ZENworks Yoga Online (ZWY Online) is the only yoga and mindfulness platform created specifically for children in grades PreK-12 for use at school or at home. Our easy-to-use platform engages students’ minds and bodies to unlock their potential in and out of the classroom.
10 Key Features Include:
Free Trial: Any teacher or caregiver can sign up for a free 14-day trial featuring a guided curriculum.
Research-Based: We’ve designed these yoga and mindfulness brain-breaks to help boost academic and socio-emotional success. ZENworks Yoga & The Classroom White Paper.
Quick and Easy: Achieve your desired outcome in minutes. Setting up ZENworks Yoga is simple, and every yoga and mindfulness video is 5 minutes or less.
Curated: Videos are cataloged by grade and desired outcome (calm and focused, balanced, or energized). No sifting through thousands of videos to find what you need.
Video Library: Build your own video library, favorite videos, and create your own sequences.
Any child in grades PreK-12. Any teacher. Any caregiver. Stay engaged when you press play, and see the countless positive impacts that yoga and mindfulness.
Use the ZENworks Yoga Mood Chart to identify the class’s general mood before and after a yoga and mindfulness session.
Remember that identifying the mood of your class is a skill that is developed over time. It starts with asking the question, observing the class, and becoming attuned. All emotions are valuable to recognize and it is important to develop the skills to respond in healthy ways.
Before a session: Use the chart to choose a mood that best describes the students or classroom, and receive video suggestions.
After a session: Select the mood that best described the students or classroom after a ZENworks Yoga session.
Our best-in-class program will suggest videos based on the chosen mood–no sifting through hundreds of videos and wasting precious time. While we’ve created sample schedules that are housed in your Teacher Dashboard, we’re also happy to create customized Zenworks Yoga schedules for your class. Email us at hello@zenworksyoga.com to get started.
Simply a device with an internet connection. ZENworks Yoga Online is made specifically with the average classroom in mind, so no special equipment is needed. Students may sit at their desks or in chairs. Teachers log-on, connect to a screen that all students can see (such as a big monitor, smartboard, or projector), and press play.
No projector? No problem! Many of the videos (especially the mindfulness ones) can be done by just listening. You can also have students watch on a smaller screen and lead the videos.
We’re thrilled you’re starting your yoga and mindfulness practice with your students! No yoga experience is necessary. Videos are short and easy to follow. However, we always recommend that those new to yoga start with chair poses. Chair poses are shorter in length and have fewer steps. As your students (and you!) improve focus, balance, flexibility, and strength, then move to standing pose videos.
We recommend you:
Watch the video.
Try the video together.
Repeat the video several times on different occasions to ensure mastery.
Remember that everyone’s poses will look different, as we are all individuals.
Use our handy template available in your Teacher Dashboard to send letters and emails home explaining the benefits of yoga and mindfulness.
During Parent-Teacher Conferences, Open House, and Back-to-School Night, share a ZENworks Yoga video. You can discuss how the videos are used in the classroom and what positive effects they’ve had on students’ academic achievement.
Remember, every school subscription comes with free Zenworks Yoga access for children at home–encourage them to use it!
A school is defined as teachers and students contained within the same building. If you would like to discuss a plan that includes multiple buildings within a school system, please contact us.
You will stay logged in so long as you don’t click on the “Log Out” link on the top right of the screen. Staying logged in enables you to close your browser at the end of the school day, open Zenworks Yoga on your browser the next morning, and be all ready to go.
If you need to log out for any reason, simply click the “Log Out” link at the top right of your screen.
Save a series of videos in your favorites and play them sequentially. If you have any favorite sequences, we’d love to hear about them! Email us at hello@zenworksyoga.com.
We’ll be sad to see you go! Please follow the prompts within Subscription section in your Settings on your Dashboard, and please drop us an email at hello@zenworksyoga.com letting us know how we can better serve you and your students in the future.
