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Yoga Therapy for Children and Teens with Complex Needs Shawnee Thornton Thornton Hardy

Yoga Therapy for Children and Teens with Complex Needs By Shawnee Thornton Thornton Hardy

Yoga Therapy for Children and Teens with Complex Needs by Shawnee Thornton Thornton Hardy


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This is a comprehensive and inclusive guide that explores how yoga therapy can be practiced with children and teens with complex needs and conditions including autism and other neuro differences, trauma, depression, anxiety, and Down syndrome. It includes comprehensive theory on child development as well as practical tools and resources.

Yoga Therapy for Children and Teens with Complex Needs Summary

Yoga Therapy for Children and Teens with Complex Needs: A Somatosensory Approach to Mental, Emotional and Physical Wellbeing by Shawnee Thornton Thornton Hardy

This deeply compassionate and inclusive resource explores the practice of yoga therapy, mindfulness, and somatic enquiry with children and young people who have complex needs. Suitable for working with ages 5-18, the book explores a wide range of conditions, including sensory processing disorder, autism, Down syndrome, hypermobility, scoliosis, anxiety, depression, and trauma.

Chapters also include comprehensive theory on the nervous system, child development from the age of 3+, the benefits of expressive arts, and regular reflective prompts for the adults. It is supplemented with over 100 photographs to ease learning and is an invaluable resource for therapists working with children and teens with complex needs.

Yoga Therapy for Children and Teens with Complex Needs Reviews

Shawnee Thornton Hardy offers her wisdom and expertise with heart and clarity in this much needed and important resource to support children and teens. This book provides the reader with an accessible and comprehensive guide for assessment and program development strategies informed by yoga philosophy and practices, integrated with neurophysiology and psychology frameworks. -- Marlysa Sullivan DPT, C-IAYT, E-RYT, Author of Understanding Yoga Therapy: Applied Philosophy and Science for Well-being
With tender and compassionate zeal, Shawnee Thornton Hardy embraces the complex needs of our children, those often misunderstood, unseen or held at a distance by our society. Shawnee's approach, caring, curious and creative, lays down a somatic and yogic path, offering responsive, inclusive and accessible practices, a gateway to holistic health and a feeling of belonging and enduring self-respect. Sometimes a book comes along that helps you remember the goodness in humanity - this is it! -- Anne Pitman, MSc., C-IAYT, Clinical Yoga Therapist, Director of the School of Embodied Yoga Therapy, Co-Author of Yoga Therapy Across the Cancer Care Continuum

As a Yoga therapist and parent of two older children with complex needs, I only wish that I had access to Shawnee Thornton Hardy's wise counsel many years ago. Her book, Yoga Therapy for Children and Teens with Complex Needs, isn't just a compilation of tools. It is a beacon of hope for those of us struggling to connect with our children. And best of all, it offers our kids a pathway back home to themselves.
With clear examples, practices, and scientific evidence, Hardy shows us there is a path forward, even when we feel lost and confused. She explains, The practice of yoga is a practice of coming home to ourselves. The intuitive, curious, joyful and present nature of who we truly are beyond our experiences in life. A coming home to our innate wholeness, wellness and interconnectedness with the world. Thank you Shawnee for shining a light in the dark, and helping us all find our way home.

-- Jivana Heyman C-IAYT, E-RYT500, Founder and Director of the Accessible Yoga Association and Author of 'Accessible Yoga' and 'Yoga Revolution'

About Shawnee Thornton Thornton Hardy

Shawnee Thornton Hardy has worked with children and teens with complex needs for nearly 3 decades. She holds a Master's in Special Education, is a Certified Yoga Therapist through the International Association of Yoga Therapists and a Somatic Experiencing (c) Practitioner through the Trauma Institute. Shawnee is the founder of Asanas for Autism and Special Needs and the Founder/Director of Yoga Therapy for Youth. She is passionate about making mind-body practices inclusive and accessible to all brains, bodies and abilities. She leads trainings' internationally and throughout the US and offers 1:1 sessions in mind-body practices to support children and teens with complex needs, to include; autism, ADHD, neurodiversity, developmental disability, sensory processing challenges, communication difficulties, anxiety/depression and trauma. She is also the Author of Asanas for Autism and Special Needs - Yoga to help Children with their Emotions, Self-Regulation and Body Awareness. She combines her unique experience as an educational/behavioral specialist and her knowledge and passion for yoga and somatic practices in her work and teachings. Her heart's longing is in facilitating healing in the world.

Additional information

NGR9781787752252
9781787752252
1787752259
Yoga Therapy for Children and Teens with Complex Needs: A Somatosensory Approach to Mental, Emotional and Physical Wellbeing by Shawnee Thornton Thornton Hardy
New
Paperback
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
2023-08-21
400
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