About
The main aim of this interactive and practical online guide is to train yoga teachers to improve the social inclusion of youngsters aged 12-18 with fewer opportunities by educating them and their educators working in youth aggregation centres at improvement of their mental and physical well-being and respect for diversity through yoga practice.
The guide is the result of YIN-YANG project, whose acronym means Youth INclusion through Yoga Actions Network Growth.
The project is funded by the European Erasmus+ Sport Work Programme which promotes awareness of the importance of yoga and physical activity in general for the benefit of physical and mental health, through greater participation and equal access to sport for all by educating also to interculturality, diversity and respect for the other. The partners involved are 4 from Italy, Spain, Portugal and Czech Republic (more information can be found in Partners’ session).
The project objectives have been realized through 4 main activities:
WP1 Project management, meetings, monitoring and communication – transversal activity that guarantees the quality of the work-plan, activities, results and the communication/dissemination plan.
WP2 Collection and analysis of best practices on yoga with youngsters with disadvantaged social backgrounds at EU level – definition of a common base of knowledge from which to start to enhance the existing best practices at EU level. Result: Deliverable 2.2 Best practices research report
WP3 Design and implementation of yoga pilot activities programme – design of the pilot activities programme, implementation and collection of participants’ feedback. Results: Deliverable 3.1 Yoga activities program & Deliverable 3.3 Feedback report.
WP4 Online interactive guide for yoga teachers – creation of an interactive online guide to provide yoga teachers with guidelines and skills to carry out yoga classes both online and face-to-face with young people with fewer opportunities and their educators. Result: Deliverable 4.3 Online interactive guide for yoga teachers.
Yin-Yang website: https://www.bottegashtanga.it/yin-yang-project/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/YIN-YANG-E-Project/100083071373777/