THE YOGA BRAIN COLLECTION, YTT2

Borrowed from MODULE 7, SECTION 2 of the 200 hr collection.

  • WATCH Head Chakras // Mind Mantras with Chrissy. 45 minutes, YTT1.

  • WATCH Studying the Brain // Mind with Chrissy 30, mins, YTT2. REFERENCES: READ Buddha’s Brain Key Points: **plus, visit the author’s website and www.loveyourbrain.com (an excellent TBI source but also free meditations for all!)

    • HOMEWORK: READ this This is Your Brain on Yoga from Yoga International and VIEW this diagram (same author + info presented in diagram form!) and JOURNAL: What are the differences between the Brain and the Mind? Can you make any comparisons or analogies to help you and your students understand this? Do you feel any connection to the physical part of the brain and the energetic parts of the brain (the chakras)? And/or the physical/energetic connections to the 7 primary chakras? 1 hour, YTT2.

    • Send Q’s + reflections to Chrissy via email or COMMENT on the relevant video.

WATCH The Nervous System, The Vagal Theory and How Yoga helps our Nervous System with Mindy Pistacchio

  • HOMEWORK: find an article that highlights the vagal theory or an article describing the benefits of yoga on Nervous system and email it to Mindy, along with any questions or comments! mindy@rootsandtidesvt.com

  • TOTAL 1 hr, YTT2.

ADDED MAY 2024:

  • READ The intro section to Buddha’s Brain written by medical doctors who also practice meditation. Consider this interesting cross section of knowledge we bring to our practice, the experience of un-learning that sometimes occurs to make space for learning and how we might be able to facilitate both as teachers… JOURNAL. 1 hour, YTT3.

ADDED JULY 2024:

  • CREATE a lesson plan that is TBI friendly… what do you know already from the lessons above about the brain, yoga and TBI (traumatic brain injury)? What Lesson Planning Elements will be helpful, which will you shy away from, why? Submit your lesson plan to Chrissy via email. 1 hr, YTT4.

  • JOURNAL: Have you ever had a concussion or TBI of any type? OR do you know someone who has? Consider how long ago it happened, what happened, what were immediate symptoms, were there symptoms after the fact, are there still symptoms today? When it comes to knowledge of the brain, how does that influence knowledge of the mind?? 30 mins, YTT3.