Kids Summer Camp 2024

Yoga Asanas | Bhagavad Gita | Chantings | Theme Based Stories

Yoga Bharati is thrilled to announce Inperson Summer Camp in the months of Jun and July! Our kids yoga camp will not only bring techniques of yoga, but also bring out the aspect of learning itself. Yoga enables inquiry based learning from the silence deep within. This summer break we invite your child to explore the physical foundations, mindfulness and philosophy of Yoga using age appropriate movements, breath, games, shloka and mantra chanting, stories, and much more.

Kids Age: 6-13 years

For Teens, 13+ , we are offering Youth Yoga Teacher Training Course and Youth Workshop

Camp Highlights:

• Dynamic practices and Yogasanas for building presence of mind. We aim for progression towards flexibility and holding for long with ease

• Pranayama and Meditation

• Environment awareness, through gardening concepts — seeds, sprouting, etc

• Ayurveda and healthy lifestyle awareness

• Bhagwad Gita Shloka Chanting

• Learning through stories and games

• Relaxation and chanting based Meditation techniques

* - For the Fremont and Pleasanton location, please contact us for registration and payment details.

Note: Workshop subject to cancelation if minimum 6 registrations are not signed up before June 1st and your full money will be refunded

Camp Teachers:

• Ashwini Surpur (Executive Director, Yoga Bharati)

• Minakshi Rai (Senior Yoga Faculty)

• Shilpa Kurkut (Senior Yoga Teacher)

• Youth teachers

FEES:

Fremont - $349

Cupertino & Pleasanton location:

Cancellation Policy: We will refund your camp payment after deducting $50 as admin fee until June 1st. Cancellations after June 5th will be refunded 70% and no refunds after the camp start date but you can use your 70% money for any other workshop of Yoga Bharati.

Note: Sibling discount: $35 for the second child onwards. If you have financial difficulty, please contact us. We can offer deep discounts or waive the fees where needed (at our discretion).

Detailed Concepts and Literature

How does practicing yoga help in memory development?

• Relaxed learning deepens the perception;

• Yoga is a skill in action – relaxation in action

• Yoga reduces distractibility and increasing attention span through relaxed attentiveness

• Yoga activates dormant areas of the brain through stimulation and relaxation

• Sifting useful memories from useless ones is possible through awareness

• Seeds of awareness go a long way in building healthy society

• Deep Stimulation and quick relaxation on a yoga mat helps an individual to handle intense stress by taking quick but deep rest in between stress

• Perfection without stress is possible if one is aware and knows how to be calm amidst storm

• Meditation techniques using Gazing for visual mind, chanting of simple syllables for verbal mind are some of the yoga techniques that can help improve focus and concentration in the class.

• Breathing – yes, it is all just under your nose!
  
  

Research on Yoga and its effect on Focus, Memory, and ADHD

Stunningly, recent research suggested that babies learn better when they are sleepy, not when they are wide awake telling us that Yoga Nidra (wakeful sleep) is a good learning aid for all age groups. 

• Research done by UCLA’s Eyre et al, showed that yoga improves overall memory, awareness and attention. It's also thought that practicing yoga may increase the production of a protein called brain-derived neurotrophic growth factor, which stimulates the growth of connections among neurons [Journal of Alzheimers Disease. 2016 ]

• Timely sleep facilitates declarative memory consolidation in infants, Seehagen, Konrad et al [PNAS 1985 82 (21) 7470 – 7473]

• Children aged 11 to 16 years showed a significant increase of 43% in spatialmemory scores: Manjunath.N.K, Telles et al [Indian J Physiol Pharmacol. 2004 Jul;48(3):353-6]

• Significant improvement in the ADHD symptoms as assessed on CARS (P-0.014), ADHD-RS IV (P=0.021) and CGI- S scales: Hariprasad et al (P=0.004) [Indian J Psychiatry. 2013 Jul;55(Suppl 3):S379-84]

• Peer-mediated multimodal intervention program with yoga and meditation for the treatment of children with ADHD in India; One-year followup showed improvement in Vanderbilt questionnaires in 92% and remarkable improvements in the students’ school performances that were sustained throughout the year: Mehta, Shah et al [ISRN Pediatr. 2012;2012:419168]
  

  “Education is manifestation of the perfection already in man” - Swami Vivekananda
  

CONTACT

Email: kids@yogabharati.org

Phone: 408-341-YOGA (9642)