Yoga For First Responders (YFFR) and INdigital have partnered with us for a yoga experience designed for 911
Have you heard how effective yoga is for mental and physical health? Have you been intimidated to give it a try or are you unsure if you’ll like it? That’s why we have partnered with YFFR to create EMPOWER YOGA WITH YFFR.
911der Women and YFFR have teamed up to offer dispatchers FREE yoga sessions challenge to introduce you to simple tools that give you a tremendous amount of support personally and professionally.
Empower Yoga Challenge Week One - What Is Yoga?
This 15 minute video introduces the practice of yoga and its benefits for 911 operators and dispatchers. The common misunderstandings about yoga have isolated the first responder population from this powerful training tool. Find out what yoga REALLY is and learn some basic drills you can do at your console.
Week One Challenge - Post what you learned from this video on social media with the hashtags #EmpowerYoga #911derWomen #YFFR to be eligible to win a 911der Women shirt!
Week Two - Your Breath Is The Key
Did you know that tactical breathwork exercises give you access to your nervous system, stress response, and brain? It’s true! But most of us have never learned techniques to use this training tool effectively. This six minute video will give you simple but powerful breath training that will change your day.
Week Two Challenge - Like and share our Empower Yoga Challenge post for a chance to win a prize package from The Raspy Dispatcher! Use the hashtags #EmpowerYoga, #911derWomen and #YFFR.
Week 3 - Meditation Explained
In 5 minutes you change your brain waves, blood pressure, and hormone balance. That is what meditation is all about, not “clearing your mind” or “being at peace”. The world is a tough place and your job is hard. Meditation doesn’t take that away, but it does give you the tools to make it through.
Week Three Challenge: Share our video post and use the hashtags #EmpowerYoga, #911derWomen and #YFFR to be entered for a chance to win our prize this week! Winners are announced on Monday! Bonus entry if you include something you learned about meditation!
Week 4 - Ten Minutes of Mobility
Are you worried you aren’t flexible enough for yoga? You can ease your mind knowing that yoga is not about flexibility or stretching at all! Yoga processes stress hormones that sit in your body’s tissues and joints creating stiff muscles and brittle bones. Combining breath with specific body movement will probably increase your mobility, but it’s really meant to make you feel good.
Week Four Challenge: Share our video post and use the hashtags #EmpowerYoga, #911derWomen and #YFFR to be entered for a chance to win our prize this week! Winners are announced on Monday! Bonus entry if you include something you learned about mobility!
You now have practiced each element of yoga individually, so let’s put it together. Intention, breath, movement, and meditation together create “yoga.” This is a video you can save and visit daily or more than once a day. We recommend at the beginning and end of your shift as a way to designate work time from “you time”.
Week Five Challenge: Post what you learned from this video or this week on social media with the hashtags #EmpowerYoga #911derWomen #YFFR to be eligible to win a 911der Women shirt!