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12 weeks of access to The Teen Yoga Project Portal.
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A yearly subscription to The Teen Yoga Project Portal.
Meet Emily
Emily has been a yogi for over 12 years. She owns a yoga studio in Sydney called Sowa Yoga, and runs adult and teen yoga classes weekly.
In 2020, Emily trained with Teen Yoga in the UK, completing their comprehensive 100 hour Teacher Training course.
Prior to this, for 11 years, Emily was the co-founder of Bamboo Theatre, a theatre-in-eduction company represented by Australia’s leading theatre-in-education agency ‘Young Australia Workshop’. She wrote, directed and produced ten welfare programmes, covering topics such as cyberbullying, digital citizenship, respectful relationships, and peer group pressure. They toured schools across Australia and performed to well over 200,000 students. In 2019 Emily created ‘Nudge Theatre’, a solo project that saw her work specifically with female students,. Her interactive program ‘Girl Empowered’ explored the many challenges modern females face in today’s world. She toured the East coast of Australia (before covid hit and shut schools!). She also owned children’s yoga company ‘Stretchy Stories’, a yoga based story telling programme that toured preschools across the East Coast of Australia.
What are your seven emotions?
The first series offered by TYP, is the Emotion Series. This series will cover 7 key emotional states. Using yoga, mindfulness and breath work activities, the Emotion Series is designed to teach each student about their individual response to each emotion, giving them tools to become true emotion regulators.
Yoga can help!
The body, mind and breath work exercises provided have all been designed to support students to learn how to regulate themselves. Self regulation leads to better coping strategies for stress, more flexible thinking and better focus and impulse control. This can lead to an increase in confidence, emotional well-being and overall happiness.
Body
To move the energy.
Mind
To control the energy.
Breath
To change the energy.
Did you know, that as part of our FREE one month trial, you will have access to 3 Brain Breaks exercises-one stretch, one focus, one energise. So, you can try this concept out before taking on a membership!
Emily is an exceptional yoga and breath work teacher as well as being an exceptionally lovely, warm, funny and passionate woman. Her Teen Yoga Project is a brilliant program that speaks to me personally as a clinical psychologist who works with high school students struggling with mental health difficulties, stress and being disconnected from their bodies and themselves. The skills that young people learn in Teen Yoga will undoubtedly enhance their wellbeing in the now and also provide them with many skills to carry with them into the rest of their lives.
- Emma Cashman, Clinical Psychologist
Designed for Highschools
The Teen Yoga Project aligns with the PDHPE curriculum by supporting students to develop the knowledge, understanding and skills they require to make healthy, safe and active choices that will enhance their own and others’ health and wellbeing.
Membership Options
an annual membership that gives you access to Brian breaks (21 five- minute regulation practises)
$1,300/year
whole school access
an annual membership that gives you full access to both series, PLUS any new series that get added to the portal
$2,990/ year
whole school access
an annual membership that gives you access to The Emotion Series (49 emotion regulation practises, videos, classroom handouts, discussion question, class-plan suggestions)
$2,300/ year
whole school access
The exercises in the emotion series have been broken down into 2 categories:
Within each subsection are 3 activities:
Mind
Mind (welfare) exercises to explore their energy.
Body
Body (Yoga) exercises to move their energy.
Breath
Breath work exercises to manage their energy.
The 2022 Mission Australia Youth survey interviewed 18,800 young people across Australia. They reported that coping with stress was the biggest area of personal concern for young people.
The findings from the survey reported the three biggest personal challenges faced by young people were;
- School challenges
- Mental health challenges
- Relationship challenges
Stress has a profound effect on students ability to learn;
Research indicates that when we feel overwhelming stress related to school it not only demotivates us to do the work, it reduces our overall academic achievement and can lead to increased dropout rates. Not to mention the negative health implications, including depression, poor sleep, substance abuse, and anxiety. How this translates in the longer term can affect our ability to sustain employment and decrease our earning potential over a lifetime.
- The Jed Foundation (JED) is a nonprofit that protects emotional health and prevents suicide for our nation's teens and young adults
Yoga can help!
Research into the effects of yoga on young people is in its infancy, but the results that have been published are incredibly promising.
Along with familial support, yoga in schools leads to;
- Improved concentration and memory
- Respect for peers and others
- Self regulation
- Self confidence
- Feelings of well being
- Emotional balance
- Physical fitness
Through yoga, schools can assist students to;
- Navigate school challenges by offering them skills that build on their memory, focus and emotional intelligence.
- Support their mental health by teaching them self regulation skills that build their confidence and physical health
- Maintain their relationships by building respect
By providing short body, mind and breath regulation exercises, TYP helps schools to deliver daily mental health support in every classroom.
