Yoga approach provides alternative tools for physical, emotional and mental wellness to at-risk youth
A ‘Yoga Connect Project,’ offered at Nanaimo District Secondary School, has offered teens in an alternate program the opportunity to use yoga for its many physical and mental health benefits.
Instructor Regis (Durgadas) Chapman, of Silent Motion Yoga, told The Nanaimo News Bulletin that students minds crave silence from emotionality and electronic overload, but that sometimes it can be difficult to obtain that experience.
The project was inspired by a program in New York called The Lineage Project, which provides yoga and meditation for physical, emotional and mental wellness to at-risk and incarcerated youth ages 10 to 21.
We speak with Regis Chapman of Silent Motion Yoga, and with Beth Navon, executive director of The Lineage Project.
