5 Yoga Practices for School-Day Transitions

This video was inspired by a downloadable tool kit developed by Yoga Ed, which offers many resources to bring evidence-based yoga programs to schools. To dig deeper into the research cited in the video, check out these studies:

• Alessandra N. Bazanno et al.’s 2018 study on the effects of mindfulness and yoga on quality of life for elementary school students and teachers
• Leslie A. Daly et al.’s 2015 study of yoga and emotion regulation in high school students
• Dessa Bergen-Cico, Rachel Razza, and Amy Timmons’s 2015 study on fostering self-regulation through curriculum infusion of mindful yoga
• Lindy L. Weaver and Amy R. Darragh’s 2015 review of yoga interventions for anxiety reduction among children and adolescents
• Bethany Butzer et al.’s 2014 study on classroom-based yoga interventions on cortisol and behavior
• David Dapeng Chen and Linda Pauwels’s 2014 study on the perceived benefits of incorporating yoga into classroom teaching
• Sat Bir S. Khalsa et al.’s 2012 study on the mental health benefits of yoga in secondary school
• Tamar Mendelson et al.’s 2010 study on school-based mindfulness interventions for urban youth