5th Grade Students Share How Yoga, Mindfulness Activities Support Their Learning

5th graders and their Yoga 4 Classrooms-trained teacher from a NJ school lead several of their favorite mindful moment activities from the Yoga 4 Classrooms Activity Cards while sharing how practicing these strategies during the class day supports self-regulation, learning, community and positive mindset! Watch… Yoga 4 Classrooms® mission is to empower youth with the […]
Eight Years of Implementation – An Update from Edmunds Elementary

Nearly eight years ago, after investigating the related benefits of integrating yoga and mindfulness at school, Principal Jaynette Rittman and her staff at Edmunds Elementary in Des Moines, Iowa, decided to train with Yoga 4 Classrooms. With full staff buy-in and internal leadership, Yoga 4 Classrooms has been scheduled and integrated twice daily into the […]
Inner City School Principal Shares Results of School-Wide Implementation of Yoga 4 Classrooms

Edmunds Elementary in Des Moines reports notable improvements in social and emotional learning, academic performance, and behavior.
Yoga promotes social and emotional learning in New Jersey classrooms

Y4C IMPLEMENT Leader’s classroom featured in New Jersey Monthly: “Mindful Classrooms: Teaching Kids to Cope, One Breath at a Time”
4 Reasons School Counselors Should Include Yoga and Mindfulness in Their School Counseling Program

Fairfax County’s “School Counselor of the Year” shares her implementation success story.
Des Moines School District Reduces Punitive Actions

Des Moines Register features Yoga 4 Classrooms school in a feature on discipline reform in the city’s classrooms.
Educators use Yoga 4 Classrooms to help ease student anxiety over state testing

Teachers share how they support their student success with yoga and mindfulness, and how you can, too.