Lisa Flynn

Lisa Flynn, E-RYT, RCYT, is the founder of ChildLight Yoga® and Yoga 4 Classrooms®, organizations providing evidence-based yoga and mindfulness education to children and youth, as well as training and implementation consulting for educators, school counselors and other professionals who support the physical, social and emotional well-being of children and youth. She is the author of the Yoga 4 Classrooms Activity Card Deck (2011); Yoga for Children: 200+ Yoga Poses, Breathing Exercises, and Meditation for Healthier, Happier, More Resilient Children (2013); and contributor to Best Practices for Yoga in Schools (2015). Lisa contributed to the first research study to use subjective and objective data to examine the acute and longitudinal effects of a school based yoga intervention in young children recently published in the Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary & Alternative Medicine. With the intention of providing a helpful, free resource for schools, program providers, researchers and others interested in the body of evidence supporting yoga in schools, she sponsored the development of the Research Respository: Yoga, Mindfulness and Meditation for Children, Adolescents and in Schools (2016). Lisa's studio and training center in Dover, NH was recently honored as the region’s “Small Business of the Year,” for contributions to the community. www.childlightyoga.com; www.yoga4classrooms.com