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HOW BRAIN BREAK STARTED

The name Brain Break was coined when the kids I work with started telling me how relaxed, happy, and peaceful they feel after our sessions. Yoga and Mindfulness is indeed a break for our brains!

 

I  first began teaching yoga to children and teens with complex needs in 2020, eager to share the different therapeutic techniques and modalities from my trainings abroad. It was also this time where I developed my clinical practice and experience working alongside Functional Medicine doctors who specialize working with complex cases. It was through working in a whole-health care approach that I learned the importance of a Care Team that I began to learn systems-based approach in working together and taking care of the different systems in a human body for it to function well. This has also made me appreciate how therapies can give feedback to the internal biological states of a person.  From then on, this has dictated my perception and approach in yoga therapy.

 

During the lockdown years, I honed my skills in Telehealth. Through a virtual / remote format, I was able to continue working with students in different parts of the Philippines and overseas. Over the 2 & 1/2 year lockdown, I've seen gains and milestones as I work with neurodiverse children on how yoga and mindfulness have helped them self-regulate, be aware of big emotions, and focus.

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In 2023, in-person yoga therapy sessions have been made available and soon, we will be opening our  Clinic in Alabang, Muntinlupa City, Philippines (launch: target Q4 2023)!

My clinical experience let's me work best with healthcare practitioners through scientific research towards an outcomes-based approach.  I hope that our students experience the joy and healing this practice brings to so many, in spite of our unique conditions and abilities.

 

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MEET TEACHER NICOLETTE

Marie Nicolette V. Ereñeta - Escalona

YACEP, E-RYT 200, RCYT,iLs-CP

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  • Certified Specialized Yoga Teacher for Children & Teens with Complex Needs

  • Certified Integrated Listening Systems Provider (Unyte-iLS)

  • Yoga Alliance Certified International Association of Yoga Therapists Member

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Nicolette is a Registered Yoga Teacher and a Continuing Education Provider with Yoga Alliance (International / USA) since 2016 who trains and still continues to travel overseas to further her yoga studies under various teachers and Sanskrit scholars. In 2019, she was accepted to become one of the students of BNS Iyengar (Mysore, India) – one of the last living disciplines of Sri T. Krishnamacharya, the Father of Modern Yoga. 

 

Nicolette’s love for teaching children with ALL ABILITIES grew while completing her 3-year training under Asanas for Autism and Special Needs founder Shawnee Thornton-Hardy (San Diego, USA). In 2022, she became the first 200-hour Certified Yoga and Mindfulness Teacher for Children and Teens with Complex Needs that focuses on inclusion and accessibility in Southeast Asia. She also became the 3rd certified Safe and Sound Protocol provider and the 1st certified Focus System provider in the Philippines.

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Her current clinical practice is working with Functional Medicine doctors and Developmental Pediatricians who prescribe yoga to children with autism, sensory processing dysfunction, learning disabilities, motor coordination challenges, ADHD, emotional challenges and tantrums, and cancer care to help with regulation, focus, calm, and control.​

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Trainings & Certifications:

  • 200-Hour Hatha and Ashtanga Teacher Training (India)

  • 300-Hour Ashtanga-Vinyasa Teacher Training (Manila)

  • 50-Hour Mindfulness Yin Teacher Training (Malaysia)

  • Acceptance to BNS Iyengar lineage 2019 (India)

  • Level 1 Yoga for the Special Child Teacher Training (USA)

  • Vipassana Meditation training (Indonesia)

  • Level 1 Autism and Special Needs Teacher Training (USA)

  • Level 2 Autism and Special Needs Teacher Training (USA)

  • Level 3 Yoga Therapy for Youth Teacher Training (USA)

  • Unyte + Integrated Listening Systems Certified Provider (USA)

  • Unyte-iLS Safe & Sound Protocol Certified Provider (USA)

  • Unyte-iLS Focus System Certified Provider (USA)

 

Contact Information:

yoginicolette@gmail.com +639177006642

Instagram: @yogaforautismandspecialneeds (Brain Break)

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