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Kids Yoga! Now for adults too! I recently completed The Science & Art of Teaching Vinyasa Flow 200 Hour RYT at Yoga on York!!!!!  Candy with Mrs. Yoga Marsha Wenig ! I am thrilled to announce the YogaKids Bridge of Diamonds Haiti Relief Effort. Theresa Banks and I are co-chairing this world wide event and have almost 50 YogaKids Teachers on 5 Continents teaching 85 Karma classes. The money will be used for teaching YogaKids classes in Haiti and training relief workers on how to use yoga for stress relief in children. Please click on the Bridge of Diamonds page to learn more. And go to www.BridgeofDiamonds.com if you would like to donate! Here Is our National Press Release!! YogaKids Bridge of Diamonds to Focus on Haiti Relief, April 22-25How Kids Can Bring Relief, Help to Haiti’s Children: Just Breathe, Move, Have Fun NEW BUFFALO, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fund raising is as easy as breathing, moving your body and having fun. At least that’s how children from around the world will likely view it as they get set for four consecutive days of yoga, April 22-25, 2010. It’s all part of Children Helping Children, a worldwide, coordinated effort to bring relief to Haiti’s children. The project is sponsored by YogaKids Bridge of Diamonds (www.bridgeofdiamonds.com).
So far almost 1,000 children and teens from the United States and around the world have registered for YogaKids (www.yogakids.com) classes being held in seven countries on four continents. Certified YogaKids teachers will host these donation-based classes, with the proceeds going toward a goal of $50,000. The funds will be used to send a team to Haiti to train school teachers, social workers and parents in how to use yoga to reduce stress and anxiety in children. According to Marsha Wenig, who co-founded YogaKids Bridge of Diamonds and YogaKids International, Inc., both based in New Buffalo, MI, “This project is one example of how we intend to fulfill our mission to provide direct assistance and healing support to children in need following a crisis such as the Haiti earthquake.” Targeted to youngsters ages 3 to 9 and teens/families, the classes will encourage breathing, a core element of yoga practice, and include lessons on life in Haiti, as well as yoga poses, stories and guided visualization. Each child will also create a personal greeting card to be hand-delivered to a child in Haiti. “Our classes are designed to empower children to make a positive difference in the lives of kids in need,” said Certified YogaKids Teacher Candy Blaxter, who is championing the Haiti relief effort from Newburyport, MA. She is one of about 50 YogaKids teachers who will hold the classes. According to Wenig, “The idea with this effort is for kids and adults to stand together as one from points around the world, bring our shining lights together and send rays of hope, love and strength to Haiti’s children.” YogaKids Bridge of Diamonds was founded in 2006 by Marsha and Don Wenig as a non-profit 501c3 non-profit organization. Bridge of Diamonds has helped build homes in Myanmar, trained teachers in inner city Dallas and brought yoga to Chicago’s Namaste Charter School. It has also collaborated with www.EmpowerNepaliGirls.com to bring YogaKids to neglected young girls and under-served schools in Nepal. For more information about YogaKids Bridge of Diamonds Haiti Relief, to view class locations and times, or to simply make a donation, visit www.bridgeofdiamonds.org.
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I have recently completed over 400 hours of teacher training with YogaKids International and have received their highest level of certification. Certified YogaKids Teacher, CYKT !!! In addition I did a Street Yoga Teacher Training for additional guidance on working with homeless and at-risk youth. I am also a graduate of The Science and Art of Vinyasa Flow 200 RYT training with Yoga on York.  I am extremely excited to bring my knowledge back to Newburyport and the surrounding communities. Please contact me at CandyBlaxter@gmail.com if you are interested in YogaKids classes for your organization. I am also available for private sessions and birthday parties. To guide children and teens in exploring the joys of yoga in a fun, creative an nurturing way. To be a true teacher through my words actions and example. To form a foundation of dedicated local yoga teachers to bring yoga to at risk and special needs children and teens. Watch your words; they become actions.
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