This series will cover 7 key emotional states. Using yoga, mindfulness and breathwork activities, the Emotion Series is designed to teach each student about their individual response to each emotion, giving them tools to become true emotion regulators.
Within each subsection are 3 activities:
Mind
Mind (welfare) exercises to explore their energy.
Body
Body (Yoga) exercises to move their energy.
Breath
Breath work exercises to manage their energy.
Hear from Danielle Gardner,
RN, Lecturer in Nursing. BN, Grad Cert Acute Care, Grad Cert Critical Care (Paediatrics), MPH.
“As a health care worker with an extensive paediatric background, I have developed a strong interest in adolescent health and wellbeing. I believe that building resilience in young people is the foundation to helping them grow and develop to the best of their potential.
Resilience is a process involving both protective and risk factors, and how the individual reacts to adversity. Having resilience does not mean an individual is immune to stress, but rather they have the functional ability to adapt and recover from negative events, and then learn from the challenges they face. For example over-protectiveness, also known as “helicopter parenting” can have a negative effect on the mental health and wellbeing of emerging young people, in particular an increase in anxiety, depression, stress, and a decrease in their resilience. By not allowing children to fall, to learn from their failures, and empowering them to experience what it feels like to lose (and be gracious in defeat), we are depriving them from developing their own sense of control over their lives.
Having resilience is related to the confidence that the individual has in themselves to cope not just with adversity, but even just to cope with a new and unfamiliar situation – like starting high school for example. An individual who has developed some resilience will approach a situation with positivity and optimism and take it all in their stride. While an individual with lower resilience may experience over- thinking, catastrophizing, anxiety, and avoidance. However, resilience is more than just coping; a resilient person will be flexible and prepared to seek out new ways to overcome challenges and achieve their goals. Although at the time this might be perceived by the individual as taking a risk, it also creates an opportunity for growth and self-confidence.
As a practicing yogi myself, I know first-hand the benefits that I have felt from incorporating this practice into my life, and how it has helped me feel emotionally stronger when I have needed it. I am so pleased to see such an extensive and inclusive course that has been developed to help our young people gain these important life skills such as resilience and self-confidence whilst in their classes at school.”
SCHOOLS
GIVING TEACHER THE TOOLS TO REGULATE THEIR ROOM.
What is The Teen Yoga Project?
The Teen Yoga project is a membership based online portal that gives whole-school access to an ever growing library of yoga activities that considers a students cognitive, emotional, social, physical and spiritual wellbeing (Australian Wellbeing framework).
The activities can be used in isolation in any classroom to shift the energy of the room, or they can be combined to cover a lesson, a workshop, a term and more! See the series section below for more on how to implement the work into your classrooms.
The Teen Yoga Project aligns with the PDHPE curriculum by supporting students to develop the knowledge, understanding and skills they require to make healthy, safe and active choices that will enhance their own and others’ health and wellbeing.
The Teen Yoga Project also promotes staff wellbeing, by giving teachers the tools to not only regulate their classroom, but to regulate themselves as well. This leads to a supportive and safe learning environment that enhances the social, emotional and learning outcomes for all students and staff.
AUSTRALIAN WELLBEING FRAMEWORK
The Teen Yoga Project's purpose is to help High schools Implement a whole school systemic approach to wellbeing and positive behavior, by providing short body, mind and breath exercises that can be incorporated into any classroom.
Behind every successful teen is themselves.
Membership!
Membership is annual, and gives whole school access- you get one sign in that any Teacher can use when they want to run an activity in the portal.
This includes videos on yoga, mindfulness, breathwork and welfare activities, comprehensive instructions, handouts, class plans and discussion questions.
Free Trial
Currently we have two big series available on our unlimited membership, so we have included a lil’ taste tester of both of them so that you can get an idea of what they are and how they might work for your school.
Brain Breaks - receive 3/21 videos of five- minute regulation practises
The Emotion Series - receive 1/7 modules of emotion regulation practises, videos, classroom handouts, discussion question, class-plan suggestions
Membership sign up
There are a few ways that you can join The Teen Yoga Project depending on what resonates with you and what your school needs;
Unlimited Membership - full access to both series, PLUS any new series that get added to the portal
Brain breaks Membership - 21 five-minute regulation practises
The Emotion Series Membership - 49 emotion regulation practises, videos, classroom handouts, discussion question, class-plan suggestions
The TYP is a digital safe space for teens to learn about their body, mind and breath.
This is yoga, not as you know it.
Giving teachers the tools to regulate their room.
Membership includes:
Body (yoga) activities
Breath work activities
Mind (welfare) activities
Videos
Downloadable classroom handouts
Comprehensive instructions
Class plan suggestions
Discussion questions
Activities range from 9 minutes to 31 minutes in length. They can be used individually, or be combined to cover a class, a workshop, a term and so much more!
