Tag: social emotional learning
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8 ways to end a yoga class for teens
When I started teaching yoga to high school students, I was uncertain about best practices for ending the class. Should I stick with namaste, the closing from classes I’ve gone to for years? Or would that be cross over into cultural appropriation? I scoured the internet for advice, reading article upon article that advised for…
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Teaching Chakras in Schools: A Practical Approach for Teens
There is so much focus in schools on performance, grades, deadlines. And very little space is for teens to understand themselves. That’s one of the reasons I teach the chakras. Not in a mystical, abstract way; but in a grounded, practical way that can help students reflect on their feelings and experiences. Because teenagers are…
Dawn Arseneau 