- CLASSES
2024 SUMMER FUN YOGA
STACEY'S PLACE (GAZEBO) IN MT. GRETNA
July 11 - August 1
4 Weeks
Thursday Mornings at 10:00 AM
Kindergarten - 6th Grade
WHEN:
Thursday Mornings
10:00 am
Stacey's Place( Gazebo) at the Mount Gretna Playground
July 11, 18, 25 and August 1 (4 Weeks)
Bring your child out to Mt. Gretna to enjoy a themed yoga class!
In this fun yoga class, children will practice deep breathing, relaxation techniques, and various yoga poses in a fun, creative, mindful, and imaginative manner through storytelling, books, music, props, and games. A sustained period of relaxation will be enjoyed at the end of class.
Please bring a towel or yoga mat and a water bottle. A limited number of yoga mats will be available.
Cost for class is... free! Classes are graciously sponsored by donors to the Chautauqua Summer Programs series.
No Registration Necessary!
YOUR BREATH IS YOUR SUPER POWER: BREATHING WORKSHOP
FOR KIDS AGES 9-11!WHERE:
To Be Determined
WHEN:
To Be Determined
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
You don’t need a cape or a mask to be a super hero! By learning how to tune in and focus on your breath, kids can discover their innate super ability to self-regulate because being in Control of your emotions truly is a Super Power!
In This Child Friendly Fun Pranayama Class, Students Will:
- Practice 5 breathing exercises to help calm and center to help self regulate their emotions
- Practice 3 breathing exercises to help energize and reset when feeling low energy
- Learn adaptive coping tools to help manage anxiety and stress
- Notice the difference between shallow breathing and deep diaphragm breathing
- Understand how deep breathing helps elicit the Parasympathetic Nervous System (Sympathetic Nervous System Stress Response vs Parasympathetic Relaxation Response)
- Be introduced to a child friendly Meditation Practice (Relaxation Response)
- Make a Meditation Jar
- Take Home a set of 8 Breathing Cards practiced in the workshop
Price: $30
(10% off additional child/ren from the same family)
Registration Deadline: To Be Determined
Download the Registration Form below and mail with payment to the address on the form
OR
You can Register online at Ticketleap:
(credit card processing fee applied at checkout)
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Pat Steely, M.Ed
Pat is a retired Special Education Teacher. She is the owner of Yoga for Kids, LLC and she offers classes to children at various locations. Pat also provides private yoga therapy in the home setting and multisensory yoga instruction to Adults with Developmental Disabilities. Prior to teaching special education, Pat cared for her family and worked part-time in the Mental Health Field. She is a certified ChildLight® Yoga Instructor and a former Yoga 4 Classrooms® Trainer. She has been practicing yoga since 1998. Meditation has always been a part of her life since being introduced to the Practice by her older brother when she was a teenager. She blends her knowledge of child development and mindfulness education in her work.
Pat practiced yoga daily with her students in her Emotional Support Classroom and saw firsthand the calming effects yoga postures, breathwork, self awareness, positive affirmations, and relaxation can have on children. She is thrilled to be able to introduce yoga and mindfulness practices directly to children in a fun and therapeutic manner. Pat believes children have an innate ability to live joyfully and wholly in the present moment and she views yoga as a wonderful tool to help children maintain that capacity for joyful living well into their adult lives.
When not on the mat or presenting at workshops, Pat can be found visiting her grandkids, volunteering in the community, gardening, hiking, riding bike trails, and backpacking.- LET'S CONNECT
Have questions? Ready to register? Get in touch!
Please download the Registration Form here and mail to Yoga for Kids, LLC at the address written on the Registration Form to sign up for classes and other Yoga for Lids, LLC events!
Phone717.926.4312
