Yoga Camps for Teens
Yoga is more than 5,000 years old and has been practiced widely in the United States since the 1960s. All yoga styles emphasize the importance of breathing and stretching. According to the Yoga Journal, some of the benefits that can be derived from practicing yoga include lower stress, disease prevention and improved flexibility. If you would like your teen to learn yoga, several camps cater to the age group.
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Healing Tides
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The Healing Tides has one-week yoga camps for kids and teens in Auburn, Maine, during June, July and August. The teen camp works with people 12 to 14 years of age. The activities in the morning include an introduction to Ashtanga Yoga, which is a more strenuous form of yoga that focuses on challenging poses and breathing. In the late morning, the class focuses on Vinyasa flow breathing techniques, which integrates moving and breathing. After lunch, the teens work on a yoga dance and theater project, which will be presented at the end of the week. The 5 day camp is $400 with a $75 deposit, as of January 2011.
Sanctuary Yoga
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Sanctuary Yoga out of Plymouth, Massachusetts, has five-day workshops for girls ages 13 to 18 during the third week of August. The camp is at the Sanctuary Yoga studio on Court Street and is designed to instill a sense of self-confidence in the girls. The camp includes yoga classes every morning, followed by sessions on community building and facing one's fears with Acro Yoga. Afterward, trips are taken to an organic farm and participants can go to classes on health and nutrition with a naturopathic doctor. Other classes will address learning how to breathe, belly dance and reducing stress. The five-day camp costs $375 per person, as of January 2011.
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One Body One Mind
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One Body One Mind has a teen empowerment camp in Cleveland, Ohio. The camp is for girls ages 12 to 15 and focuses on developing self-esteem. In addition to classes on yoga, the camp teaches them about health and nutrition, how to focus their mind's and how to relieve stress naturally. The camp lasts for three days and takes place at the end of June and the beginning of August.
Sivananda Ashram Yoga Ranch
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This camp is in Woodbourne, in the Catskills Mountains of New York. The camp, during the second week of August, is open to kids 11 to 14 years of age and lasts 10 days. The daily activities are designed to help children develop mental, emotional and spiritual growth. The curriculum includes daily meditations, stretching, breathing and studying various yoga postures. There is also additional time made for arts and crafts, hiking and an evening meditation. The cost for the camp is $500 per person, as of January 2011.
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