Welcome
Harness the power of a balanced heart, mind and body at Inspire Yoga and experience yoga with heart.Inspire Yoga has closed its Penfield studio in order to concentrate on our mission of brining yoga to children, teens, at-risk youth, teachers, support staff, and administrators in academic settings all over Upstate NY. Through Yoga Ed.’s Teacher Trainings that are taught by Inspire Yoga’s owner Joan Nichols, to creating studio like settings in schools, to the creation of yoga during school and after school programs, to writing yoga curriculum and lesson plans, and implementation in sustainable ways, Inspire Yoga is blazing the path for change in our School Communities.
Inspire Yoga continues to reach all corners of our Rochester Community and continues its commitment to charitable work that has always been the foundation of our existence since 2010.
Remember, it’s never to late to equip yourself and the children/teens around you with Yoga’s unique tools, techniques and benefit from a calm mind and strong body.
Yoga taught in schools use basic yoga tools to help students with focus, learning, stress relief, and behavioral management, just to name a few of the many benefits. All programs taught by Inspire Yoga are fully insured and are in full compliance with the National and NYS Standards for Physical Education and are based on Yoga Ed. Principles. As a non-competitive physical activity, yoga develops essential life skills while cultivating physical health and fitness.
Yoga as PE
Elementary: The main objective for this age group is to teach love of movement through yoga poses, awareness of the breath, and how to check in with their feelings. Middle School: The main objective for this age group is to teach awareness of thoughts and emotions, social awareness, empathy, along with building self-esteem and self-efficacy while increasing balance and kinesthetic awareness. High School: The main objective for this age group is to teach regulation of emotions and behavior, stress management, responsible decision making and problem solving, while increasing strength and flexibility.