The Youth Empowerment Seminar (YES!) is a dynamic and fun program for ages 14-17 that challenges teens to take responsibility for their life and provides a comprehensive set of practical tools for releasing stress, mastering emotions, and raising self-awareness.

YES! is dedicated to providing teens with a healthy body, a healthy mind and a healthy lifestyle. We do this by offering practical tools and life skills to manage stress and emotions. When students learn how to manage their stress in a healthy way, they exhibit greater confidence and motivation to succeed in school and make healthy choices when faced with life's challenges.

Young people face emotional issues such as low self-esteem, depression and anxiety that are a source of great stress, which inhibits learning.  Without a healthy alternative, students often turn to unhealthy strategies to cope with these problems including: smoking, alcohol or drugs, aggression and violence, and withdrawal from social interaction.  As students learn to reduce stress and manage emotions they gain the ability to focus and perform well academically at school, as well as the ability to build more positive relationships with their peers, parents and teachers.

The program addresses:

• Teens’ physical, mental, social, and emotional development
• Breathing techniques to relieve stress and bring the mind into focus
• Dynamic games and yoga
• Practical knowledge to create awareness
• Experiential processes to develop problem-solving strategies
• Dynamic group discussions designed to help teens feel at ease in challenging situations, increase confidence, withstand criticism and peer pressure

Contact Us: aeyesadmin@vvki.net

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