Cognitive Yoga

Advaita Meditation Center, 28 Worcester Ln, Waltham, MA | Get Directions »
$125.00

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Cognitive Yoga

A course for middle school teachers to support classroom management and SEL based on Eastern wisdom. PDPs are available. Sign Up now at www.advaitameditation.org.

Cognitive Yoga

5 week class – 10 hours total       2 hours per class

Overview:

This five-week course will present strategies for classroom management based on the traditions of Eastern Vedic Wisdom (Vedanta).  The focus will be working with middle-school students.  Cognitive Yoga will give teachers practical tools to help students become more self-aware,motivated them  to control their mental and emotional energy, and to improve executive functioning.   In addition, we will explore strategies for creating a classroom conducive to quiet focused work as well as techniques for students to bring order to their materials.

The topics covered will be:

• Understanding meta-cognition,
• Beginning/ending classes with control,
• Skillful ways to teach kids about attention and energy    
• Activities for kids to practice focused attention,
• Teaching kids to monitor their noise level,
• Organizational protocols,
• Reading and vocabulary comprehension,
• Support for initiating homework
• Effective stress reduction scripts.

A final assignment will require that the teachers practice one of the strategies  a minimum of three times and report out the effectiveness of the protocol.

Lee Guerette is a Reading Specialist and Special Educator with 25 years of experience in public and charter schools. She has been a student with the Advaita Meditation Center for more than 30 years.