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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.