afterschool program leaders.