Yoga and Wellness | Birla Open Minds International School, Bhopal

Signature programme

A whole school on the mat, in the middle of a school day.

Yoga sits inside the timetable here rather than beside it. It is taught as part of SPEED, the school’s Physical Education, Yoga and Sports strand, which runs alongside the scholastic subjects from the Primary years.

Part of SPEEDPhysical Education, Yoga and Sports

On the covered turfso a class is never rained off

From the Primary yearsalongside the scholastic subjects

Pranayama, held for as long as it takes at Birla Open Minds International School, Bhopal — Pranayama, held for as long as it takes

Where the class happens

On the covered turf, which means the session runs whatever the weather is doing. Every child has their own mat and their own square of ground, and the teacher moves between them rather than standing at the front of them.

A mat and a square of ground for every child
Covered, so no session is lost to the weather
The teacher moves between them, not in front of them

Mats laid out across the turf at Birla Open Minds International School, Bhopal — Mats laid out across the turf

Settling, before the session starts at Birla Open Minds International School, Bhopal — Settling, before the session starts

What it is actually for

Not flexibility. The habit being built is stopping, breathing and paying attention to your own body, which is the same habit Soul Science asks for in the classroom, learned somewhere a child can feel it working.

Stopping, before anything else
Breathing, counted rather than hurried
Paying attention to your own body

In photographs

The whole group, one mat each at Birla Open Minds International School, Bhopal — The whole group, one mat each

Fingers on the nose, counting the breath at Birla Open Minds International School, Bhopal — Fingers on the nose, counting the breath

Mid-session, from the side at Birla Open Minds International School, Bhopal — Mid-session, from the side

The teacher moving between the mats at Birla Open Minds International School, Bhopal — The teacher moving between the mats

Sitting up, and starting again at Birla Open Minds International School, Bhopal — Sitting up, and starting again

Come and watch a session

Walk the campus, meet the teachers and see a class running before you decide anything.

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