This 8 week summer series is a proactive approach to provide tweens/teens with insightful knowledge and tools and techniques to help alleviate, cope and understand experiences that we ALL deal with in life.  The class will meet once a week throughout the summer (minus the week of July 4th) for an hour and 15 mins.  The series is intended to cover the whole being:  mind, body, and spirit, and this will be achieved through a life coaching topic, yoga, and meditation.  Some topics covered will include:  self esteem, anxiety, grief, and mild drepression.  The kids will further experiment with different forms of yoga including:  the basics of a vinyasa flow, yoga out in nature, stand up paddle board yoga (SUP yoga), and aerial yoga.  In addition, each class will introduce and practice a new method of meditating.  An eight week duration was chosen because studies suggest that just eight weeks of meditation changes the brain for the better.  Meditators after 8 weeks have shown a shrinkage of the amygdala, a region of the brain associated with fear, anxiety, and stress. The class can only accommodate a handful of kids so it's anticipated to fill up fast.  The cost of the 8 week summer series is $160.