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This informal CPD article ‘Evidence-Informed Practice in Yoga for Children and Young People’ was provided by Teen Yoga Foundation, a charity promoting the well-being of young people through the practice of yoga in schools & beyond through trainings, events & classes. Interest in yoga as a supportive approach for children and young people’s wellbeing has grown

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education, emotional regulation for young people, health, neuroscience, schools, trauma-informed, yoga, yoga and trauma awareness

Jun 16 2026

Can We Reverse a National Trend? History Suggests We Can.

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One of the assumptions that concerns me most when discussing the growing number of young people who are not in education, employment or training is the subtle belief that the trend is somehow inevitable. When a problem becomes large enough, visible enough and persistent enough, there is a tendency to begin treating it as a fact of

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education, NEET, schools, teens, wellbeing, young people, young people and education

Jun 10 2026

Sweden’s U-Turn on Screens and the Courage to Ask What Children Really Need

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One of the qualities I most admire in any society is the willingness to change course when new evidence emerges. It is surprisingly difficult for institutions, governments and even individuals to admit that an idea which once appeared progressive may require reconsideration. Yet throughout history, some of the most important advances have occurred when people

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COGNITIVE, education, Iceland, mental health, NEET, schools, society, SWEDEN, wellbeing, young people

Mar 21 2024

Dispelling the Misconception: Yoga is Not Porn

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As a yoga therapist dedicated to promoting health and wellness through the practice of yoga, it has come to my attention that there exists a damaging misconception associating yoga with pornography. This unfortunate connection surfaced when examining Google Analytics and noticing a concerning trend: a high proportion of older men accessing our site from Poland,

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digital safety, education, online misuse, SafeSearch, yoga advocacy, yoga awareness, yoga misconceptions, yoga therapy, yoga values, youth protection

Dec 17 2021

Summit Report 2021

News & Organisation Updates

Our first Instill conference took place in London in 2015, with 70 attendees. The conference was a foray into whether there was interest in the topic of Young People, Yoga, Research and Education. The conference was then called Instill. This year the conference was opened by Sir Michael Dixon,

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Nov 10 2020

How do you take a successful face-to-face yoga teacher training course online?

News & Organisation Updates

This a question that has posed a challenge to all kinds of educators since the COVID pandemic began and schools and universities closed. From the perspective of yoga teachers, it is particularly challenging given the importance “presence” in successful yoga training courses. At the Teen Yoga Foundation our experience in this area actually predates COVID,

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Dec 18 2018

Shining the light on yoga in schools – Part 3

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Here’s the final part to Netia Mayman’s presentation from Instil. Enjoy! “How young people develop I wish, as a newly qualified teacher I had understood that the girl constantly looking behind her was hypervigilant; that a boy’s apparent lack of remorse, cruelty to others and failure to take responsibility of his actions was a symptom

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adolescent development, classroom strategies, education, Instill, positive, pranayama, reinforcement, teacher training, trauma, wellbeing, yoga in schools

Dec 11 2018

Shining the light on yoga in schools – Part 2

News & Organisation Updates, Yoga in schools

Welcome back! Here’s part 2 of Netia Mayman’s presentation from Instil. Make sure you’ve read part 1 before continuing… “Understanding where we have come from helps us to know where we are. In order to explore the question I listed the sustained changes (not the ones cancelled wholesale with changes of government) that have taken

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Dec 4 2018

Shining the light of yoga on schools – Adapting and accommodating 21st century knowledge to ancient insight by Netia Prema Mayman

News & Organisation Updates, Yoga in schools

Netia Prema Mayman spoke at our recent Instil conference. She has kindly given us her presentation to share. We will break it into sections so you can absorb the most important parts in bits. Be sure to check back every week for the full presentation. Here is the start of it: “The presentation will cover:

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Jan 15 2015

The Revolution is here!

Yoga in schools

Teaching young people yoga, sometimes I am aware of a clash between my values and the values of the school or the establishment I am teaching in. I suggest to my students the ideas of collaboration vs competition, love vs fear, self care vs pushing the boundaries. Sometimes I have to be careful how I

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Oct 8 2014

Inclusion in Schools

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“Better than…”, “More gifted…”, “More flexible…”, “More friendly…”… do these terms sound like advertising? There are worse labels though: “Less able…”, “Less sociable…”, ADHD, Aspergers, dyspraxic, dyslexic……. Apparently these endless labels “help” teachers and parents to differentiate learners in a class, categorising and measuring outcomes, people, products. They may however just oversimplify the diversity. As

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May 15 2014

Information or inspiration?

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What is the secret ingredient of an inspiring teacher? There are teachers who impart information and there are teachers who inspire. Maybe a bit of both is necessary. Information encourages us to live in our form and inspiration brings us into our spirit. Socrates said “To teach is to ignite a flame, not fill a

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