Yoga Together: An Intergenerational Wellness Experience

As part of the ACLA Intergenerational Academy, we are pleased to announce the following opportunity:

Yoga Together:  An Intergenerational Wellness Experience

Yoga Together is a six week wellness series for students in grades 3 through 6 and older adults to explore yoga with certified yoga instructor from Yoga in the Schools and Yoga on the Square.  Yoga in Schools' vision is to make yoga available in all schools so that students and teachers develop mind-body awareness and the ability to nurture their own well-being. This series will feature yoga-inspired exercises to promote wellness for both younger and older participants.  Workshops will include:

• Breathing Exercises—to calm or to energize, to nourish and integrate the central nervous system
• Games/Activities—creative, systems-thinking based play to activate brain cells, improve mood and support non-competitive action
• Yoga Poses/Movements—grounding and invigorating the body and mind to dissipate tension, reduce stress and rebalance all systems of the body
• Time-in & Affirmations—time for self-reflection and whole brain processing to restore, recharge, and enhance learning more responsible ways of empowering the mind and body

The six week program series can begin in mid- to late-September at an after school time or on a weekend. Workshops will be 60 minutes with 45 - 50 minutes of instruction followed by journaling time.  The last workshop will be extended for a show and tell for students to share with family and friends what they have learned. 

Workshop size can range from 8 to 15 people with a combination of children and adults.  Participants will be asked to commit to 5 of the 6 weeks.

                                    

Each hosting library will be responsible for sharing and collecting brief pre- and post-surveys and photo release forms to participants; providing total attendance; and completing a concluding library survey. Hosting libraries will also be responsible for creating a local follow up intergenerational program that will engage program participants as well as new participants.

Library nominations will be accepted through Tuesday, August 16. Selected libraries will be notified before August 19. To nominate your library email leonettec [at] einetwork.net with answers to the questions below.

In partnership with Yoga in Schools and Yoga on the Square
(Fall; Weekly; Up to $50 of supplies costs)

Nomination Questions

To nominate your library email leonettec [at] einetwork.net with answers to the following questions. For more information call Charity Leonette.

• Library & requesting staff member names
• Preferred start date and time
• What audiences, organizations or individuals are you currently working with who could participate in or support an intergenerational program? (for example a teen advisory board, school, senior center, assisted living facility, other library staff members)
• Where to you see programs and services to youth and older adults in the next 5-10 years?
• What vision do you have for intergenerational programming at your library? (includes intentional and purposeful collaborations between children or teens and older adults on series or ongoing basis)
• If you could create any intergenerational program or services (with no staffing or budgetary restrictions), what would it be?