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Not Just A Pose(r): When Doing Yoga Means Doing Good [huffingtonpost.com]

 

This is an interview with Judith Sekler, who works with an organization called A Thousand Joys in Los Angeles. It partners with schools in high-crime impoverished neighborhoods with high-risk children and families who are suffering the effects of trauma-related stress and violence, referred to as Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE’s). ATJ’s school-based program Transform uses healing modalities including yoga, meditation and mindfulness to help students build confidence and control over their bodies and minds. Transform has been shown to help students better regulate their emotions, foster positive social relationships, focus on their studies, and set and meet goals.

[For more on this story by Robert Schware, go to https://www.huffingtonpost.com...2698e4b02c6e3c609bb5]

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