Author: Stacey Potts
Planning Unit: Daviess County CES
Major Program: Health
Plan of Work: Healthy Lifestyles
Outcome: Intermediate Outcome
Daviess County 4-H and the Daviess County SNAP Assistant partnered to offer 4-H Healthy Living for YOUth, a six-week series focusing on 4-H Yoga, nutrition, and cooking skills. The series was offered during the school day and targeted the home-school audience. Sixteen youth ranging in age from 5 to 13 registered and completed the program which used the Yoga for Kids curriculum from the University of Arkansas.
The benefits of yoga are many. In addition to the physical fitness aspect, studies of yoga for kids suggest the practice can help reduce stress, improve stress management and coping skills, increase confidence, promote a healthy body image, and improve social skills.
In a post-survey, fifteen participants indicated doing yoga helped them to relax and that they thought exercise was fun. Furthermore, ten participants said they had done yoga at home. Half of the participants said they had shown yoga poses to family or friends.
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