The School Yoga Coach podcast
Connecting yoga teachers and classroom teachers in order to build mindful, body-based learning strategies for kids in and out of school. Together we can create a community of School Yoga Coaches who can lead schools to calmer, kinder social-emotional practices.Learn more at: www.schoolyogacoach.com Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
Episodes
26 episodes
Episode 25: Feed My Soul Project part 1
In this interview episode we get a peak into how a great idea turns into a growing business through the ingenuity of an artist, the adaptability of a pandemic, and the application of Instructional Yoga Coach Training.Suzanne Mapes is a ...
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Episode 25
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30:47
Episode 24: Resilience vs Safety
How can we support the the emotional health of our students when we are facing the horrific events of the past several months, if not years? Is it overly optimistic to believe we can all heal and feel put-back-together when entire communi...
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Season 1
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Episode 24
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26:15
Episode 23: 7 Elements of Wellbeing for Teacher Self-Care
Self Care is an overused term but an underutilized practice, mostly because we misinterpret its purpose. At School Yoga Coach, we practice self care by applying strategies to balance the nervous system. We have a weekly curricul...
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22:24
Episode 22: Self Care for Teachers vs System Care for Schools
Many school districts are finally paying attention to the Self Care needs of teachers -- but is too little? too late? Or is it the wrong focus altogether?In today's podcast I talk about the difference between takin...
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Episode 22
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26:25
Episode 21: Self Care for Tranquil Teachers
Teachers need self-care now, more than ever.Knowing you need it, and knowing what to do to make that happen are not the same thing! In this episode, we talk about how education has changed for teachers over the past seve...
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17:17
Episode 20: SEL Backlash -- Why and what to do about it
When did Social Emotional Learning become such a divisive issue? As is the case for most controversies, a lot of the SEL backlash is based on misconceptions or misapplications of what SEL is intended to be. In today's episod...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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26:04
Episode 19: Meet and Greet Kids from the Bottom Up
Kids are back to school in one way or another in most areas of the country. In light of these anxious times, we teachers could use little yoga influence as we meet new students and try to connect and ease their anxiousness.
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Episode 19
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29:55
Episode 18: Attachment Styles in the Classroom
Kids learn who they can turn to when they encounter distress through Attachments. Both parents and teachers can benefit from knowing how to interpret the beliefs and needs of kids with different attachment styles. Add in a School Yoga Coa...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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24:46
Episode 17: 3 Views of Yoga in Schools Clarified
What does it mean to bring yoga into the schools?Well, for School Yoga coaches it means integrating yoga principles into the learning process. In this episode I clarify the differences between Yoga Philosophy, Yoga Practice an...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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36:05
Episode 16: Yoga for Multi-Tier Systems of Support
Schools serve the needs of ALL students through a 3 Tier system of supports -- be they academic needs or behavioral needs. Yoga fits perfectly with this Multi-Tier System of Support, but only when we include a yoga teacher as part...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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26:09
Episode 15: Why is Emotional Self-Management so Hard?
We know how important mental health is. We know we need to offer more mental health support to our kids and our teachers. But how do we do that when our world seems to be spinning out of control, when people seem to not care about o...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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34:42
Episode 14: What Yoga Teachers need to know to support the Social-Emotional needs of Schools.
This one is for my Yoga Teacher friends out there!You KNOW Yoga is important for schools to embrace. But why aren't they doing it? Part of the reason is us -- we don't know the terminology, systems, and supports that teachers an...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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29:58
BONUS Episode: Mindful Schools From the Bottom Up
BREAKING NEWS!!Mindful Schools From the Bottom Up: A Body-Based Approach to Mindful Students, Staff, and SystemsAfter three years in the making -- including research, training, reading, training, wr...
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Season 1
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19:16
Episode 13: How to Make Social-Emotional Health a Priority in your Classroom during COVID-19
The doctors, teachers, parents, and state guidelines all agree -- Mental Health (social-emotional health) for Students AND Staff is a critical priority when we return to school this fall. So -- what do we do about it? Sure, more ...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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27:17
Episode 12: What is a School Yoga Coach? (for Educators)
School Yoga Coach -- that's the name of the podcast -- but what does it mean? and why are they so important?In this episode I explain who a School Yoga Coach is, what their unique skill set is, and why it is so important for SCHOOLS...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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27:29
Episode 11: New Schools: Regenerating Systems (Part TWO)
Part TwoIf you are a re-imaginer, someone who tries to make lemonade out of lemons and turn crisis into transformation, then this episode (and the previous one -- Episode 10) will start your ideas flowing. Despite t...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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33:48
Episode 10: New Schools: Regenerating Systems PART 1
While everyone is wondering how to reopen schools in the fall, I thought it would be a good time to revisit some of the systems we have in place that make learning so challenging for many of our kids. What if we redesigned more than just ...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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35:16
Episode 9: Living the Work of Yoga when Life Get Hard
If your school has been exploring the ways it can incorporate mindfulness, SEL, and body-based movement (yoga) into its curriculum... If your administrators, communities, and BOEs have said that it is a dire need for our kids and teachers... wh...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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30:05
Episode 8: How Classroom Teachers Should Prepare NOW for SEL Needs in the Fall.
Are you worried about the Social-Emotional effects of COVID on your students? the good news is, lots of districts are planning to support these needs for both teachers and kids. However, the reality is, YOU can start doing somet...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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39:21
Episode 7: 3 Practical Phases of COVID-19 School Recovery from a Yoga Perspective (Part 2)
Continuing our discussion of the three brains (based on polyvagal theory) that need to be activated and "online", we look at some simple, practical, and powerful actions we can take as teachers and decision-makers as we plan for schools to reop...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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30:42
Episode 6: 3 Phases of COVID-19 School Recovery from a Yoga Perspective (Part 1)
As school districts make plans to reopen their schools in Phases of Safety, they face uncertainty, pressure, and policies based on protecting their staff, teachers, and students so we can get back to the task of teaching and learning. &nb...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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24:00
Episode 5: Integrating the Learning Process and Yoga
When trauma occurs we know that learning is affected too.As a classroom teacher or as a School Yoga Coach, you are dedicated to helping kids recover from trauma -- especially our current COVID-19 trauma -- but we also want them to keep lear...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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34:10
Episode 4: School Trauma Recovery Plan
Is your school ready to handle the post-traumatic effects of COVID-19? Or school violence? Or a tornado?School leaders can do a lot to either help their school organization recover and thrive, or (as often happens) they can uninte...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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32:11