Monday, August 10, 2015

Yoga and meditation workshop to help students deal with exam stress

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STRESSED-OUT teens can learn yoga and meditation techniques to help them deal with exam pressures at a special workshop in Terrey­ ­Hills on Sunday.

Yoga and meditation teacher Heidi Horne has designed the 1½- hour long class for HSC and university students.
Mrs Horne said she got the idea from some of her clients who had children going through their final years at secondary school and who were doing their HSC trial exams.
“They mentioned to me that (their children) are under a lot of stress and pressure,” she said.
“I knew that yoga, meditation, breath-work and positive thinking and affirmations would help them through this time.”
Mrs Horne said the workshop will include yoga poses for releasing stress in the mind and body and helping people improve their concentration while studying.

She said yoga could help people deal with things they could not control in life. “I’m doing some poses that will not only help with anxiety, but also with relaxation and getting to sleep,” she said.
“And some breathing techniques to use if you wake up in the night feeling anxious.”
She said she would also help students­ develop positive thinking through using affirmations and visualizations.

She hopes doing the workshop will help people take care of themselves better when stressed and avoid fast food and energy drinks.
“Often when they are tired, people reach for food that makes them feel more comfortable and gives them an instant energy boost,” she said.
“This is a natural way to relax.”
Participants don’t need any yoga or meditation experience and they will be given notes to take home.
“They will have time to ask questions at the end,” Mrs Horne said.
Mrs Horne who has been teaching yoga for more than eight years said as well as reducing stress, yoga “enhances your mood and sense of wellbeing and happiness”.
Teenager Samantha Horton has already had a few yoga classes with Mrs Horne and said she could feel the benefits.
“My mind and body feel re-energised,” she said.
Mrs Horne is hoping to hold more workshops for students in the future.