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Special Yoga for Children and Young People With Special Needs

Special Yoga for Children and Young People With Special Needs

Jyoti Jo Manuel
Copyright: © 2021 |Pages: 17
ISBN13: 9781799832546|ISBN10: 1799832546|EISBN13: 9781799832553
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-3254-6.ch019
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Manuel, Jyoti Jo. "Special Yoga for Children and Young People With Special Needs." Handbook of Research on Evidence-Based Perspectives on the Psychophysiology of Yoga and Its Applications, edited by Shirley Telles and Ram Kumar Gupta, IGI Global, 2021, pp. 330-346. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-3254-6.ch019

APA

Manuel, J. J. (2021). Special Yoga for Children and Young People With Special Needs. In S. Telles & R. Gupta (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Evidence-Based Perspectives on the Psychophysiology of Yoga and Its Applications (pp. 330-346). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-3254-6.ch019

Chicago

Manuel, Jyoti Jo. "Special Yoga for Children and Young People With Special Needs." In Handbook of Research on Evidence-Based Perspectives on the Psychophysiology of Yoga and Its Applications, edited by Shirley Telles and Ram Kumar Gupta, 330-346. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2021. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-3254-6.ch019

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Abstract

Special Yoga has been a provider of therapeutic yoga practices and training since its inception. The non-profit organization started with a yoga center in London, UK. The Special Yoga London center offered a therapeutic and nourishing, nurturing space for families of children with special needs who were welcomed with love, compassion, and totally nonjudgmentally with open arms. The work spread globally through the London-based trainings and the therapeutic yoga that was offered to children at the center and within education. This chapter will discuss my experience and understanding of the efficacy of yoga for children and young people, specifically those with cerebral palsy and autism and/or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The author shares some of the practices, benefits, and case studies of two separate research studies that were undertaken by Special Yoga for each population. The author also shares other case histories of children that they have worked with.

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