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Education World Writes an Article about the Positive Effects of Mindful Practices' Wellness Programs!

Mindful Practices is pleased to annouce that our flagship program Student Wellness in 8-10 Minutes Each Day has been featured in Education World's recently published article "School Adopts Yoga For Wellness, Behavior Management." The article, written by Ellen R. Delisio, covers the positive effects of using yoga to manage student behavior in high-risk school populations while taking an in-depth look into how yoga directly changed student behavior at Jefferson Elementary School in Berwyn, Illinois for the better. Specifically speaking, the number of disciplinary referrals at Jefferson Elementary dropped from 254 to 132 per year in a matter of only three school years.

A big thanks to Ellen R. Delisio and Education World for spreading the word about the positive effects yoga-centered wellness programs, all of us here at Mindful Practices are truly grateful.

Below is an excerpt of article, be sure to read the full article at Educationworld.com:

The program at Jefferson began as voluntary for teachers, with professional development for staff members who wanted to participate. Students started doing yoga for 8 to 10 minutes a day after lunch. After one year, according to Tantillo, the number of discipline referrals, which are notes she sends home to parents, dropped from 254 to 200 and test scores increased as well. “I said it was not optional any more,” she said. Now even the pre-K students practice yoga and it is part of the school’s wellness program.

Typically, students return from lunch or recess and teachers dim the lights and the class spends 8 to 10 minutes practicing yoga. Teachers are encouraged to teach students one yoga pose per week. Since the school-wide yoga program started, discipline referrals have continued to drop -- Tantillo wrote only 132 this past school year -- and the climate of the school is much calmer. She often joins classes for their afternoon yoga. “We don’t have chronic kids [those who are discipline problems] any more,” she said. “It has made a huge difference in the culture of the school.”

Click Here to read the full article titled "School Adopts Yoga For Wellness, Behavior Management" on EducationWorld.com.

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