RISE: Can Yoga Improve Student Performance? - San Francisco Chronicle (blog)

Mission Local^[1]

By Justin Richmond

In a fourth floor attic-space on Dolores and Liberty streets, students are sprawled on the floor — ­silent.

Eyes closed, their favorite color is traveling through their mind and body — or at least that is what the teacher has suggested. Moments later, they’re sitting in a circle, hands clasped in their neighbor’s, describing their state of being. Adjectives come in quick-succession: relaxed, calm, happy, dizzy, clumsy, sleepy, good, energized, amazing, astounding, awake, rejuvenated.

This is how a yoga session winds down for Physical Education (PE) students at Mission High School.

RISE: Yoga for Youth is a program at Mission High School initiated by Erin Lila Wilson, the program’s executive director, and Scott Kennedy, a Mission High Physical Education instructor. READ THE FULL STORY HERE^[2] .

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2. ^{^} READ THE FULL STORY HERE (missionlocal.org)