Help Your Students Feel Calmer, More Confident, and Ready to Learn

Support well-being in your school community with yoga and mindfulness practice.

Practical yoga and mindfulness programs designed for real school environments.

Today’s students are navigating more stress, anxiety, social challenges, big emotions, and difficulty focusing—all while teachers are being asked to do more with less time and resources.

YO YOGA gives schools practical tools to help students move, breathe, regulate, connect, and refocus.

Our school-based yoga and mindfulness programs are designed to support students and the educators who work with them every day.

Bring YO YOGA to your school.

Email hello@yoyoga.ca to learn more

Move.

Develop strength, flexibility, balance and coordination through yoga and mindful movement.

Breathe.

Learn breathing techniques to feel calm, focused, energized and to regulate energy and emotions.

Grow.

Grow resiliency, motivation and focus through movement, breath and affirmations.

Connect.

Connect with the present. Connect within. Connect as a school community.

Your Students Are Carrying More Than Their Backpacks

 

You may be seeing it every day:
  • Students who are anxious, overwhelmed, or easily frustrated
  • Difficulty transitioning between activities
  • Students struggling to regulate big emotions
  • Increased conflict between peers
  • Difficulty focusing and settling into learning
  • Children who lack confidence or are afraid to make mistakes
  • High-energy classrooms that are difficult to reset
  • Teachers spending valuable instructional time managing behaviour
  • Educators who are themselves feeling stressed and depleted
These challenges don’t disappear when the bell rings.
And schools shouldn’t have to solve them alone.

 

What if students had simple tools they could actually use?

Imagine students who know how to:
Pause before reacting.
Take a breath when they feel overwhelmed.
Recognize what they are feeling.
Move their bodies with intention.
Refocus after a challenging moment.
Speak to themselves with greater kindness.
Return to learning feeling calmer and more ready.
That’s what we practice through YO YOGA.

Evidence suggests that yoga and mindfulness practice benefits school-aged children.

  • Results suggest that school-based yoga may be advantageous for stress management and behavior.

    Butzer, B., Day, D., Potts, A., Ryan, C., Coulombe, S., Davies, B., Weidknecht, K., Ebert, M., Flynn, L., & Khalsa, S.B.S. (2014)

  • Findings support the use of mindfulness in urban classroom settings as a feasible option for students to help with personal stress and coping, as well as emotional and behavior regulation in schools and at home.

    Harpin, S.B., Rossi, A., Kim, A.K., & Swanson, L.M. (2016)

  • Yoga interventions may be implemented in schools as a preventative and therapeutic measure for mental health issues.

    Khunti, K., Boniface, S., Norris, E., De Oliveira, C.M., Shelton, N. (2023)

  • Yoga and mindfulness practice may be particularly well suited to addressing stress and the social emotional needs of young people in school-based settings.

    Bazzano, A.N., Sun, Y., Chavez-Gray, V., Akintimehin, T., Gustat, J., Barrera, D., Roi, C. (2022)

Professional, Purposeful, Impactful.

  • Experienced Elementary Teacher (B.Ed/PGCE)

  • Registered Children’s Yoga Teacher (RYT200/RCYT)

  • Certified Youth Mindfulness Instructor

  • Aligned to Curricular Outcomes

  • Tailored to Meet Your Needs

  • Sessions in English or Spanish

  • Celebrating 5 years of YO YOGA