Brain Development for Young Yogis with Dr. Linda Chamberlain (Live Streaming)
Understanding how the brain develops is an important foundation for teaching yoga to children and adolescents. Students will learn the profound impact of mind-body practices on healthy brain development during this time of major brain remodeling and windows of activity. Special focus will be placed on the exploration of the pathway of stress and fear through the brain and why, from a neurodevelopmental perspective, loving kindness and interoceptive skills should be incorporated into yoga with preschoolers and young children.
This workshop will highlight user-friendly content, micro-practices and tools that can be shared with caregivers and children. Participants will get to meet Dr. Linda’s crew of puppets that are dedicated to empowering children by teaching them how their brains work. We will all get to explore our inner child through meditation, journaling, and small group discussion.
Children’s Yoga Practice with Shannon Ramo, C-IAYT and pre-school teacher
This experiential session invites your inner child to a fun and educational Kid’s Yoga session. You’ll see first hand how the practices and practicalities of kid’s yoga support early brain development, foster healthy emotional processing and inspire imaginative movement and healthy community building skills.
Attendance options: Live in person at Soul of Yoga Institute, Live Streaming online or by recording.
Please note: Dr. Chamberlain will be teaching via live stream
Tickets: $165
About the Facilitators:
Dr. Linda Chamberlain is a scientist, author, professor, dog musher, and founder of the Alaska Family Violence Prevention Project, Dr. Linda Chamberlain has worked in the field of childhood and adult trauma for over two decades. Known for her abilities to translate science into practical strategies with diverse audiences, she is an internationally recognized keynote speaker who conveys a message of hope and empowerment. Her current focus is on a healing-centered framework with a strong emphasis on brain-mind-body practices to address how stress is stored in our bodies and our natural instinct to heal. A trainer with Capacitar, an international network for well-being and transforming trauma, she is trained in a wide range of practices that use breathwork, movement, meditation, visualization, HeartMath, and poly-vagal informed strategies to promote resilience, self-regulation and healing. Her skill-based presentations highlight simple tools that are appropriate for children, youth and adults. An important application of her work is preventing compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma among service providers exposed to the suffering of others in a broad range of settings.
Dr. Chamberlain taught at the University of Alaska and earned public health degrees from Yale School of Medicine and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Recognition for her work includes a Scientist Scholar with the Fulbright Arctic Initiative, a National Kellogg Leadership Fellowship, an Alaska Women of Achievement Award and the Inaugural Scattergood Foundation Scholar on Child Behavioral Health.
Shannon Ramo, C-IAYT: I come from a colorful background: A career in accounting, studying the self through yoga and meditation, a musician, an artist, a farmer, and a preschool teacher! I became a mother in 2017 and in that process I connected with a new version of myself that was never known before. I found a deep desire to return to being playful and I prioritized beginning to feel what it truly was like to be in my body – to be me!
Along the journey I was fortunate to meet a local preschool teacher who allowed me to share my yoga practices with the kids at her school. We quickly realized there was so much more I could do with the children when we zoomed out and saw all the tools I have for social-emotional development, non-violent communication, embodiment, playfulness and joy! I spent five years under the mentorship of Liberty Winn at Oasis Preschool in San Diego and have been sharing yoga with kids for 7 years now. As a certified Yoga Therapist I have completed trainings for Trauma, Anxiety, Depression, Grief and more so that I am better equipped to meet the varying needs of those in our community.