How to use yoga as an inquiry for the classroom of life with Stacy Hemingway

Stacy Hemingway is a yoga teacher, practitioner, and philosopher who deeply engages in the ancient aspects of yoga in a modern (but contemplative!) space: the K-12 classroom. Her goal is to equip young people with yoga for the inquiry of the classroom of life—to learn who we are, stay in the seat of the learner, and grow. Stacy developed a 12-module yoga curriculum that aligns with the Social Emotional Learning objectives that are at the cornerstone of many K-12 curricula as a model for holistic learning.

We also dive into:

• Our own observations, gaps, and experiences can lead us to develop a product that can be used
• Yoga is so dynamic and complex, it’s our job to glean from and simplify this work
• 200-hour yoga teacher training simply starts an inquiry, a foundation of understanding
• Conscious Classroom Yoga: What is it? It speaks to yoga and mindfulness and meditation and how we practice those in our daily life
• Yoga as one of many options to explore what it means to be human
• Contemplate, try multiple forms, reflect on experience—holistic and well-rounded learning experience—learn by doing; emodiment
• How to achieve enlightenment or who to thank for your existence: the message is the same. We are a gift, and we are given the gift of embodiment so we share that in the world
• Once you have enough fuel from rest and nourishment, then we really can focus on intentionally educating
• Wake up every morning, and ask, “What will you stand for? What will you fall for? What’s your impact?”
• The only constant is change, but people and systems resist
• Standardize what we would like to teach while standing up for what we believe in without standing in judgement of others
• Contemplate: Who am I (personal reality = personality)
• Simplifying can make things easier for ourselves but also our community partners
• “I planted the seed and I’m” waiting – if you have an idea, bring it forth!

 

More at: https://consciousclassroom.yoga/