Yoga to Improve Brain Function
- Yoga, meditation and mindfulness
- Self-regulation and vagal tone and the nervous system
- Parts of the brain and movement patterns that can change behavior
Breathwork to Enhance the Nervous System
- Yogic breathing
- Practice breath patterns that are calming
- Techniques specific to child’s diagnosis
Active and Restorative Yoga Poses
- Differences between active and calming poses
- How prone and standing poses affect the body
- Eye exercises for brain balancing
Creating a Customized Treatement Plan
- Incorporate specific yoga, mindfulness and meditation techniques
- Strategies for diagnoses: autism, sensory disorders, neurological disorders, cancer and ADHD
- Case study review
- Food and home modification as part of the treatment
- Parent participation