My inspiration for this came from my time as an art and kindergarten teacher in the alternative, mainstream and international school settings over the past twelve years. During that period, I noticed how little time in the academic day, if any, was dedicated to wellness practises for children and staff.

After teaching in Ireland and the UK for a few years, I moved to Thailand where I worked as a lead teacher in an International Kindergarten. While there, I had a great opportunity to train as a children’s yoga teacher and fell in love with combining both my passions in wellness and education since. 

I began to offer children’s yoga classes in my school, family yoga on weekends and yoga and mindfulness classes at the home for street children where I volunteered every week. I also led staff training on ‘Wellness in Education’ for my colleagues and over the lockdowns, offered yoga and mindfulness for children on Zoom. The positive response and feedback I received was incredible and it inspired me to design a creative yoga and mindfulness-based program to enhance the curriculum for toddlers, children, teenagers and offer advice and ideas to help teachers incorporate more yoga and mindfulness into their classroom.

I wholeheartedly believe all ages can benefit from the many wonderful life skills that yoga can bring as it helps us to become more competent, respectful, balanced and caring. It also generates resilience, wisdom and patience which in return will help education systems reach incredible goals within the classroom. Yoga encourages children and adults to exercise concentration, self-regulation and empathy into their day, resulting in good life skills and happiness within in the whole school and it’s wider community.