In this photo from 2012, fifth grade students finish a yoga class by quietly lying on their mats at Flora Vista Elementary School in Encinitas.

ENCINITAS The foundation that brought yoga to Encinitas elementary schools will hold an open house to announce plans to expand the program nationally Wednesday night.

Officials from the Sonima Foundation formerly the Jois Foundation are scheduled to speak about how yoga, already part of the health and wellness programs in Encinitas elementary schools, will be expanded to other districts.

The foundation gave more than $500,000 to the Encinitas Union School District to create a yoga program in 2012. Last summer, the foundation gave the district another $1.4 million grant to expand the program.

Some parents in the district sued the district because they saw the program as religious, but a judge ruled that the program could stay in the schools last year.

That ruling has been appealed, but no trial date has been set yet.

The open house will include yoga demonstrations from children.

Former state Secretary of Education Scott Himelstein and Sonima Foundation CEO Gene Ruffin are among the people expected to be at the workshop, scheduled for 5:30 7:30 p.m. at Jois Yoga, 575 S. Coast Highway 101, Encinitas.

The open house will include a presentation of the new line of Sonima yoga clothes, music, raffles, hors doeuvres and refreshments.

More:
Yoga program to expand beyond Encinitas

Las Vegas, Nevada (PRWEB) April 22, 2014

Bringing Family and Yoga practice together during this special time here at the Ashram. Participants will enjoy the peaceful nature, have fun and quality time with your family, while shaping body and mind in the daily Asana classes and spiritual courses.

The Family Week offers and an adjusted Ashram schedule to Family needs. Qualified staff members will provide some childcare, kids Yoga Asana classes and kids meditation, to give parents time for their personal Sadhana (spiritual practice), but some parental supervision of the children is required. For more information, please visit http://www.sivanandayogafarm.org

Accommodations Family accommodation in four-bed cabins are available, however, space is limited. If you would like to be nearer to nature, bring a tent.

Family Program Activities

Ayurveda for the Family Massage Workshop Cooking Workshop Kids Yoga classes and meditation time outside games, hikes, swimming in the pond trip to Yuba river painting, arts and crafts music and play Talent Show Gardening

Daily Schedule: 6:00 a.m. Optional Satsang (silent meditation, chanting & discourse) 7:00 a.m. Kids breakfast 8:00 a.m. Yoga Asana class * 10:00 a.m. Organic Vegetarian Brunch 11:00 a.m. Karma Yoga (selfless service / chores) 12:00 p.m. Family time (games, music, arts and crafts) 1:30 p.m. Snack 2:00 p.m. Workshop 3:00 p.m. Pond Time/ Free Time 4:00 p.m. Yoga Asana Class ** 6:00 p.m. Organic Vegetarian Dinner 7:30 p.m. Satsang (silent meditation, chanting & discourse) kids meditation, then join the parents satsang

*8-9 a.m. kids will go for a supervised walk 9-10 a.m. kids yoga class (taught by ashram staff) ** parents take turns with childcare

Cost Accommodation Rates, per night, per person:

Tent: $50 Dorm (4 person): $65 Double (2 person): $85 Private (1 person): $140 Deluxe Cabin (2 person) : $120 Deluxe Cabin (1 person) : $195

Link:
Yoga Vacations and Retreat Offered in California

Sacramento, California (PRWEB) April 22, 2014

The Yoga Farm camp includes 2 daily yoga asana classes, special Children satsang with a short meditation, chanting, storytelling and Yoga Philosophy. Daily swimming in the pond, participating in outside games and play time, and enjoying trips to the beautiful and refreshing Yuba River. For more information, please visit http://www.sivanandayogafarm.org.

The Yoga Retreat has some new activities added to this year's camp like nature studies, hikes, painting, sketching, and even a drama production with music and costume preparation. Karma Yoga will be introduced to the campers, including chores around the farm, the garden and the farm animals.

They also offer a position for Junior Counselors, for campers who have been in our camp before, outgrew camp age and want to come back.

Experienced Sivananda Yoga Teachers have been leading this camp since the 1980ies every summer for youth age 7 - 14. All children will benefit from daily Yoga classes and breathing exercises combined with relaxation. Students will get the chance to learn about and practice mediation, the value of Karma Yoga (selfless service) and have their own children's satsang with lots of singing and inspiring stories. There will also be plenty of time for swimming, fun and games, and special activities outside the Yoga Farm.

The camp is an uplifting environment and ideal to create a foundation for a child's peaceful and healthy development.

Daily Schedule 7:00 am Wake up 7:30 am Breakfast 8:00 am Children's Morning Satsang Singing, Stories Meditation 9:00 Yoga Class 10:00 am Brunch and Cleanup 11:00 am - Noon Activity (Nature walk, arts & crafts, etc.) 1:00 pm Lunch and Community work 2:00 pm Afternoon Activity (swimming, workshops, excursions, etc.) 4:00 pm Yoga class 5:00 pm Showers and Relaxation 6:00 pm Dinner 7:30 pm Children's Evening Meditation and Get-Together 8:30 pm Quiet Time 9:00 pm Lights Out

The Yoga Farm also hosts a Yoga Nidra course, courses on Yogic philosophy, Yoga for back pain and ayurvedic retreats, and an advanced teacher's training course (ATTC). The Advanced Yoga Teacher's Training Course helps graduates to deepen their spiritual practice and their study of Hatha yoga, Vedanta philosophy, Raja yoga, anatomy and Sanskrit. The advanced class gives students an additional chance to practice under guidance in a supportive atmosphere, which provides many with a boost of energy and clarity.

About Sivananda Ashram Yoga Farm In 1971, Swami Vishnudevananda returned to California and founded the third ashram in the young Sivananda International organization: the Sivananda Ashram Yoga Farm on 40 acres of land located in the Gold Country of the beautiful Sierra Nevada Foothills in Northern California. The non-profit, non-sectarian ashram offers yoga classes, retreats and teacher training courses for students of all abilities. For more information, please visit http://www.sivanandayogafarm.org.

Read more:
Yoga for Children Retreat in California Hosted by Sivananda Yoga Farm