The foundation is a highly regarded global charity providing training courses to professionals in how to deliver wellbeing fo ... cussed yoga classes to secondary schools. The charity has graduated over 1400 students and devised many tailor-made courses for schools and youth professionals across the world. The charity founder is author Charlotta Martinus, who has 20 years experience in the field of mental health, education, yoga and therapy. Her book, TeenYoga for yoga therapists has sold 3000 copies worldwide. The course was developed based on the evidence base for yoga for young people in collaboration with eminent professionals in the fields of psychiatry, medicine, education and yoga. Guest lecturers include: Dr Dan Siegel, Dr Shirley Telles and Simon Haas. Patrons include Dr Sat Bir Khalsa, Professor at Harvard University and Sir Anthony Seldon, Chair of Buckingham University. The charity has been endorsed by Sir Michael DIxon of the College of Medicine and Sir DUncan Selbie, Chair of Public Health England. The course has reached people from over 30 countries and has been delivered in person in 20 countries. The charity has collaborated with the European Union in the Hippocampus Research Project, find out more here: www.hippocampusproject.eu . The foundation has also been involved with Sport England since 2015, developing programmes to encourage young people to re-engage with sport. It reaches approx. 7000 viewers in three different channels on You tube, facebook, twitter and instagram. During Lockdown 1, the charity offered 66 classes especially targetted to teens which reached 5000 viewers. The charity has worked tirelessly lobbying government on 7 different occasions, presenting the financial and evidence case for yoga in schools. Yoga is now present in 30% of British schools partly due to the efforts of the Foundation. The charity is most grateful to the 40 volunteers who dedicate an estimated 300 hours per week to bringing yoga to young people. read more
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