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The 3rd Option
Beyond adult control or adult withdrawal: four research perspectives on responsive learning and an original Third Option Studio to create a lesson together.
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Use the Right Tool at the Right Time
Movement, mindfulness, rest or practical help? A research-informed guide to choosing the purpose of a practice, with the Right Tool Check for educators.
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Adapt, Adjust and Accommodate
A more responsive approach to sensory relaxation and guided imagery, inspired by co-design with autistic children. Includes the free Lesson Remix Deck.
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Attention Never Goes Out of Fashion
Explore attention as a relationship, not just a concentration skill. New research, kinder digital-family questions and the five-minute Attention Detective.
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Our Circle, Our Stories: A Yoga Adventure in Belonging
A playful Children’s Week yoga adventure celebrating children’s voices, language, culture and belonging, with a complete 25-minute inclusive class plan.
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Why Good Parenting Advice Falls Apart at 6 pm
A witty, research-informed guide to parenting when everyone is exhausted. Includes Rainbow Yoga's Two-Energy Family Menu, repair language and mindful tools.
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Play, Connection and Kinder Teaching: Your Rainbow Yoga Reading Toolkit
Free kids yoga resources for teachers and families: a printable Play Audit, family activities, child voice, belonging and practical adult-language tools.
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Five Minutes of Family Yoga: Less Perfect Poses, More Connection
Try five minutes of family yoga with no equipment or perfect poses: simple, inclusive games for choice, shared movement and connection, plus teaching ideas.
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What If Children Aren’t Disengaged From Learning, but From the Way We Teach It?
Rethink student disengagement through meaning, clarity, access, challenge and belonging, with practical teaching tools and a playful habitat lesson to try.
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We Ask Children to Listen to Their Bodies. Are We Listening to Their Voices?
Practical ways to listen to children in yoga, school and family life: meaningful choices, consent, accessible feedback and decisions that genuinely change.
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Does Your School Have Enough Play? The Rainbow Yoga Play Audit
Use this free school play audit to explore time, space, belonging, choice and relationships. Includes an eight-page PDF and practical changes to try this week.
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Peaceful Teacher, Peaceful Class
Care for the teacher, care for the class: research on co-regulation, yoga for educators and practical 10–60 second resets for teachers and parents.
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