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The Karma Classroom

The Karma Class

Karma Classroom is a program for educators and young people to create calm in the classroom, build resilience, and support physical strength and flexibility through Yoga, Breath and Mindfulness.

  • Online

Pricing: Paid

Origin: Developed in Australia for Australian schooling contexts

Affiliations: NESA and TQI accredited; Approved elsewhere: Be You, SA

Product type: Activity sheets; Professional learning; Whole school approach or initiative

Contact details

The Karma Class
ABN: 33 618 364 471

https://thekarmaclass.com/professional-development-for-teachers/

info@thekarmaclass.com

Focus areas

  • Positive relationships

  • Mental health literacy and life skills

  • Self-regulation and engagement

  • Resilience and optimism

Curriculum alignment

  • Health and PE

Prospective users

Audience: Whole school universal (Tier 1), Whole class universal (Tier 1), Intensive individualised approach (Tier 3)

Context: School or centre-based, Outside School Hours Care (OSHC), E-schools

Main beneficiaries: Early learning, Foundation/Prep, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6

Delivery style: Classroom teacher is trained

Aims & approach

Aims

Karma Classroom gives educators tips for self-care to reduce burnout and maintain a healthy classroom environment.

Educators learn innovative techniques to nurture pro-social behaviour, improve self-regulation, maximise learning opportunities, and reduce stress levels for themselves and the children they teach. The techniques taught are grounded in yoga-based movement, breath and mindfulness, using daily 'Peace Pauses'.

Program structure

The PD program is offered in individual and group training formats and is available in a 5-hour accredited format and a 3-hour fast track format (better for whole site trainings).

The monthly public 5-hour workshop is delivered live online so educators can easily attend from any location. Educators book on an individual basis.

For group workshops, both live online and face-to-face delivery modes, as well as follow-up coaching sessions, are available.

Program delivery

The program requires just minutes a day to make a big difference and no changes to the curriculum are required. Educators learn how to weave yoga, breathing and mindfulness into the classroom using the Karma Classroom Activity Cards (included with the training) on a daily basis to:

  • Energise, re-focus and boost moods with simple, fun and easy-to-use yoga sequences at the desk, standing or on the floor.
  • Learn different breathing techniques to energise and/or calm.
  • Cultivate tools to manage energy levels, various forms of child stress and challenging classroom situations.
  • Understand the healing benefits of visualisations.
  • Weave mindful activities to create calm, build resilience and cultivate compassion.
  • Introduce discussion topics to support a positive minds growth set.
  • Enjoy stress busters to shift energy and shake things up.

Implementation support

  • Access to professional facilitator, instructor or mentor
  • Implementation training webinars or modules
  • Regular webinars or access to community of professional practice

Evidence

The quality of the program has been endorsed by participants, and participant stories of the positive outcomes achieved. A semi-independent program evaluation was internally commissioned during 2019-2021.