Teaching Youth Yoga

This is a practical and in-depth manual for teachers and parents in to teach yoga to children and teens. It combines practices and in-depth background to bring the power of yoga, meditation, movement meditation, nature, creative reflection and embodying the flow for young people and educators in these soul-ful times. "Teaching Youth Yoga" is an informative manual for teachers, yoga instructors, educators, parents, and caregivers. Author Darcie Peck draws on twenty-five years of...
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This is a practical and in-depth manual for teachers and parents in to teach yoga to children and teens. It combines practices and in-depth background to bring the power of yoga, meditation, movement meditation, nature, creative reflection and embodying the flow for young people and educators in these soul-ful times. "Teaching Youth Yoga" is an informative manual for teachers, yoga instructors, educators, parents, and caregivers. Author Darcie Peck draws on twenty-five years of experience teaching yoga to create a curriculum for anyone wishing to bring yoga, mindfulness and meditation into their families, relationships, schools, and classrooms. This insightful manual looks at various aspects of children's well-being through resources drawn from Yoga philosophy, Ayurveda, Hinduism, Buddhism, Chinese and Western Medicine. To aid in the journey, this curriculum provides tools through movement, breath and art therapy focusing on children's social and emotional development as well as their mental and physical health. These practices are essential for creating courageous, happy, centered, motivated, and independent children. Most importantly, this book is for all ages because it reminds us all how to move through life with grace and ease. If you love working with children and wish to share the magic of yoga, this book is for you!