Yoga in Education and Community Building

The video discusses a teacher's journey of integrating yoga into her classroom to help manage stress and improve student focus and kindness. It highlights the positive impact of yoga on students, fostering mindfulness and better interpersonal relationships. The teacher also explores yoga as a tool for social change, promoting love, connection, and community to address systemic oppression and inequality.

What profession did the speaker have before fully embracing yoga?

• High school teacher

• College professor

• Elementary school teacher

• Yoga instructor

What was one of the main reasons the speaker decided to deepen their yoga practice?

• To manage stress from teaching

• To learn a new skill

• To improve physical fitness

• To meet new people

How did the introduction of yoga affect the students' behavior?

• They became more competitive

• They lost interest in school

• They showed more kindness

• They became more disruptive

What did the children start doing that indicated yoga was effective?

• They asked for more yoga sessions

• They stopped attending classes

• They became more aggressive

• They ignored the yoga practices

What is one of the key elements the speaker associates with yoga?

• Materialism

• Connection

• Isolation

• Competition

How does the speaker view yoga in terms of addressing systemic issues?

• As a means to increase wealth

• As a way to dismantle oppression

• As a method to avoid problems

• As a tool for personal gain

What does the speaker believe yoga can help build between communities?

• Walls

• Bridges

• Barriers

• Divisions

According to the speaker, what is a common element that yoga helps to unite us with?

• The mind

• The breath

• The spirit

• The body

What does the speaker suggest is at the root of yoga?

• Love

• Jealousy

• Fear

• Anger

What does the speaker use yoga to articulate in terms of community?

• How to compete

• How to isolate

• How to work together

• How to dominate