Greatly improving the patient experience, Movement, Meditation and Mindfulness techniques can be an effective intervention for hospitalized children of all abilities to manage stress, anxiety, pain, and improve overall wellness. Our training will help you equip children with essential tools to navigate a clinic visit, a hospital stay, or chronic illness.
bedside Movement, Meditation, and Mindfulness sessions
help kids...
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Learn to self soothe and navigate the hospital experience, medical procedures, and challenging therapies
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Manage anxiety and overcome stress
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Improve and maintain strength and flexibility with gentle movement
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Manage pain
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Get relief from symptoms and/or medication side effects (for example, nausea)
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Get quality rest and sleep
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Learn coping skills (patient empowerment)
how it works
Capturing imaginations through yoga-based play benefits the diagnostic and psychosocial needs of pediatric inpatients while serving as a distraction from the typical clinical setting.
Complementary to expressive (music, art, dance) and physical (OT, PT) therapies, the benefits of Movement, Meditation, and Mindfulness sessions extend beyond supporting diagnoses or clinic visits and hospital stays. Movement, Meditation, and Mindfulness sessions provide children with self-regulation and self-care skills that are invaluable, particularly for those living with chronic illness.
All trainings are led by leading pediatric yoga specialist, Lisa Roberts.
Lisa is an E-RYT200 (Registered Yoga Teacher) and RCYT (Registered Children’s Yoga Teacher). Entering the pediatric wellness field in 2006, she founded YoYo Yoga LLC in 2011, and developed specialized training tracks for pediatric professionals and parents that embrace accessibility. With over fourteen years experience providing wellness sessions to children in the clinical setting, she is highly skilled at adapting Movement, Meditation and Mindfulness to be accessible and beneficial for critically ill and physically/developmentally challenged children.
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“I walked away from this training with tools I could implement immediately in my daily work as a Child Life Specialist for the pediatric hematology/oncology population. Beyond learning adaptable skills to support patients at varying stages of treatment, Lisa demonstrated effective methods to present ‘yoga’ to patients in a non-intimidating and accessible to all manner... The developmentally appropriate meditation techniques presented in Lisa’s training have also been extremely beneficial to facilitate patients’ coping with the stress and anxiety related to the hospital and a cancer diagnosis. Since returning and implementing this training, I have felt more equipped to empower these kiddos that are truly fighting the hardest battles!”
- Amy Garcia MS, CCLS, Certified Child Life Specialist,
University Medical Center Cancer Center, Lubbock, TX
online learning options
Need to learn on your own time? Rent our on-demand webinars to learn movement, meditation, and mindfulness techniques at your own pace.
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