Power consciousness to assist with SEN
In our work over the past 20 years, now we have witnessed a change in method and angle in direction of meditation for youngsters and teenagers. Having vitality consciousness in meditation to assist with SEN, brings many advantages. That is a vital aspect for educating meditation efficiently and is essential for all younger individuals together with youngsters with Autism, or ADHD.
Power consciousness could be a recreation changer for professionals working with youngsters and/or an individual who desires to show meditation successfully. It brings a degree of understanding and attunement that helps harness the delicate nature of meditation for youngsters and brings a strong, intuitive connection to the expertise.
Fostering a deep consciousness
It’s essential to empowering youngsters with instruments for self-regulation, focus, and emotional resilience. By means of our educating program now we have realised that isn’t nearly educating strategies; it’s about fostering a deep consciousness of the energetic dynamics at play inside and round us throughout the private journey of studying meditation.
The meditation and medical group are devoted to establishing the logic and reasoning behind the advantages of meditation for younger individuals. Nevertheless the delicate consciousness of vitality brings a deeper connection and ulitmately extra advantages:
- Sensitivity to Particular person Wants: Youngsters with SEN usually have heightened sensitivities to their setting, together with energetic stimuli. By cultivating vitality consciousness, we are able to attune ourselves to their distinctive wants, making a secure and supportive area for his or her apply. Whether or not it’s adjusting the tempo, tone, or sensory inputs, this heightened sensitivity permits us to tailor our method to swimsuit every baby, fostering a way of inclusivity and empowerment.
- Facilitating Emotional Regulation: Feelings are vitality in movement, and for youngsters with SEN, navigating this energetic terrain could be significantly difficult. Power consciousness equips us with the flexibility to recognise and reply to the delicate shifts in a toddler’s emotional state, guiding them in direction of larger self-awareness and regulation. By means of practices similar to grounding strategies, breathwork, and visualisation, we will help youngsters channel their vitality in constructive methods, fostering emotional resilience and internal calm.
- Creating Harmonious Group Dynamics: Instructing meditation to youngsters usually includes working in group settings, the place the collective vitality of the area considerably influences the training expertise. By cultivating vitality consciousness inside ourselves and guiding youngsters to do the identical, we are able to create an setting the place concord and coherence prevail. Strategies similar to conscious listening, empathetic communication, and group energy-balancing workout routines assist foster a way of unity and mutual assist, enriching the collective journey of self-discovery and development.
Attempt these 3 tricks to improve vitality consciousness
- Private Follow: Domesticate your individual vitality consciousness by each day mindfulness practices. Tune into the delicate sensations inside your physique utilizing the senses and step past this to watch how your vitality interacts along with your setting (individuals and locations) – pay explicit discover to if you end up feeling ungrounded.
- Remark: Observe the energetic dynamics current in your educating area and the kids you’re employed with. Discover any shifts in vitality and the way they impression the training setting. Take note of color, form, litter and your individual emotional state as you enter the area.
- Intention Setting: Set clear intentions to your periods, specializing in making a harmonious and supportive environment. Infuse your educating with integrity and gratitude and if that isn’t attainable, discover the response in youngsters whenever you don’t really feel the vitality of gratitude or integrity.
Why does vitality consciousness matter?
Power consciousness is not only an idea; it’s a transformative apply. It holds the facility to deepen our reference to self consciousness and the kids we assist. By nurturing this consciousness, we are able to create an empowering studying setting for youngsters.
In our Linked Children programs, we lead individuals on a journey that brings advantages to each the trainer and the younger particular person studying meditation.
“a number of students within the West have tried to hyperlink the chakras with anatomical areas within the bodily physique. For instance, the chakras have been theorized to align with a number of main nerve plexuses and endocrine glands.”
YogaU On-line, January 2020
“These research, although few in quantity, recommend that the chakras could also be scientifically delineated, just like acupuncture factors and meridians which have distinctive electrical properties (Ahn et al., 2008) and attainable anatomical correlates (Bai et al., 2011). “
Is there scientific proof for chakras?
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Working with youngsters affected by trauma?
For those who at present work with youngsters experiencing trauma, we provide our Aware Trauma-sensitive Power Consciousness course. 
This combines trauma information from Western science with Japanese philosphies about vitality within the context of trauma.
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