All the great benefits of a regular yoga class, but designed especially for Teens!
Teens can feel pressed and stressed. Teen Yoga gives them a break -- a place to breathe, relax & learn new skills that can be used for school, sports, performing arts and life!
In this class, students learn classic yoga warm-ups and postures to become stronger & more flexible. They’re introduced to breathing, relaxation & meditation techniques that focus their mind and boost energy. Improved mental clarity leads to a greater sense of well-being, as well as study skills. Greater body awareness & acceptance can result in higher self-esteem.
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Yoga can help teens:
- Feel less hyper or stressed
- Feel more calm & peaceful
- Lose weight
- Breathe better
- Sleep better
- Get sick less
- Perform better in sports, dance & other physical activities
- Improve memory, focus for better grades
- Cultivate discipline
- Be less injury-prone
- Reduce aches & pains
- Improve your posture
- Become more self-aware and accepting
- Feel more confident
- Live more fully & joyfully in the present
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About the Instructor: Kelly Monahan (RYT-C 200) has been teaching yoga to children for years. As a lacrosse coach, she implemented yoga principles for the team to become calmer & more focused under pressure as well as more unified. She knows that yoga is a seriously beneficial practice. But her sense of humor helps communicate yoga to teens in a way that makes them feel safe and free to be themselves.
About Dream:
Dream Yoga Studio & Wellness Center is an independently-owned and operated Kripalu Affiliate Studio--the only one in the D.C. Metropolitan area. We're located in the heart of downtown McLean, Virginia, convenient to Tysons Corner, the 495 Beltway, and the George Washington Parkway.
Our yoga and meditation teachers and healing arts professionals are dedicated to helping you experience greater health, well-being and personal growth in body, mind and spirit. We warm-heartedly welcome you as you are, and seek to provide a safe, inviting and nurturing environment that supports your journey.
Guided by the principles of yoga, we strive to create a true community that supports each other in our efforts to become more fully present, alive, balanced, peaceful, joyful and whole. We dream that our efforts will transform the way we experience our bodies and minds, each other, and the world.
Come…and explore yoga, meditation, massage and other holistic paths to health and happiness. Come…and be inspired! Gain new perspectives and insights. Take a deep breath, exhale and relax…to come home to your true Self at Dream Yoga.
