Mindfulness and Yoga Resources for Middle and High School Students
Free online yoga classes
Marisa Weppner, Yin-licous (Live at Wanderlust)
Gentle Kripalu Yoga Class with Meghan Nancy Buttenheim
Doyogawithme.com (100% free yoga video streaming, classes, poses, breathing exercises)
There are lots more classes, the above are only a few
Mindfulness Apps for your Phone
Stop, Breathe and Think
Calm: Meditation
Smiling Mind
Take a Break
Take a Chill – Stressed Teens (For iphone $1.99)
Headspace (By Amazon, 30 day free Trial, $12.95 monthly fee to continue)
These Apps offer a great introduction to several free short mindfulness / meditation breaks. If you want to receive longer meditations and more options then the app requires the monthly fee.
Websites
The Mindful Brain – Brenda Patoine- The Dana Foundation
10 Mindful Tips to Help Teens Minimize Back-to-School Stress
www.mastersinhealthadministrationguides.org/master-your-health-with-yoga/
Books (Middle/High School Readers)
Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain. Daniel Siegel
Siddartha by Hermann Hesse
Johnathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach
The Bridge Across Forever by Richard Bach
The Alchemist by Paul Coelho
Yoga and Mindfulness Resources for Teachers and Parents
Books
Feinstein S (2013) Secrets of The Teenage Brain: Research-based Strategies for Reaching and Teaching Today's Adolescents
Chozen Bays J (2011) How To Train A Wild Elephant: And other Adventures in mindfulness
Kabat-Zinn J (2013) Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain and Illness
Willard C (2016) Growing Up Mindful: Essential Practices to Help Children, Teens, and Family Find Balance, Calm and Resilience
Greene R (2014) Lost At School: Why Our Kids with Behavioral Challenges are Falling Through the Cracks and how we can Help Them.
Williams M and Penman D (2012) Mindfulness: An Eight Week Plan For Finding Peace in a Frantic World
Thich Nhat Hanh ( 2010) You Are Here: Discovering The Magic of the Present Moment
Seigel D (2015) Brainstorm: The Power and The Purpose of the Teenage Brain
Broderick P (2013) Learning To Breathe: A Mindfulness Cirriculum to Cultivate Emotional Regulation, Attention and Performance