One-Dollar One-Child Yoga Health Education Program

Health and School Officials agree: Health Education in Schools is necessary.

Yoga Health Foundation national programs offer proven solutions for combating chronic illnesses by encouraging mind body fitness programming in: 

• Pre-schools
• Day care centers
• Elementary schools
• After-school programs
• Community centers
• Youth Organizations

Yoga has been researched extensively and been proven to have a positive effect on body mind and help children and adults create a healthy lifestyle.

Yoga Playground DVD programs, developed by pioneer Leah Kalish RYT, are designed for schools to bring fun, engaging yoga classes to children in group settings.  Any teacher, parent or care-giver will be able to use the program and involve groups of children, and hopefully themselves, in active participation in yoga classes.

Yoga Playground programs are a cost-effective way to bring yoga, health and fitness education to children. 

Yoga Health Foundation donations will enable us to bring Yoga Playground programs to schools for FREE, reaching thousands of children and inspire them to live a healthy lifestyle.

Donate now. Every $ you donate will educate 1 child.

FIGHTING OBESITY AND CHRONIC ILLNESSES

The proliferation of chronic illnesses among our youth has sounded an alarm throughout the health community. The staggering statistics below provide a snapshot of some of the serious challenges facing children and teens:

• Approximately 20% of youth between 6 and 19 years of age are obese
• 61% of obese youth have at least one additional risk factor for heart disease
• Obesity increases risk of developing Type 2 Diabetes
• 15% of youth have high cholesterol levels
• 3 million US teens are smokers; smoking may cause 75% of heart disease cases in youth who otherwise have a very low risk of developing heart disease
• 80% of 3rd - 6th graders are dissatisfied with their weight and body image
• 1 in 5 females struggle with eating disorders; 90% of this group is comprised of females between the ages of 12 and 25
• 11% of high school students have been diagnosed with an eating disorder
• 50,000 individuals will die each year as a result of eating disorders

Donate now. Every $ you donate will educate 1 child.

* Sources: CDC, Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness, Texas Heart Institute, National Eating Disorders Institute, and Empowered Parents.