Hear what Y.O.G.A. for Youth North Carolina 2019 Teacher Training Graduates have to say about their experience! 4 out of 5 RN Harris Elementary school teachers who graduated from Y.O.G.A. for Youth Teacher Training this August, ready to bring their new skills to the classroom!
We’re excited to share that Y.O.G.A. for Youth now has a home base for weekly community classes! Looking for innovative ways for the young people in your life to grow their CONFIDENCE & BALANCE? Y.O.G.A. for Youth programming focuses on making yoga tools ACCESSIBLE TO ALL and on helping young people hone their inherent BRILLIANCE and RESILIENCE. Y.O.G.A. for…
Off the Mat: Meet Kenneth Strickland Kenneth Strickland is a 27-year-old Memphis, Tennessee native, currently serving as one of the lead yoga instructors for the Y.O.G.A. for Youth research project being conducted at Phillips Middle School in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Kenneth studied psychology and education at Duke University, and now leads before and after school programs at E.K. Pole…
Thank you to everyone who participated in this year’s holiday auction! All of us here at Y.O.G.A. for Youth would like to extend a warm, gracious thank you from the bottom of our hearts to every single person who made the 2017 end-of-year holiday auction a resounding success. The numbers are in, and thanks to all of your generosity and…
The Durham Arts Council, Creative Arts in Public & Private Schools/Community (CAPS) program has renewed their 2 year contract with Y.O.G.A. for Youth NC which allows us to participate in after schools programs. Here is a list of a few of the schools we have worked with so far in 2017: Roger-Herr Middle School The School for Creative Studies Roger-Herr Middle…
We are thrilled to be invited back to The Justice Theater Project’s 2017 Youth Summer Theater Camp. This three week camp will conclude with a fully mounted production of “The Lion King, Junior” Weeks of July 10, 17 and 24. To help us fund this programming, please CLICK HERE to donate. Thank you for your support!
Many thanks to Communities in Schools of Chatham County for inviting Y.O.G.A. For Youth to work in Chatham County Middle School this Fall! Assistant Teacher Emily Silverman reflects on the experience at Chatham Middle School: “We met a total of 19 girls, and many came to more than half of the classes. Several attended every one! For our last class,…
We are so excited about our new partnership with the Durham Arts Council to bring yoga workshops to local elementary and middle schools through their CAPS (Creative Arts in Public and Private Schools) Artists in Residency program! CAPS is a program that provides an easy-to-use and effective way for educators to integrate the arts into the curriculum. This longstanding program places professional artists in…