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If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.
- Gandhi
WHAT does Yoga for Youth do?
Yoga for Youth is dedicated to bringing yoga to youth of all ages, regardless of physical or mental abilities, in an easily understood and experienced way so that youth can learn to use their power for peace and experience the true joy of living.
PEACE LOVE JOY
WHO is Yoga for Youth?
Yoga for Youth is a non-profit organization made up of people who have experienced yoga’s many benefits and want to share these benefits with our youth.
WHY teach yoga to youth?
The practices of yoga give young people an opportunity to experience for themselves the truth of their own existence.
Youth have always searched for the answer to the question “Who am I?” Yoga gives youth a chance to find out who they really are.
Each second we live is a new and unique moment of the universe, a moment that will never be again. And what do we teach our children? We teach them that two and two make four, and that Paris is the capital of France. When will we also teach them what they are? We should say to each of them: Do you know what you are? You are a marvel. You are unique. In all the years that have passed, there has never been another child like you. Your legs, your arms, your clever fingers, the way you move. You may become a Shakespeare, a Michelangelo, a Beethoven. You have the capacity for anything. Yes, you are a marvel. And when you grow up, can you then harm another who is, like you, a marvel? You must work, we must all work, to make the world worthy of its children.
- Pablo Picasso
When youth experience their true nature they realize that they are sacred beings and realize the sacredness of others.
With yoga youth experience how we are all connected. Then envy can is replaced by rejoicing in the happiness and successes of others, contempt replaced by compassion, work by serving, ignorance by truth and darkness by light.
When youth experience their true nature they experience wholeness and holiness.
Yoga brings the mind and body together and joins the intellect of the heart with the intellect of the mind. Youth learn to live from their center and to make choices that honor their true nature.
When youth experience their true nature they develop a deep respect for their bodies.
Yoga teaches youth to be friendly, compassionate, and disciplined with their bodies. Many youth have disused, misused and abused their bodies, through yoga youth learn to love their bodies back to life by paying attention to their bodies and attending to their bodies with love and care.
Yoga teaches youth to surrender and live in the present moment.
Yoga teaches youth that the more we let go, the more we receive.
Yoga helps youth develop faith that the universe is friendly place and that they are loved and cared for.
HOW does Yoga for Youth work?
Yoga for Youth brings yoga to youth by:
• Training yoga teachers to teach yoga to youth
• teaching yoga to youth at schools and other centers;
• recruiting yoga teachers to teach yoga to youth;
• educating school communities about yoga and giving members of school communities the opportunity to take yoga classes;
• creating supporting materials such a manual and a DVD for youth to use for practicing yoga on their own;
• assisting youth in obtaining required items for their yoga practice, such as mats and appropriate clothing.
Looking Ahead
Yoga for Youth intends to grow in ways directed by our youth and those who work with youth, through feedback and evaluation from youth, teachers and others. We will look to research our success by having youth and those working with youth record their experience of yoga.
Questions? Comments? Want to get involved?
email: vyfyouth@gmail.com
