Brilliant Classrooms Program:
The Divya Jyoti Method
Fostering brilliance in the classroom, one teacher at a time.
Brilliant Classrooms is a program for elementary schools, middle schools and high schools in Massachusetts. It provides teachers and students with better personal tools to thrive in the classroom not only academically, but also mentally and emotionally.
“Teachers and kids spend a large number of hours of their days in the classroom, sharing their lives and work together. The program that I have created can keep this relationship fresh, vibrant and harmonious throughout the year. It allows for the perpetuation of a space where teacher and students feel connected and nourished all day, everyday. Teachers learn to be the best teachers they know they can be, while imparting to their students yoga tools that they can carry for a lifetime.”
Ana Mares Guia (Divya Jyoti)
Curriculum Brilliant Classroom Fundamentals
Module 1:3 hours
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Yoga as a system: how yoga can foster harmony and well-being in the context of the classroom
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Yoga and the brain
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Foundations of the breath
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Exploring standing and seated positions
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How to lead kids through yoga: finding your voice and tempo as a yoga educator
Module 2: 3 hours
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Embodiment through yoga postures in the classroom
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Correlations between yoga postures and the emotions
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Quick stress release techniques for teachers and kids
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Yoga routines for the classroom
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Grooming the peaceful teacher within
Module 3:3 hours
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Self-regulation of emotions through breathing
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Meditation and mindfulness
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Self-care for teachers
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Bringing easy focus and wellbeing into the classroom
- Exploring and solving challenges when teaching yoga tools to kids: special needs, challenging behaviors, and more.
Brilliant Classroom Fundamentals Investment:
$250/individual rate (minimum 7 people) or $2500/group rate.
Lovely articles as resources
What should we be teaching young children?
Brain resilience in the classroom
6 benefits of yoga for kids with autism
Ted Ed.How stress affects our brains.
Neuroplasticity and meditation
Why western doctors are prescribing yoga therapy
Yoga heals girls in the juvenile system
Using yoga to teach kids to stay calm in stressful situations
Why yoga is changing the schools
5 ways yoga is good for your mental health
Ride the waves of discomfort when dealing with stress
Is your kids dealing with school-year stress?
Seven brain benefits from meditationn
Post natal depletion even after 10 years
Seven ways to do self-care when you are too exhausted to think about it
It’s official: yoga helps depression
The child mental health crisis
What happens to creativity as we age