About Yogiños: Yoga for Youth®
As we celebrate our “Sweet Sixteen” anniversary this year, Yogiños: Yoga for Youth® continues to create, facilitate, and evaluate our three original, comprehensive, and interdisciplinary programs rooted in the 8 Limbs of Yoga and mindfulness:
- a kids yoga and mindfulness teacher training program
- a professional development and on-demand curriculum for schools
- award-winning bilingual interdisciplinary educational materials
Our founder, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, M.Ed., LPC-A, and her team of leaders, integrate research-based educational theories and practices with various cultural beliefs, including: multiple intelligences; constructivism; tenets of mental health, including CASEL’s new Transformative SEL competencies (integrates social justice); and other ancient traditions. Moreover, our trainings and resources integrate mindfulness and yoga with original art, music, games, stories, and other sensory-integrated activities to promote flexibility, strength, balance, collaboration, civic and social responsibility, nutrition, and well-being on and off the yoga mat.
YYY is a Woman-Owned Business Enterprise (WBE). Currently we have 1 full-time person and 5 part-time staff who are trainers, teachers, curriculum writers, and administrators; we grew 66% in 2020-2021 and were honored with a Diversity award. We also represent an age-range spanning 30 years, and live in 5 states.
Our training leaders have their RYT-200 or RYT-500. Two leaders have completed a two year Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program with Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield. In addition to believing wholeheartedly in the life-changing theories and practices of YYY, we are parents, partners, teachers, consultants, retreat leaders; a non-profit founder, a semi-pro tennis player, and an airline pilot. We look forward to meeting you!