COMING SOON…
TEENS
BEHIND EVERY SUCCESSFUL TEEN IS THEMSELVES
Self Awareness
Adolescence is a time of great change, where students are developing a deeper understanding of themselves and the world around them. The Teen Yoga Project facilities students to build their inner awareness by offering them tools to enable them to self regulate using their body, mind and breath. This awareness leads to a stronger sense of self-worth and personal identity that will empower them to manage their emotional, mental, spiritual and physical well being now and into the future
Curriculum: Students identify and describe the factors that influence their emotional responses. They develop a realistic sense of their personal abilities, qualities and strengths through knowing what they are feeling in the moment, and having a realistic assessment of their own abilities and a well-grounded sense of self-knowledge and self-confidence. - SELF AWARENESS, PERSONAL AND SOCIAL CAPABILITY
Social Awareness
The better an adolescent can relate to themselves, the better they can relate to others. By first understanding their own perspectives, emotional states and needs, adolescents will then have the capability to respectfully communicate and hold space for others. The Teen Yoga Project helps to develop a students social awareness through group and pair work, encouraging and refining communication skills that keeps themselves and their partners safe.
Students learn to show respect for and understand others’ perspectives, emotional states and needs. They learn to participate in positive, safe and respectful relationships, defining and accepting individual and group roles and responsibilities. - SOCIAL AWARENESS, PERSONAL AND SOCIAL CAPABILITY
Physical Awareness
Yoga literally means to yoke- to unite- unite the body, mind and breath. By exploring movement with the breath, students get a better understanding of themselves, their bodies, and their relationship to others. The better a student understands themselves, the better they understand the world around them.
Participating in a range of physical activities from the Asia region, such as yoga, tai chi, martial arts and Asia-inspired dance and performance art, and exploring their importance as a social and cultural practice PDHPE, MOVEMENT AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
Performing physical activities that improve health- and skill-related components of fitness and analysing how the components are developed through these activities PDHPE, MOVEMENT AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
Designed for schools
The Teen Yoga Project is an online yogic portal for teens, to be used at school and at home. Designed thoughtfully for schools, each module includes a comprehensive videos and handouts in order to facilitate a seamless delivery of content for student and Teacher alike.
Tools for life
The TYP portal is a subscription-based offering.
You can join the portal on the Teacher membership for whole-school access or use at home – the TYP is accessible for all.
Each module will have at home suggestions, encouraging students to apply the tools they have learnt to real life situations, long after the class has finished. A lot of the activities are about self-enquiry, so having access to the portal at home, encourages students to develop a self-lead practise.
More than Mindfulness
TYP is Yoga, but not as you know it! It covers more than just the physical practise of Yoga. Each series contains information on Yoga, Mindfulness, Breathwork and welfare activities.
This is what makes TYP so unique. It is not just Yoga in isolation. It combines all wellbeing modalities to help the students learn about themselves and to become life long self-regulators.
Free Trial
12 weeks of access to The Teen Yoga Project Portal!
There is a FREE three month trial period so that you can access the content, see how and if the work aligns with your schools values, and plan some implementation strategies before committing to membership.
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Membership Sign up
A yearly subscription to The Teen Yoga Project Portal!
Membership can be canceled at any time- see terms and conditions here. (link T&Cs)
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Sign your school up for an annual membership, and get your staff and students regulated!
This is yoga, not as you know it.
Prior to this, for 11 years, Emily was the co-founder of Bamboo Theatre, a theatre-in-eduction company represented by Australia’s leading theatre-in-education agency ‘Young Australia Workshop’. She wrote, directed and produced ten welfare programmes, covering topics such as cyberbullying, digital citizenship, respectful relationships, and peer group pressure. They toured schools across Australia and performed to well over 200,000 students. In 2019 Emily created ‘Nudge Theatre’, a solo project that saw her work specifically with female students,. Her interactive program ‘Girl Empowered’ explored the many challenges modern females face in today’s world. She toured the East coast of Australia (before covid hit and shut schools!). She also owned children’s yoga company ‘Stretchy Stories’, a yoga based story telling programme that toured preschools across the East Coast of Australia.
Meet Emily
Emily has been a yogi for over 12 years. She owns a yoga studio in Sydney called Sowa Yoga, and runs adult and teen yoga classes weekly.
In 2020, Emily trained with Teen Yoga in the UK, completing their comprehensive 100 hour Teacher Training course.
Membership
Three types to choose from:
Unlimited - all series and new
Brain Breaks - 21 videos
The Emotion Series - 49 vidoes
Free Trial
A One Month lil taste tester of our two series: The Emotion Series and Brain Breaks.