All Professional Development align with the Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework.

“Holistic approaches to teaching and learning recognize the connectedness of mind, body and spirit. When early childhood educators take a holistic approach they pay attention to children’s physical, personal, social, emotional and spiritual wellbeing as well as cognitive aspects of learning.

While educators may plan or assess with a focus on a particular outcome or component of learning, they see children’s learning as integrated and interconnected. They recognize the connections between children, families and communities and the importance of reciprocal relationships and partnerships for learning. They see learning as a social activity and value collaborative learning and community participation.

An integrated, holistic approach to teaching and learning also focuses on connections to the natural world. Educators foster children’s capacity to understand and respect the natural environment and the interdependence between people, plants, animals and the land.”

(DEEWR, 2009).

Online Courses and Resources

All our online courses and resources can be found here.

Professional Development specifically for educators – Empowered Mind Ed

South East Yoga and Wellbeing supports the early childhood education and care sector to build an empowered culture of wellbeing for leadership teams, educators, children and families.

We do things differently!

We focus on the individual first as the foundation for building positive relationships, teamwork and a greater sense of wellbeing.

We help to build emotional intelligence.

While there are many brilliant wellbeing programs on offer for the early childhood education and care sector, none dig deep into this one core principle –  
Where does our sense of wellbeing begin?

It begins with YOU and your understanding of self awareness.

Without a deeper sense of self awareness, we cannot sustain a culture of wellbeing in our early childhood settings because people cultivate culture not the environments, policies, procedures, staff meetings or even the language you use.
While all these elements promote a healthy workplace, a strong sense of self improves the workplace culture exponentially.

Objectives:

• Understand the physiological body’s role in being and staying well
• Learn how the body creates stress and anxiety and how to move through it
• Deepen your co-regulation skills 
• Learn what mindfulness is and how it can be translated into the early childhood environment 
• Embed practices and experiences that enhance mindfulness
• Deepen connection to community and the natural world

Outcomes of this PD include:

• Deepened knowledge of how to stay balanced for a calmer mind and body
• Able to work through stress and anxiety in the moment
• Calmer environments for both educators in the workplace and children in care settings
• Enhanced relationships and a greater sense of belonging
• Educators and children become more present and grounded
• Early learning settings become more productive

For more information on Empowered Mind Ed professional development visit here or email info@southeastyogaandwellbeing.com