We all know the importance of academic success in our society… but what about social and emotional learning? What about teaching our children to take a breath before they speak? Or harnessing their thoughts? Or moving their bodies for optimal health? And for girls in particular, self-respect, self-awareness, self-love?
Youth Elevate is a program dedicated to bringing this kind of learning to middle and high school adolescents via the yoga community. The programs aim to instill empowerment, nurture tolerance, empathy and compassion into all children, regardless of sex, race, socio-economic status or religion.
The key components are yoga, mindfulness, social and emotional learning, and empowerment for young girls/women.
SOCIAL / EMOTIONAL LEARNING FOR OUR YOUTH
Learn how to share your love of yoga with teens and step forward as a leader in your community. Adolescents are our future – they will become the leaders of our nation. Our role as facilitators of this program is to support them in knowing who they are, nurturing their self-esteem, supporting self-awareness, and cultivating compassion. In this course we support you in bringing that message to adolescents in the public school system, the private sector and even clubs or after school community programs.
What you will learn:
- Yoga postures and sequencing for teens
- Social/emotional learning
- How to work with teens
- How to bring this work into the schools
- Activities for optimal learning
- Weekly curriculum/agendas on how to create your class
Upon completion of each 20-hour module and 10 hours of volunteer work (Seva), you will obtain a certificate to lead Teen Yoga classes in the Youth Elevate format. The program includes lecture, integration, testing, and internship before a facilitator can fully launch utilizing the Youth Elevate curriculum and using the brand name of our program.
We would prefer and actually, strongly recommend, that participants are 200-hour yoga certified however, it is not mandatory as the program offers easy postural clinics on how to teach postures and simple yogic philosophy tools. Secondarily, we would ask that you have at least 4 years experience with the practice of yoga so you are familiar with the basic teaching before sharing in a school setting. If you do not meet any of these requirements, PLEASE EMAIL US TO RECEIVE INTRO TO YOGA BASICS PACKET.
Schedule: February 16th-18th, 2018
- Friday, Feb. 16th | 1:15 pm – 9:15 pm
- Saturday Feb.17th | 1:15 pm – 9:15 pm
- Sunday Feb. 18th | 12:15 pm – 4:00 pm
Cost:
- $270 if registered by Jan 15th
- $350 thereafter
All inquiries, email us at sendatsuevolution@gmail.com.
About the Instructors:
Dana Damara is one of the Bay Area’s premier yoga instructors and leading advocate for women and young girl empowerment. She is a mystic, a mother, a teacher of teachers, and an author. She traverses between the mystical realms, and real life drama of a mother of two teenage girls. She is an activist for women of all ages: committed to feminine embodiment, self-love, sisterhood, sacred ceremony and ritual, and creating a safe space for evolution.
Leah Zaccaria: I have always been avidly into fitness, dance and movement and became passionate for hot yoga in 2006. Yoga changed my life. Coming from a stressful career environment where I work as a CPA, it helped me quiet my mind and see my life for what it was and how I wanted it to be.It had been dream of mine to own my own business. Therefore, I decided to marry my business expertise with my passion for yoga to create a studio that would be successful from a business standpoint but also reach and help people physically, emotionally and spiritually, as well as build a community where people feel safe and loved unconditionally. My First studio, hauteyoga Queen Anne has been open since 2009 and has grown into something bigger and better than I ever dreamed. I feel it is my own dharma (purpose) to continue to build and foster communities in the Seattle area. shefayoga Roosevelt was born from this vision. I am extremely excited to have sister studios, each carrying the vision, but with their own unique being.I am inspired and love to share messages of intention while practicing the asanas (poses). My classes are filled with love, laughter, movement, and really great music!